The final reports from the Cornell faculty task forces identify the next steps in nearly a decade of collaborative work aimed at making Cornell a leader in such areas as genomics and computing and information sciences.
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Employing powerful genome sequencing tools, Cornell scientists have gained new insight into how efficiently the microbes in large bioreactors produce methane from brewery waste. (Feb. 24, 2011)
Cornell researchers have captured the sharpest mid-infrared images yet of a ring of gas and dust seven light-years wide orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
A Cornell researcher has created an extremely efficient transistor made from gallium nitride, which may soon replace silicon as king of semiconductors for power applications. (Dec. 8, 2009)
Edwin E. Salpeter, the James Gilbert White Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences emeritus at Cornell and winner of the 1997 Crafoord Prize in Astrophysics, will deliver a physics colloquium on "Astrophysics in the 1950s and Advice to Young Players" on Monday, Sept. 15, at 4:30 in Schwartz Auditorium.
Cornell scientists led by Itai Cohen, associate professor of physics, have explored why these fluids behave like they do by watching how micron-sized suspended particles dance in real time and space. (Sept. 1, 2011)
Lara Estroff and colleagues have taken a deep, detailed look at the way lab-created calcite crystals, similar to those found in nature, grow in tandem with proteins and other large molecules. (Nov. 30, 2009)
A biosensor made from a common bacterium that can detect toxic metals in water won the Cornell Genetically Engineered Machines student project team a bronze medal at a recent competition. (Nov. 30, 2009)
The College of Veterinary Medicine was ranked the best in the nation in U.S. News and World Report's 2008 edition of 'America's Best Graduate Schools.' The Law School, Johnson School and Weill Cornell Medical College also made the top schools lists. (April 3, 2007)