Using a technique known as magnetic tweezers, a group led by Peng Chen is the first to observe real-time polymer growth at the single-polymer level. The study, called "landmark" by one reviewer, achieved several firsts.
Following a rumor that a 16th-century document, part of the Witchcraft Collection in Cornell University Library, was written in blood, a father and daughter investigated.
Historian Carol Kammen discussed the experiences of black students early in Cornell's history Oct. 15 at the Africana Studies and Research Center. (Oct. 23, 2009)
In recognition of a $50 million gift aimed at enriching the diversity of undergraduate engineering, the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering was formally dedicated Oct. 21.
The body of a Cornell alumnus was found along a Cascadilla Creek gorge trail the morning of Dec. 5. The apparent cause of death was an accidental fall into the gorge, according to Ithaca Police. (Dec. 5, 2012)
A new book, “The Neuroscience of Risky Decision Making,” co-edited by faculty members Valerie Reyna and Vivian Zayas, discusses research on the neural roots of bad decisions.
An education campaign on menstrual hygiene in India and a study of the effects of grazing on grassland biodiversity in Java are among this year's Cornell projects funded by the Fulbright Program. (Aug. 22, 2012)
A group of international scientists has created a colorful catalog containing reflection signatures of Earth life forms that might be found on planet surfaces throughout the cosmic hinterlands.
The System of Rice Intensification, a method of growing rice that enhances crop yields and is resilient to climate change, won the international Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security.