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Flat ground and four construction vehicles; mountians in background — Provided A hole 22 meters in diameter near the summit of Cerro Chajnantor in Chile’s Atacama Desert, at an elevation of 18,400 feet stands ready for the cement foundation on which the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope will one day rest.

Astronomy

Major progress made in construction of Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope

5/9/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Project scientists are looking forward to collecting data that will give them insight into the universe’s earliest days; the telescope will also play a role in the search for gravitational waves and dark matter.

Modern building, illuminated windows a sunset — Renzo Borgatti/Creative Commons license 2.0 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, outside Batavia, Illinois

Physics

Graduate student selected for DOE program

5/9/2022 Cornell Chronicle

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

Student honors

A&S student named Carnegie Fellow

5/9/2022 A&S Communications

Ben Feldman '22 will conduct research at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in D.C. after graduation.

Shiny spikes organized into a sphere — Etienne Desclides/ Unsplash Ferrofluids were invented in 1963 by NASA to create liquid rocket fuel that could be drawn toward a fuel pump in a weightless environment by applying a magnetic field.

Physics

Mechanism ‘splits’ electron spins in magnetic material

5/5/2022 Cornell Chronicle

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

Extraordinary Journeys

'I did not close myself off from my potential'

5/16/2022

Jonathan Mercedes is a comparative literature major.

People administer COVID tests at an outdoor table

Social science research

Misperceptions can threaten scientific advancement

5/5/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Peter Enns, professor of government, and co-authors made this massive collection of COVID-related survey data available at the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.

Extraordinary Journeys

'I learned to ask questions from curiosity rather than a need to be right'

5/16/2022

Kathryn Stamm is a Literatures in English and American Studies major.

Geometrical ceiling design shining with gold — Another Believer/Creative Commons license 3.0 Interior of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

National Academy of Sciences

Four elected to National Academy of Sciences

5/5/2022 Cornell Chronicle

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