Professors Thomas W. Parks and Stephen B. Pope have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering, and trustee N.R. Narayana Murthy has been elected a foreign associate. (Feb. 23, 2010)
After passing a technical inspection, the Cornell 100+ MPG Team was forced to withdraw from the Progressive Automotive X Prize competition for safety reasons related to battery control circuitry. (June 23, 2010)
A $1 million gift from Kionix Inc., an Ithaca-based company founded to commercialize technology developed at Cornell, has established the Kionix Graduate Fellowship in Engineering. (Oct. 11, 2012)
Computers are learning to recognize objects with near-human ability. But Cornell researchers have found that computers, like humans, can be fooled by optical illusions, which raises security concerns.
Rembrandt van Rijn’s art and artistic practice have fascinated scholars and collectors for centuries. His printmaking methods, and prints from across hiscareer, are revealed as an inspirational resource for research and teaching in a new exhibition of his etchings at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
Using DNA not as a genetic material but as a structural support, researchers have created thin sheets of gold nanoparticles. The work could prove useful for making thin transistors or other electronic devices. (May 19, 2009)
A new hydrogen filling station – nestled in Ithaca – could help to activate a new, national energy economy, since automakers plan to begin selling fuel-cell cars by 2016.
A new Weill Cornell study finds that prostate cancer patients receiving an advanced procedure to remove the prostate using a surgical robot have excellent outcomes five years after surgery. (Feb. 13, 2008)
Cornell researchers led by Alyssa Apsel, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, are sharing a $685,000 Department of Energy grant to design power supplies for multicore systems. (June 8, 2010)