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Physics

‘Strange metal’ superconductors just got stranger

Cornell Chronicle

High-temperature superconductors have remained a scientific mystery for more than 30 years. Their electrical resistance, which increases linearly with temperature, has been particularly puzzling, spawning hundreds of theories.

History of Art

Book explores Latin American modernity, technology

The impact of technology on modernity has been a worldwide phenomenon, but Western art historians tend to ignore the “global south” – less developed countries – as María Fernández explores in her new edited work, “Latin American Modernisms and Technology.”

History of Art

An art historian, a tweet and an unexpected result

Cornell Chronicle

Image: Conceptual installation by Colombian-born sculptor Doris Salcedo at the 2007 exhibition at the Tate Modern in London. Photo credit: Gilberto Dobón, Wikimedia Commons

Faculty outreach

Warrior-scholars gain skills, confidence from Cornell experience

Cornell Chronicle

Some of the 14 participants in this year’s Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) at Cornell said their week of intensive study, July 21-29, taught them how to read critically, paying attention to the perspectives of the authors, their intended audiences and the historical contexts that informed their writings. Others noted the relevance of ancient works to present times.

Astronomy

Exoplanet detectives create catalog of ‘light-fingerprints’

Cornell Chronicle

The catalog includes 19 of the most diverse bodies in our solar system.

Student experiences

A&S junior explores early photographs of New England women

A&S Communications

After taking a freshman writing seminar on visual depictions of women reading throughout history, Ellie O’Reilly’s ’20 passion for feminism, art history and English grew.

Physics

Accelerator project gets push from National Academy of Sciences

Cornell Chronicle

A National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) committee has endorsed the idea of building an electron-ion collider (EIC) in the United States, for the purpose of expanding understanding of the fundamental building blocks of matter.

Physics

Singer group will use DOE funding to create new quantum states of matter

Cornell Chronicle

Andrej Singer, assistant professor of materials science and engineering and David Croll Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow, will lead a three-year project funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science that will attempt to create new quantum states of matter.

Africana Studies

Aug. 11 event to honor life, legacy of Dorothy Cotton

A celebration of the life and legacy of civil rights icon Dorothy Cotton will be held Aug. 11 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in Bailey Hall on the Cornell campus. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.

Physics

Guinness World Record for micro view into hidden worlds

Cornell Chronicle

In a recent research paper published in Nature, a group led by physics professors David Muller and Sol Gruner claimed a world record for electron microscope resolution using a high-powered detector and a technique called ptychography. Their technique was shown to measure down to 0.39 ångströms or 0.039 nanometers (one-billionth of a meter).

Physics

Garbage to gold: getting good results from bad data

Cornell Chronicle

Researchers sought a way to obtain usable protein structure images without the expense and time of an X-ray free electron laser source.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Awards promote life sciences research and industry partnerships in NY

Cornell Chronicle

A project to develop topical therapies for skin diseases associated with DNA damage and another to investigate bone-binding polymers to relieve bone-on-bone pain for those with severe osteoarthritis are two of nine projects awarded 2018-19 Center for Advanced Technology (CAT) grants.CAT is housed in Cornell’s Institute of Biotechnology.

Faculty awards

Atkinson Center names 2018-19 SSHA faculty fellows

Cornell Chronicle

Sustainability science is getting a big boost from the humanities. And the social sciences. And the arts.Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future has named seven social sciences, humanities and arts (SSHA) fellows for the 2018-19 academic year. The annual fellowships are awarded to faculty from across the university whose work broadens and deepens sustainability research.

Government

New book investigates the government-citizen disconnect

Cornell Chronicle

Suzanne Mettler explores this growing gulf between people’s perceptions of government and the actual role it plays in their lives in her latest book.

Government

Congress has three tools to counter Trump on Russia

The Washington Post

Government Professor Douglas Kriner writes in this Washington Post opinion piece that Congress has a role to play in reining in a "wayward president."