Human Ecology students unveiled apparel and product ideas designed to help seniors prevent falls and minimize harm, stay warm and alert in winter, and achieve greater mobility and independence.
Scientists offered a behind-the-scenes look at the New Horizons mission to Pluto on campus Dec. 2. It took New Horizons itself almost 10 years to cover the 4.67 billion miles to Pluto.
Ithaca-based Incodema3D is among the first companies approved for START-UP NY tax benefits and other incentives, announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo June 4.
Ellen Abrams, a doctoral student in science and technology studies, did an ethnographic study of a class at Nesin Mathematics Village in Turkey as part of her thesis work.
There are some 100 million other places in the Milky Way galaxy that could support complex life, say astronomers, who have developed a new computation method to examine planets orbiting other stars.
Two tiny mechanical oscillators, suspended just nanometers apart, can talk to each other and synchronize by means of nothing but light. (Dec. 14, 2012)
Using a technique known as magnetic tweezers, a group led by Peng Chen is the first to observe real-time polymer growth at the single-polymer level. The study, called "landmark" by one reviewer, achieved several firsts.
The Pre-Seed Workshop, sponsored by the Cornell Center for Life Science Enterprise, offers scientists guidance on how to move their technologies and inventions from the lab to the marketplace.
In recognition of a $50 million gift aimed at enriching the diversity of undergraduate engineering, the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering was formally dedicated Oct. 21.
An exhibition running from June 7 to October on campus will feature an original Sputnik satellite, an Enigma WWII encoding/decoding machine and a Declaration of Independence facsimile.