Louis Hand, pioneer of high-energy physics, dies at 90
Colleagues remember Hand as a scientist devoted to discovery, both in his field of expertise and beyond.
Louis Hand, pioneer of high-energy physics, dies at 90
Bethe Lecture: Testing space propulsion on Earth
On Nov. 15, physicist and engineer John Foster will discuss the challenge of testing high power electric propulsion on the ground.
Apocalypse debate set for Nov. 9
Five professors will argue for the importance of their disciplines during the Logos Philosophy Debate Club’s annual debate.
Tiny networks intertwine to mimic design of bird colors
The resulting materials could prove useful in a variety of applications, from making sustainable pigments to energy storage and filtration.
Research repository arXiv receives $10M for upgrades
Cornell Tech has announced a total of more than $10 million in gifts and grants to support arXiv.
Research repository arXiv receives $10M for upgrades
Cornell Tech has announced more than $10 million in gifts and grants to support arXiv.
Physicists realize fractionalization without a magnetic field
The Kim Group leveraged geometric thinking in a twisted bilayer graphene lattice to predict new effects, a novel approach.
Six postdocs honored with achievement awards
Cornell employs 790 postdoctoral scholars who are appointed across nearly 90 departments where they actively participate in the university’s research, teaching, and extension missions.
Physicist Michelle Wang named Biophysical Society Fellow
Wang was chosen for “advancing our understanding of transcription, replication, and chromatin dynamics through the lens of DNA mechanics and topology.”
Meet some of the (many!) Cornellians who’ve won the Nobel
From Hans Bethe to Toni Morrison, we offer a sampling of alums and profs who’ve earned one of the world’s highest accolades.
In helium-three, superfluid particles pair ‘like a dance in space’
Enabled by a custom thermometer, Cornell researchers have observed superfluid fluctuation effects, possibly gaining new insight for quantum computing and the physics of the early universe.
Powerful X-ray laser ushers in a new era of science
Cornell researchers contributed critical knowledge in the early days of the LCLS-II project.
Nobel Prize winner to talk about science education research
Physicist Carl Wieman will visit campus Sept. 25-29 as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large, working with students and faculty and offering a public talk about his work in science education.
NIH-funded fly study to pinpoint brain’s role in navigation
A NIH-funded project, led by Itai Cohen, professor of physics, will use the fruit fly to study how the brain processes multisensory information involved in flight, possibly offering insight into human neurological function.
Over 80 students receive NSF graduate fellowships
Eighty-four students have been selected as National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) fellows in 2023, comprising the largest group of new fellows Cornell has ever fielded in one year.
Promising quantum state found during error correction research
A team of Cornell researchers unexpectedly discovered the presence of a “quantum spin-glass” while conducting research designed to learn more about quantum algorithms.
The College welcomes new faculty for 2023-24
Our 34 new faculty will enrich the College of Arts & Sciences with creative ideas in a vast array of topics.
New Faculty: Nigel Lockyer
Nigel Lockyer, Physics, CLASSE
New Faculty: Xiaomeng Liu
Xiaomeng Liu, Physics
New Faculty: Eric Dufresne
Eric Dufresne, Physics
New Faculty: Nils Deppe
Nils Deppe, Physics
Comparing ‘sister’ compounds may hold key to quantum puzzle
Researchers for the first time are offering a quantitatively accurate description of the origin of the mysterious “Planckian scattering rate.”
Student Spotlight: Ningdong Wang
'My work is part of a larger effort to build the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory.'
Latest muon measurement doubles precision
A Cornell team is designing some of the technology that captures the muon data.
Hummingbird beak points the way to future micro machine design
Building smaller and smaller machines is not simply a matter of shrinking the components.
Discovering the secrets of ultracold atoms in Italy
The Graduate School spoke with Darren Pereira, a doctoral candidate in physics, about his summer research at the University of Florence in Florence, Italy.
Current takes a surprising path in quantum material
The findings will help settle a decades-long debate and offers insights that will inform the development of topological materials for next-generation quantum devices.
Breakthrough identifies new state of topological quantum matter
A crystalline yet superconducting state in a new and unusual superconductor could have significant consequences for quantum computing.
Machine learning enhances X-ray imaging of nanotextures
Intricate nanotextures in thin-film materials offer scientists a new, streamlined approach to analyzing potential candidates for quantum computing and microelectronics.
Novels set at ‘Cornell’ bring you home to the Hill
The University has served as a backdrop for literary fiction, mysteries, tales inspired by real-life events, and more.
Quantum speed from a sea of excitons
Two-dimensional materials could be key to creating a computer that is ultrafast and consumes less energy.
A&S honors 23 faculty with endowed professorships
The professorships are possible because of generous gifts from alumni, parents and friends.
Merrill Scholars honor mentors at 35th annual ceremony
Forty-three student scholars, including nine from Arts and Sciences, were honored at this year’s 35th Merrill Presidential Scholars ceremony on May 23.
HERACLES beamline to accelerate cathode research
Cornell is breaking new ground in electron beam research with the HERACLES beamline, a state-of-the-art electron gun that mimics the harsh environments of the world’s largest particle colliders.
CTI announces 2023 Active Learning Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients
These grants provide a unique opportunity for faculty who are new to active learning and want to learn more or for those who want to expand upon initial efforts in implementing these teaching strategies.
$2.5M in A&S New Frontier Grants supports bold projects
A&S faculty members will delve into questions ranging from quantum computing to foreign policy development and from heritage forensics to effects of climate change.
Nexus Scholars Program expands research opportunities to 101 students
This summer, 101 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will take part in groundbreaking research on campus with 61 faculty as part of the Nexus Scholars Program.
Cornell, Google first to detect key to quantum computing future
The method, realized in theory by Prof. Eun-Ah Kim and Yuri Lensky, could protect bits of quantum information by storing them nonlocally.
Physics professor elected to National Academy of Sciences
A&S physicist Michelle Wang is among four Cornell faculty who were elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in research.
'In the past four years, I feel I've been “awakened" '
Jeffrey Backus is a physics and mathematics major.
'My greatest takeaway from research was the true value of grit'
Yaoju Tarn is a physics major.
Self-folding origami machines powered by chemical reaction
The approach could one day lead to the creation of a new fleet of tiny autonomous devices that can rapidly respond to their chemical environment.
Two physics graduate students chosen for DOE program
The fellowship provides world-class training and access to state-of-the-art facilities and resources at DOE national laboratories.
Magnetic imaging unlocks crucial property of 2D superconductor
“I’m excited that we can use this tool now and apply it to this large class of really fascinating superconductors, which are a rich playground in condensed matter physics for realizing extraordinary superconducting phenomena.”
‘Heroic’ physicist Toichiro Kinoshita dies at 98
Toichiro Kinoshita, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics Emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), died March 23. He was 98.
Arts and Sciences faculty featured on Academic Minute
Five faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences were featured on a “Cornell week” on The Academic Minute radio program from May 1-5.
Klarman Fellow studies vocal learning in parrots
By studying the brain mechanisms of vocal learning in budgies, Zhilei Zhao explores how social learning is implemented in the brain.
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Physicists take step toward fault-tolerant quantum computing
Realizing 2D particles called non-Abelian anyons in the real world is potentially useful for quantum computation: protecting bits of quantum information by storing them non-locally,
For Newman Lab’s 75th Birthday, Some Fascinating Facts
You don’t have to be a nuclear physicist to appreciate these tidbits about the Hill’s first facility devoted to accelerator physics
10 researchers named inaugural Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellows
Planning to harness the power of AI are A&S researchers from physics; ecology and evolutionary biology; chemistry and chemical biology; and neurobiology and behavior