Another weapon in the arsenal against cancer has been invented at Cornell: nanoparticles that identify, target and kill specific cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone. (March 9, 2010)
NASA's Kepler space telescope, in concert with Cornell-led measurements of stars' ultraviolet activity, has observed the effects of a dead star bending the light of its companion red star.
Cornell researchers have shed new light on a lightning-quick, impossibly small-scale process, called exocytosis, by casting sharp focus on what happens right at the moment the 'doors' on the cell wall open. (Oct. 13, 2010)
Cornell students exhibited their embedded design skills at the Cornell Cup USA by demonstrating modular robots and Rock Band-playing robots. (May 10, 2012)
A device that uses image processing to instantly identify a prescription drug took top honors at the first Cornell Cup USA Presented by Intel, May 4-5. (May 10, 2012)
Three Cornell research teams have received National Science Foundation support from a new program that rewards high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary projects. (Oct. 24, 2012)
Natalie Mahowald, associate professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, said the concentration of dust in the atmosphere could affect global systems including climate, precipitation and vegetation.
Nanotechnology is giving researchers insight into how cell receptors for environmental stimuli orchestrate the spatial assembly of the intracellular signaling pathways.
Cornell research has for the first time confirmed key predictions about how 'Cooper pairs' of electrons behave in new high-temperature superconductors.