The highest honor awarded by the American Physical Society in fluid dynamics, the prize recognizes outstanding achievements over a career. (July 2, 2009)
Cornell's Cislunar Explorers team has won the final phase of NASA's CubeSat competition and thus has earned a spot on a 2019 flight, in hope of completing its mission of a lunar orbit.
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.
Using theoretical modeling, researchers have uncovered clues to the physical laws that govern how snow avalanches start, grow and move. (July 24, 2012)
A theory advanced by a Cornell theoretical physicist to link two 'broken symmetries' in a high-temperature superconductor has been verified by experiment, a step toward better superconductors. (July 21, 2011)
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named Cornell's Steven Strogatz the recipient of the 2013 AAAS Public Engagement with Science Award for his “exceptional commitment to and passion for conveying the beauty and importance of mathematics to the general public.”
Meeting weekly this semester for the Astronomy 6500 seminar, Cornell undergraduate and graduate students are conducting research – with six other universities – to help NASA find a landing site for the Mars 2020 mission.
Toichiro Kinoshita, Cornell's Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics Emeritus, has received the Gian Carlo Wick Gold Medal from the World Federation of Scientists. (June 21, 2010)