Weak coupling shows flaw in strange metal model
Planckian metals have the potential to power high-temperature superconductors, quantum computers and a host of other next-generation technologies.
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Physics professor wins American Physical Society prize
Professor Dan Ralph was awarded the McGroddy Award by APS.
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New A&S program expands undergrad research opportunities
The Nexus Scholars program will leverage the student-to-faculty ratio and the vibrant research enterprise in A&S to expand opportunities for students, while also enhancing the culture of collaborative scholarship at Cornell.
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Hans Bethe Lecture to illuminate black hole paradox
This year's Hans Bethe Lecture, “Probing the Edges of the Universe: Black Holes, Horizons and Strings,” will be on Wed., Oct. 27 at 7:30 pm in the David Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.
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Engineering novel hybrid superconductors
The Shen lab leverages unique experimental capabilities to detect and investigate systems in which superconductivity may be fragile or exist only at surfaces or interfaces.
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A&S Dean featured in PBS/BBC documentary
Astronomer Ray Jayawardhana, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences, is featured in “Particles Unknown,” airing Oct. 6.
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Grant funds machine learning discovery in quantum physics
Physicist Eun-Ah Kim and collaborators are leading the way in the discovery of new quantum materials and the development of quantum computing.
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New technique boosts cryo-electron microscopy clarity, safety
A new study published Sept. 7 in the journal of the International Union of Crystallography demonstrates that cryo-EM samples can be prepared with a safer and less expensive coolant – liquid nitrogen – and these samples can produce even sharper images than those prepared with ethane.
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Center for Bright Beams awarded $22M in grant renewal
A collaboration of researchers led by Cornell has been awarded $22.5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue gaining the fundamental understanding needed to transform the brightness of electron beams available to science, medicine and industry.
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Natalie Wolchover named A&S Zubrow Visiting Journalist for Spring 2022
The program brings accomplished journalists to Cornell each year to interact with faculty, researchers and students.
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