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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.”