Rachel Bean, an associate professor of astronomy, has been chosen to play a key role in a mission to better understand how the universe has been expanding and of what it is made.
A recently published study shows that nanoparticles injure liver cells when they are in microfluidic devices designed to mimic organs of the human body.
While the EPA suggests a decline in measurable atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel use in the United States, a Cornell scientist says the agency's computation may be in error.
Using theoretical modeling, researchers have uncovered clues to the physical laws that govern how snow avalanches start, grow and move. (July 24, 2012)
Antigen-coated membranes on the surface of E. coli bacteria cells serve as vaccine vehicles that were proven effective against a highly deadly pathogen, a Cornell-led research group has shown.
A new book by Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman explores the promises and perils of a technological revolution: 3-D printers that can quickly and cheaply make anything from bicycle parts to low-fat foods.
Cornell physicists offer a solution to control the intrinsic spin of electrons: Using heat, instead of light, to measure magnetic systems at short length and time scales.
Cornell's Center for Pulsed Power Driven High Energy Density Plasmas, under the auspices of the Laboratory for Plasma Studies, has received a five-year, $11 million renewal grant.