PASADENA, Calif. -- The Cornell University-developed, mast-mounted panoramic camera, called the Pancam, on board the rovers Spirit and Opportunity will provide the clearest, most-detailed Martian landscapes ever seen. The image resolution -- equivalent to 20/20 vision for a person standing on the Martian surface -- will be three times higher than that recorded by the cameras on the Mars Pathfinder mission in 1997 or the Viking Landers in the mid-1970s.
Nearly 99 percent alike in genetic makeup, chimpanzees and humans might be even more similar were it not for what researchers call "lifestyle" changes in the 6 million years that separate us from a common ancestor.
On April 26 astronomy professor Steve Squyres will be awarded the 2007 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science for overseeing the science for the Mars Exploration Rover project. (March 20, 2007)
Cornell University's collection of 220 mechanical teaching models from the 19th century, the largest such collection in the world, soon will be available on the Internet to students and teachers. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Cornell University Library a $725,088 grant to create a digital collection of the historical machines for the National Science Digital Library (NSDL). (October 16, 2002)
Engineering researchers have used a very tiny beam of light with as little as 1 milliwatt of power to move a silicon structure up to 12 nanometers. (Nov. 16, 2009)
Chairman of the Board of Trustees Peter Meinig and Provost Biddy Martin made statements to the Cornell community to assure continuity, stability and a smooth transition to Hunter Rawlings' interim presidency.
Associate Vice President Paul Streeter has been named assistant dean for finance and administration at the College of Veterinary Medicine, effective June 14.
Like Star Trek, CUinfo continues to please fans by returning again and again in new versions.
Its latest incarnation, redesigned by the Cornell Office of Web Communications (OWC) and Cornell Information Technologies to conform…
Gov. George E. Pataki has made a major commitment for the state to share in the purchase of the next generation of supercomputers and to provide increased operating support for the Cornell Theory Center. The commitment is part of a package Cornell has proposed to the National Science Foundation for continued designation as one of the national sites for supercomputing.