Cornell faculty members Christopher Batten and Robert Shepherd are recent recipients of Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Research Program grants.
Physicist Anton Zeilinger will explore how quantum entanglement has been applied to cryptography, teleportation and even communication satellites Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Rockefeller Hall.
Natalie Mahowald, professor of earth and atmospheric science, has been selected by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as a lead author on a special global warming report.
Cornell researchers have found that inorganic materials are able switch between discrete states almost instantaneously, bridging the gap between what’s known about phase changes in organic molecules.
For a Mars rover, you need a roving eye – and scientists to build it: Cornell's Alex Hayes and Rob Sullivan will help build Mastcam-Z on the Mars 2020 NASA mission.
Math professor Steven Strogatz took part in research led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology that proposes a way to optimize taxi fleet deployment, based on a 2011 data set taken from New York City cab trips.
What previous researchers thought might be a supersolid transition in helium is better explained by changes in the solid's resistance to shearing, according to Cornell research. (May 12, 2011)
An exercise in learning phases of the moon conducted by the Virtual Embodiment Lab showed no real difference in learning between VR, hands-on and computer simulation methods.
David Usher joined the Cornell faculty in 1965 and taught generations of students the basics of organic chemistry until he retired in June 2016. He was a tenor lead in the Cornell Savoyards for many years.
Cornell's new pyrolysis kiln opens May 24, when Johannes Lehmann, professor of soil science, will hold an open house 2-4 p.m., at the Leland Laboratory building.