For the colorful, graceful sea fans swaying among the coral reefs in the waters around Puerto Rico, copper is an emerging threat in an era of warming oceans, according to new Cornell research.
A $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation will fund research, led by Nicholas Abbott from the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, into “microcleaners” for waterways.
A Cornell collaboration has found a way to grow a single crystalline layer of alpha-aluminum gallium oxide that has the widest energy bandgap to date – a discovery that clears the way for new semiconductors that will handle higher voltages, higher power densities and higher frequencies than previously seen.
To better predict volcanic activity, Cornell geologists have proposed a new system to discern the stages of a volcano’s unrest – as seen from perceptive satellites.
The Mann Library exhibit, “PolliNation: Artists and Scientists Crossing Borders to Explore the Value of Pollinator Health,” bring the serious issue of insect decline to the university community.
Sixteen faculty and professional staff members in state contract colleges at Cornell are receiving the 2019-20 State University of New York Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence.
Paul Mutolo, director of External Partnerships for the Energy Materials Center at Cornell University, says automakers are taking a “two-part approach” when it comes to battery and fuel cell technology.
The grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Just Futures Initiative will bring together scholars from across the university and beyond to study the links between racism, dispossession and migration.
Glen Dowell, a corporate sustainability researcher and associate professor of management and organizations at Cornell University's SC Johnson College of Business, says the decisions tech companies are making to prioritize renewables are potentially filling the void left by Washington.
