Small Times magazine's annual rankings of institutions for nanotechnology research and innovation have once again placed Cornell in the top 10 of each of six categories. (May 11, 2009)
As the shale gas boom continues, the atmosphere receives more methane, adding to Earth’s greenhouse gas problem. A Cornell ecology professor fears that we may not be many years away from an environmental tipping point – and disaster.
David Erickson and Largus Angenent have received a $910,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to work toward revolutionizing how biofuels are produced from algae. (Nov. 29, 2012)
The 2018 Cornell Council for the Arts Biennial, with 18 project installations and performances on the theme “Duration: Passage, Persistence, Survival," launched Sept. 28-29 with a tour of outdoor projects on campus, artist panels with Cornell contributors and lectures by featured artists Carrie Mae Weems and Xu Bing.
Replacing the gasoline economy with better batteries may be accelerated thanks to unique battery testing capabilities at Cornell, and anchored by a new testing and prototyping center that the university helped to establish.
Juan Hinestroza and his students live in a cotton-soft nano world, where they create clothing that kills bacteria, conducts electricity, wards off malaria, captures harmful gas and weaves transistors into shirts and dresses.
To provide a corporate leg up to technology opportunities and startup companies emerging from research here, the new Cornell Technology Acceleration and Maturation program is designed to propel promising ideas toward commercial viability.
Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility is partnering with a statewide educational and research powerhouse to solve the problem of design-for-manufacturing.
Homemade wind turbines dotted the Ithaca Children's Garden at Cass Park April 22 for the final judging of the 'Catch the Breeze Wind Turbine Challenge' competition. (April 26, 2012)
Cornell graduate students and local teens affiliated with the outreach program Xraise Cornell showcased their JunkGenie projects and the Ithaca Physics Bus at the World Maker Faire in New York City.