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produces hydrogen gas bubbles on a grid of electrodes, then powers the bubbles up with acoustic energy through ultrasound.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1014_microbubble.jpg?itok=7-k5jFer","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1014_microbubble.jpg?itok=7qJ1F-hH","date_published":"Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:10:00 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/1014_microbubble.jpg?itok=z0KV0M2f","image_alt":"Cornell physics researcher Zhiyuan Zhang holds a chip containing an array of the devices he developed to create microscopic bubbles on demand, when and where they are needed."},{"id":"333785","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/electrical-sliding-switches-graphene-between-magnetic-states","title":"Electrical sliding switches graphene between magnetic states","content_text":"Researchers at the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering have found that electrically sliding the layers of ultrathin graphene can switch the material between distinct magnetic states that persist even after the voltage is removed.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1014_graphene_tnd.jpg?itok=XdfciuGR","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1014_graphene_tnd.jpg?itok=36M6D3Al","date_published":"Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:10:13 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Graduate School","Ithaca","Research 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The planet has a broad banded jet around the equator with vast wind speeds which transport material and heat from the permanently irradiated dayside to the permanently shadowed nightside."},{"id":"333770","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/chemist-elected-fellow-american-physical-society","title":"Chemist elected fellow of American Physical Society","content_text":"John Marohn, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been elected as a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/john-marohnlarger.jpg?h=22ced3b9\u0026itok=796jkQuI","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/john-marohnlarger.jpg?h=4ff4a9b9\u0026itok=JyvzsNf2","date_published":"Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:10:01 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around 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mathematicians work through challenges related to AI, Cornell math faculty members are leading the field with work integrating AI into math and mathematics into AI.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/2026_1416_aimathgrants_final_n.jpg?itok=th9gxS7V","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/2026_1416_aimathgrants_final_n.jpg?itok=ZEAKVt7x","date_published":"Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:10:53 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research 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activities.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/picture6.jpg?itok=Pp617sPJ","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/picture6.jpg?itok=aIVXBoFO","date_published":"Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:09:07 EDT","byline":"Linda B. 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White Professors-at-Large Program opens 2026-27 call for nominations","content_text":"Cornell faculty members, academic departments and groups of departments are invited to submit nominations for the A.D. 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Isacks, the William and Katherine Snee Professor of Geological Sciences Emeritus in the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering who transformed the understanding of Earth\u2019s surface, died Sept. 9 in Ithaca. He was 90.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/0918_isacks.jpg?itok=WWvYwYvw","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/0918_isacks.jpg?itok=TC9ZpGLG","date_published":"Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:09:43 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","Staff News","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/0918_isacks.jpg?itok=6pLJBIBx","image_alt":"Bryan Isacks installs seismometers and tilt meters in the Republic of Vanuatu as part of his research into plate tectonics and subductions zones."},{"id":"333658","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/disorder-key-tuning-high-temperature-superconductor","title":"Disorder is key to tuning a high-temperature 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globally.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/2026_1368_ry_00012.jpg?itok=OtPxfIkR","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/2026_1368_ry_00012.jpg?itok=qKMSrUus","date_published":"Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:09:20 EDT","byline":"Krishna Ramanujan, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","NYS Impact","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Geneva","Ithaca","NYS Impact","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/2026_1368_ry_00012.jpg?itok=57z-jG3V","image_alt":"A panel of grape leaf samples is put under the microscope of the HyperBird spectroscopy machine."},{"id":"333627","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/offers-new-science-technology-and-society-major","title":"A\u0026S offers new science, technology and society major","content_text":"An innovative major in the College of Arts \u0026amp; Sciences is being expanded and refined to highlight its combination of science, social science and the humanities and its relevance to careers today.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/sts_class_2026.jpg?h=0d9e37ad\u0026itok=C-qz9MCY","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/sts_class_2026.jpg?h=4018fe31\u0026itok=ddalqRQu","date_published":"Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:09:22 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Artificial Intelligence","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Health, Nutrition \u0026 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university.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/2026-09-newfaculty-email.jpg?itok=qCujbBa2","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/2026-09-newfaculty-email.jpg?itok=mg4flAxW","date_published":"Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:09:13 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/2026-09-newfaculty-email.jpg?itok=X3lNbsv-","image_alt":"Head shots of eight people arranged in two 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lab.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/2026_1391_wildbraintracking_final_n.jpg?itok=6shvxpn8","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/2026_1391_wildbraintracking_final_n.jpg?itok=XJcnMrDQ","date_published":"Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:09:50 EDT","byline":"Caitlin Hayes, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/2026_1391_wildbraintracking_final_n.jpg?itok=y7XgoJHv","image_alt":"Illustration of a group of interconnected red dots"},{"id":"333593","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/dyed-wool-sustainable-water-purification-alternative","title":"Dyed wool a sustainable water purification alternative","content_text":"A research team has proven the feasibility of using polydopamine-dyed and ultrablack wool as a low-cost, renewable water-purification method.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/0909_water_tnd.jpg?itok=_XCJqnis","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/0909_water_tnd.jpg?itok=ZXw1drmD","date_published":"Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:09:29 EDT","byline":"Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Architecture \u0026 Design","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Graduate School","College of Human Ecology","Ithaca","Research 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EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","NYS Impact","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Geneva","Ithaca","NYS Impact","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/0903_orchard.png?itok=VJVHqfmE","image_alt":"Prototype robot harvesting apples in fall 2025. Experimental models are used to fine-tune the engineering and to train the artificial intelligence that undergirds the robots."},{"id":"333568","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/science-behind-scroll-donghui-lis-path-cornell-tech-tiktok","title":"The science behind the scroll: Donghui Li\u2019s path from Cornell Tech to TikTok","content_text":"Cornell Tech alumna Donghui Li is a senior data scientist at TikTok.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/untitled_-_september_02_2026_at_15.33.31_1.png?h=db0c05b3\u0026itok=cOOJIHqo","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/untitled_-_september_02_2026_at_15.33.31_1.png?itok=DXT1gRrr","date_published":"Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:09:52 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Around Cornell","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Around Cornell","Cornell Tech","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","New York City","Economic Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/untitled_-_september_02_2026_at_15.33.31_1.png?h=db0c05b3\u0026itok=4c0yW8zy"},{"id":"333536","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/08\/psyche-mission-leader-give-public-lecture-sept-11","title":"Psyche Mission leader to give public lecture Sept. 11","content_text":"During the 2026 Terzian Lecture hosted by the astronomy department, Psyche Mission PI Lindy Elkins-Tanton will discuss the spacecraft\u2019s journey to the metal-rich asteroid Psyche and upcoming discoveries.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-08\/pia21499medium.jpg?h=f1ad1fba\u0026itok=NsT2p_5b","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-08\/pia21499medium.jpg?itok=s_icU4wG","date_published":"Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:08:55 EDT","byline":"Kate Blackwood","tags":["Around Cornell","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-08\/pia21499medium.jpg?h=f1ad1fba\u0026itok=9P7Gb_eD","image_alt":"Space telescope with long purple panels extending to each side, against a black backdrop of space with a rocky surface beneath"},{"id":"333516","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/08\/nasa-telescope-gives-hidden-exoplanets-chance-shine","title":"NASA telescope gives hidden exoplanets chance to shine","content_text":"Targeting launch Aug. 30, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will attempt to directly image a set of exoplanets selected with help from Cornell faculty member Dmitry Savransky.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-08\/roman_still_2.jpg?itok=KkflkGPr","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-08\/roman_still_2.jpg?itok=Pb0uYRTR","date_published":"Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:08:46 EDT","byline":"James Dean, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Graduate School","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-08\/roman_still_2.jpg?itok=onhdstMU","image_alt":"Artist rendering of NASA\u0027s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in orbit 1 million miles away at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, the same orbit as NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope."},{"id":"333502","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/08\/cornell-cat-awards-support-seven-new-biotechnology-partnerships","title":"Cornell CAT awards support seven new biotechnology partnerships","content_text":"Seven Cornell research teams have received Center for Advanced Technology grants to advance early-stage life science technologies through collaborations with biotechnology companies across New York state.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2020-07\/0713_mcgraw_summer.jpg?itok=pKa7JBgu","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2020-07\/0713_mcgraw_summer.jpg?itok=mbGdN6Wg","date_published":"Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:08:31 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","NYS Impact","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell Ann S. 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The event will highlights astronomy research and graduate student discoveries.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-08\/0215star0.jpg?h=3d83f268\u0026itok=iH8tODoT","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-08\/0215star0.jpg?itok=FngRCDSr","date_published":"Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:08:20 EDT","byline":"Linda B. 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framework for studying how biomolecular condensates form and dissolve in cells.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-08\/4_dissolving_protein_droplets_1000px.jpeg?h=66f9e585\u0026itok=V07irUcO","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-08\/4_dissolving_protein_droplets_1000px.jpeg?itok=sLCT1Vgb","date_published":"Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:08:58 EDT","byline":"Kate Blackwood","tags":["Around Cornell","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-08\/4_dissolving_protein_droplets_1000px.jpeg?h=66f9e585\u0026itok=3N_7SIAv","image_alt":"glowing blue blobs against a dark blue background, including one large blog with a yellow and green 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experience.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-08\/microdot_tattoo_patch_-_01.png?h=69b33e08\u0026itok=IG4BHSBY","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-08\/microdot_tattoo_patch_-_01.png?h=df0d6ea7\u0026itok=esBip9mO","date_published":"Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:08:33 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Global Reach","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Around Cornell","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Graduate School","Ithaca","Economic Impact","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-08\/microdot_tattoo_patch_-_01.png?h=69b33e08\u0026itok=ebxWSGAp","image_alt":"small heart in a plastic 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August\u0026nbsp;Startup Cornell podcast features doctoral students Doris Xu and Katrina Davis, two founders who were part of a summer\u0026nbsp;Prototyping Hardware Accelerator at Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, a business incubator and startup workspace in downtown Ithaca.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-08\/prototyping-2026.jpg?h=920929c4\u0026itok=0o_QEvDI","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-08\/prototyping-2026.jpg?h=1acb51c4\u0026itok=b753Kbjn","date_published":"Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:08:15 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Around Cornell","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell SC Johnson College of Business","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Graduate School","Ithaca","Research 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