Cornell researchers have won federal stimulus funding for three projects that will help meet the nation's future energy needs, with additional state support for one project. (May 7, 2009)
The first near-Earth triple asteroid was discovered this week by astronomers using the radar telescope at Arecibo Observatory. The objects, which are rotating around each other, are about 7 million miles from Earth. (Feb. 13, 2008)
By comparing the genomes of humans and five other mammals, Cornell researchers have identified 544 genes that have been shaped by positive selection over millions of years of evolution. (Sept. 15, 2008)
The Cornell contingent of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission saluted the rover Spirit with a gathering at the Space Sciences Building -- two days before the official anniversary (7:37 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20) of her first Martian year on the red planet. (November 23, 2005)
The Cornell Theory Center has fired up its newest and fastest high-performance computer, called the Velocity-3 Cluster, or V3, capable of speeds up to 2.1 teraflops. (November 15, 2005)
Cornell University received two one-year institutional development grants for stem cell research from the state of New York as part of $14.5 million in similar awards granted statewide Jan. 7. (Jan. 16, 2008)
Cornell just opened its new $6 million Biofuels Research Laboratory, where Cornell scientists and students from across the university are examining sustainable and economical biofuel production. (April 1, 2009)
Three Cornell researchers with expertise in very different fields are collaborating on a $1.5 million NSF grant to create computer models of large networks that don't throw out small details. (Feb. 25, 2009)
Cornell researchers have developed a method to self-assemble metals into complex nanostructures for catalysis by guiding metal particles into the desired form using soft polymers. (June 26, 2008)