Cornell researchers have demonstrated a way to create a new kind of semiconductor thin film that retains its electrical properties even when it is just atoms thick.
The creation of a degree program called Healthier Life, designed to connect health care professionals and technologists, was announced Dec. 4 at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech.
With gifted oratory, scientific insight and humor, Cornell icons Steve Squyres ’78, Ph.D. ’81, and Bill Nye ’77 fired their main engines and launched the “idea” portion of the university’s Charter Day Weekend festival.
To obtain data about shifts in avian migratory patterns, birds are being fitted with sensor-filled backpacks. A Cornell lab is developing the ultra-lightweight energy source to power those sensors using the vibrations from the birds' motion.
Barbara Penner, 2014 Deans Fellow in the History of Home Economics, told of the explosion in ergonomic activity at Cornell in the years after WWII in an April 16 campus lecture.
Many Cornell students pursue research opportunities early in their college careers. Exposing undergraduates to research in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities is a university hallmark.
CUAir took first in flight/mission and second place overall at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s 12th annual Student Unmanned Aerial Systems competition, June 18-22.
It doesn't happen often, but structures like bridges, airplanes and buildings do fail. What are the odds, and how can it be prevented? Cornell physicists are using computer modeling to find out. (Feb. 27, 2012)
Mars scientist Steve Squyres is serving on the crew of the 16th NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations, a two-week undersea training mission off the Florida Keys.
Fifty-two high school junior and senior girls spent a week at the CURIE Academy at Cornell to examine engineering as a possible career, and to do some real engineering on their own.