The Arecibo Observatory has captured one of the most fleeting, mysterious and rare deep-space events – a so-called “fast radio burst” that lasted a mere three one-thousandths of a second, report Cornell astronomers July 10.
Peter Gierasch, Cornell professor of astronomy, has been awarded astronomy’s prestigious Gerard P. Kuiper Prize by the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society on July 2.
Katherine Howe writes about young women under pressure with a parallel story of an accuser at the Salem witch trials in her first young adult novel, “Conversion,” inspired by actual events.
Hundreds of New York state high school students came to campus to explore college and specific fields at Cornell Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Career Explorations conference July 1-3.
Experts are at Cornell July 7-18 for training in World Health Organization procedures to inform WHO’s recommendations for nutrition and public health policy.
The dramatic increase in earthquakes in central Oklahoma since 2009 is likely attributable to subsurface wastewater injection at a handful of wastewater disposal wells, finds a study published in the journal Science July 3.
Chemistry professor Brian Crane has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute professor. As such, he will enhance Cornell's efforts to prepare students for more advanced chemistry and then research experiences.