A study of Internet chain letters shows that such messages do not fan out widely, reaching many people in a short time, but instead travel in long straight lines, with the last recipient several hundred steps away from the originator.
Cornell’s network of business incubators and accelerators have developed into a growing and robust entrepreneurial engine nurtured with resources, training and mentorship that help faculty, research staff and graduate students launch marketable ideas and technologies.
A self-driving car created by Cornell students successfully navigated 55 miles of city traffic in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, one of only six cars out of 35 entrants to succeed. (Nov. 7, 2007)
The theory that the mind works like a computer, in a series of distinct stages, was an important steppingstone in cognitive science, but it has outlived its usefulness, concludes a new Cornell University study. (June 27, 2005)
Although financial markets might seem to be ruled by emotion and speculation, there are ways to take a scientific approach to investing, particularly with the help of high-performance computers.
Mike Tolomeo/ProvidedTony Cosgrave, the instruction coordinator for Cornell Library's Department of Collections, Reference, Instruction and Outreach, right, works with Marilyn Dispensa, an instructional designer from CIT, during…
A team of Cornell students and faculty will receive up to $1 million in Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency funding to develop a vehicle capable of driving itself on city streets.
The Cornell Theory Center has been reorganized and renamed in a move designed to make its high-performance computing resources more efficient and effective for researchers and to take advantage of opportunities for research funding. (July 6, 2007)
Scientists using the Very Large Baseline Array show that the fastest known neutron star has sufficient velocity to escape the galaxy. The study, co-authored by Cornell professor of astronomy James Cordes, was published last fall in Astrophysical Journal Letters. (February 6, 2006)
Cornell officially strengthened its already sizable New York City presence Sept. 13 with the dedication of the glittering, futuristic Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island.