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Scientist Britney Schmidt wins Blavatnik Award

September 12, 2024

Britney Schmidt, associate professor of astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences and of earth and atmospheric sciences in Cornell Engineering, has been named a laureate of the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists.

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Cornell Cinema offers tasty, mind-stretching Science on Screen showings

April 5, 2024

Science on Screen® supports creative pairings of current, classic, cult, and documentary films with introductions by figures from the world of science, technology and medicine.

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A promising alternative to seabed mining? Seawater

July 10, 2024

As the International Seabed Authority meets in Jamaica this month, Maha Haji, professor of engineering, comments on a promising alternative to seabed mining.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Light-activated micro device expands ‘green’ electrochemistry

January 9, 2025

Cornell chemists and nanofabrication experts have joined forces to create a 2 millimeter-wide, wireless, light-activated device to simplify electrochemistry for broad use.

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Protein shuttling mechanism helps bacteria pump out antibiotics

February 12, 2025

A Cornell-led collaboration uncovered the equipment that enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics: a shuttling mechanism that helps a complex of proteins pump out a wide spectrum of antibiotics from the cell.

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John Nation, plasma physicist and electrical engineer, dies at 89

September 24, 2024

John A. Nation, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering, whose research on high-power microwave generation helped drive Cornell’s role in advancing plasma studies and fusion energy, died on Sept. 3 in Rye, New Hampshire. He was 89.

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Mice use their tongues to ‘see’ tactile targets

January 7, 2025

Cornell scientists have identified the neural pathway mice use to direct the tongue to tactile targets: the superior colliculus, the same brain region that primates – including humans – use to direct their gaze to visual targets.

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Rocket-inspired reaction yields carbon with record surface area

December 18, 2024

Cornell researchers have engineered a nanoporous carbon with the highest surface area ever reported, a breakthrough that is already proving beneficial for carbon-dioxide capture and energy storage technologies.

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Powerful AI tool can boost precision medicine, treatments

November 25, 2024

A tool co-developed by Cornell researchers uses AI and machine learning to solve and predict how human proteins might interface and interact with other proteins, which can greatly accelerate fundamental research and clinical precision medicine.

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