The Arecibo Observatory will have its sights set on a newly discovered asteroid, 2007 TU24, next week as the object passes within 334,000 miles of Earth. (Jan. 25, 2008)
The Mars rover Opportunity has a new target. It will attempt to drive 11 kilometers to explore the crater that the Mars Exploration Rover team has unofficially dubbed 'Endeavour.' (Sept. 24, 2008)
John (Jack) E. Oliver, Cornell professor emeritus of earth and atmospheric sciences and a founding contributor to the theory of plate tectonics, died Jan. 5 at his home in Ithaca. (Jan. 10, 2011)
Cornell researchers brought their voices and expertise to COP 16 (the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's 16th Conference of Parties) in Cancun, Mexico, Nov. 29-Dec. 10. (Jan. 10, 2011)
Computer scientist Rafael Pass is seeking new approaches to cryptographic security with a $600,000, five-year grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. (Dec. 14, 2009)
The prize in the 'Nano Bowl' contest, which challenges entrants to create short videos about the physics of football, will award the world's smallest trophy, made by Cornell University nanotechnology experts. (Jan. 9, 2008)
Last month, 48 undergraduates competed in the annual Mathematical Contest in Modeling, applying the modeling and simulation skills they have learned in class to a real-world problem. (Dec. 9, 2009)
The Institute for Computational Sustainability at Cornell, launched with a $10 million NSF grant, will apply computer science to problems in managing and allocating natural resources. (Sept. 3, 2008)
Stimulus funding will enhance Cornell's e-print arXiv of scientific papers to help users identify a work's main concepts, see research reports in context and easily find related work. (Nov. 17, 2009)