After combing through Cornell-archived data, astronomers have discovered the pop-pop-pop of a mysterious, cosmic Gatling gun – 10 millisecond-long “fast radio bursts” as reported in Nature, March 2.
Citing research transforming our scientific view of the heavens, the American Astronomical Society will give astronomy professor Joe Burns the 2014 Dirk Brouwer Award.
Warming up to a brisk idea to save building energy, the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Cornell researchers a $3 million grant to create new clothes that integrate "air-conditioning" into undergarments.
A study reveals that the material heterogeneity of cancellous bone prevents cracks from propagating and turning into breaks, and could have implications in engineering as well as medicine.
The promise and peril of 3-D printing, and particularly, the printing of electronics and other active, integrated systems, was the topic of a Feb. 14 American Association for the Advancement of Science talk by Hod Lipson, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and of computer science.
Cornell University’s entry for the International Genetically Engineered Machine synthetic biology competition earned three prizes and a gold medal at the 12th annual iGEM Giant Jamboree in Boston.
Cornell President David Skorton and Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Charles Elachi signed a memorandum of understanding Nov. 8 making Cornell the California lab’s latest strategic partner.
In order to stabilize their flight, fruit flies sense the orientation of their bodies every time they beat their wings – one beat about every 4 milliseconds.
A profile of Peter Wittich, associate professor of physics, who works on neutrinos with ever larger teams of scientists at major international research facilities such as Fermilab and CERN.