Cornell-led research yields a simulation system for predicting wear caused by friction between hard surfaces, which could help expand the use of computer modeling in tribology studies.
Cornell astrophysicists and scientists played a vital role to validate the historic news of the first direct detection of gravitational waves – as predicted 100 years ago by Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
The ExxonMobil Foundation has given Cornell $595,970 through its Educational Matching Gifts Program. The gift was presented to President David Skorton April 30 by Jean A. Baderschneider, Ph.D. '78.
To review current astrobiological knowledge and assess the prospects of life beyond Earth, the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology heard testimony Sept. 29 from Cornell’s Jonathan Lunine.
Presented by the American Chemical Society, the 2013 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award recognizes and encourages excellence in organic chemistry. (Aug. 21, 2012)
Suren Jayasuriya, a graduate student in the lab of Alyosha Molnar, is developing a 3-D camera with specially designed image sensors that could lead to previously unimagined applications.
Greg Fuchs and Noah Snavely are among 102 recipients of Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on early career scientists and engineers.
Facing challenging terrain where plant roots must cope with barriers, Cornell physicists and Boyce Thompson Institute plant biologists have discovered a valuable plant root action.
Daniel C. Ralph, the Horace White Professor of Physics, has been named the L.B. Knight Director of the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility starting July 1. (May 6, 2010)