A new stretchable optical lace creates a linked sensory network that would enable robots to sense how they interact with their environment and adjust their actions accordingly.
The 28th annual Cornell Fashion Collective runway show, is set for Saturday, April 28, 7-9 p.m., at Barton Hall. Some 3,000 attendees are expected. (April 23, 2012)
The College of Arts and Sciences has awarded 14 New Frontier Grants totaling nearly $2 million to faculty members pursuing research projects ranging from the physics of quantum computing to the design of new musical instruments.
Events on campus this week include new exhibitions at the Johnson Museum, the Rhodes Symposium on gender and demographics, and a memorial tribute to film professor Don Fredericksen at Cornell Cinema.
With its innovative sustainable design features including chilled beams, radiant heating and a green roof, Milstein Hall has received LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. (Aug. 23, 2012)
The strength of the attraction between molecules in two-dimensional materials, known as van der Waals forces, is dependent on the size of the empty spaces in the material, researchers have found.
A new 257-seat auditorium in Milstein Hall, opening Oct. 20, offers state-of-the-art design and technology and will be the center of activity for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. (Oct. 13, 2011)
A collaboration led by Patrick Reed has discovered the right combination of factors to enable a four-satellite constellation that maintains nearly continuous 24/7 coverage of almost every point on Earth.
Ryan Lombardi, vice president for student and campus life, expressed his condolences to the family and friends of Winston Samuel Perez Ventura '21, an incoming freshman who drowned Aug. 5 while swimming in Fall Creek in Ithaca.