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Hand holding electric charger to car — Tommy Krombacher/Unsplash “Hydrogen fuel cells are enormously powerful, enabling you to run at an efficiency that simply does not exist for more traditional engines,” Abruña said.

Chemistry

New catalysts steer hydrogen fuel cells into mainstream

2/3/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell chemists have discovered a class of nonprecious metal derivatives that can catalyze fuel cell reactions about as well as platinum at a fraction of the cost.

Physics

New technique boosts cryo-electron microscopy clarity, safety

9/21/2021 Cornell Chronicle

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.

Romance Studies

Digital book gives a taste of Venezuelan performance artist

1/22/2020

The volume’s six essays reflect upon the power of performance as an act of radical disobedience.

Government

Book examines political barriers to taxation in Latin America

9/16/2019 Cornell Chronicle

Prof. Gustavo Flores-Macías explores why decades of tax reform in Latin America have done little to stem the tide of widespread tax evasion.

Sociology & psychology

Political polarization may be less about ideology than luck

8/28/2019 Cornell Chronicle

Research shows that partisans pile onto whatever emerging position they identify with their party.

Interdisciplinary

Mathematical models predict how we wait in line, traffic

2/20/2017 Cornell Chronicle

In a new interdisciplinary study combining mathematics and engineering, researchers simulated models to show that drivers obey digital signs that direct them toward less-congested routes--but sometimes the signs don't keep pace with highway realities.