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CHESS celebrates 75 years of synchrotron light

5/16/2022

Sixty feet below the Cornell University campus, at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), researchers utilize X-rays that are 100 million times more intense than Röntgen's first beams of light.

Dragonflies use vision, subtle wing control to straighten up and fly right

5/13/2022

As one of the oldest insect species on the planet, dragonflies are an early innovator of aerial flight.

New Frontier Grants push boundaries in A&S research

5/11/2022

The College has awarded seven New Frontier Grants totaling $1.25 million to faculty members pursuing critical developments in areas across sciences and humanities.

Graduate student selected for DOE program

5/09/2022

Zepyoor Khechadoorian’s project in high energy physics will be the measurement of the muon anomalous magnetic moment, working with Fermilab advisor Chris Polly.

Mechanism ‘splits’ electron spins in magnetic material

5/05/2022

Cornell researchers have discovered a technique that could eventually lead to the development of more energy-efficient magnetic memory devices.

Four elected to National Academy of Sciences

5/05/2022

Peter Lepage, the Tisch Family Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Physics, is among four Cornell faculty to be honored this year.

'I realized the importance of learning for the sake of learning'

5/16/2022

Anthony Nguyen is a physics and math major.

'Hard choices are what make life meaningful'

5/16/2022

Willow Martin is a physics major.

'The interesting connections between my classes were exhilarating to discover'

5/16/2022

Gauri Batra is a physics major.

Cornell Physics CEDI

Cornell Physics Department’s Committee for Climate, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (CEDI) strives to foster a culture in which every member of the department feels respected, valued and supported. Inspired by the Cornell foundational principle “Any person, any study,” we lead efforts to broaden participation in the Physics community by members of historically excluded groups.

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