Brains on board: Smart microrobots walk autonomously
Electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots that are smaller than an ant’s head allow them to walk by themselves.
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Eminent physicist Kurt Gottfried, co-founder of Union of Concerned Scientists, dies at 93
Gottfried was also the author of a classic text on quantum mechanics and numerous scholarly articles on missile defense, space weapons, nuclear weapons and cooperative security.
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Energy center receives $12.6 million in renewed funding
The award allows the center to continue its work developing advanced fuel cell technologies in alkaline media.
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A&S opens application portal for Klarman postdoc fellowships
Klarman Fellows pursue research in any discipline in the College, including natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and the creative arts as well as cross-disciplinary fields. The application deadline is October 14.
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Physics alum Helen Edwards acknowledged for contributions to particle physics
An article from Physics World remembered Cornell Physics alum, Helen Edwards, for her many contributions to the field of particle physics.
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Academic boot camp boosts veterans’ higher ed mission
Professors in physics and classics contributed to the Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) hosted at Cornell for military veterans July 23 to Aug. 6.
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$3.8M NSF grant begins a new era of early universe research
The grant from the National Science Foundation will support a team of Cornell physicists who smash matter into its component parts to learn about elementary particles and their interactions.
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Student Spotlight: Yongjian Tang
A doctoral candidate in physics from Guangdong, China, Yongjian Tang is a recipient of a 2022 Wu Scholarship.
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Harnessing machine learning to analyze quantum material
Prof. Eun-Ah Kim's research, using a machine learning technique developed with Cornell computer scientists, sets the stage for insights into new phases of matter.
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First class of Milstein students heads toward graduation
Twenty Milstein Program seniors will graduate this year with degrees in everything from biology to linguistics to computer science to physics.
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