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Fuel cell research

$8.3M award boosts chemistry research into fuel cells, batteries

9/8/2022 A&S Communications

The funding supports research, as well as the establishment of a small fleet of fuel-cell and battery powered (EV) cars at Cornell.

Spiral galaxy — ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al. This image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy Mrk (Markarian) 1337, which is roughly 120 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Virgo.

Astronomy

UVEX NASA mission advances with Cornell astronomers on team

9/8/2022 A&S Communications

… are part of the mission team for the UltraViolet Explorer (UVEX) mission, which has advanced toward a 2028 launch with NASA. … UVEX NASA mission advances with Cornell astronomers on team …

In Memoriam

Eminent physicist Kurt Gottfried, co-founder of Union of Concerned Scientists, dies at 93

9/8/2022 A&S Communications

Gottfried was also the author of a classic text on quantum mechanics and numerous scholarly articles on missile defense, space weapons, nuclear weapons and cooperative security.

Academic diversity

New Jewish studies major approved in College of Arts & Sciences

9/8/2022 A&S Communications

“These efforts recognize the critical questions Jewishness raises and its place as part of a shared heritage.”

Wearing a tiara with matching shiney necklace, a sash and medals, the white haired queen looks unsmilingly at the camera. — Photograph taken by Julian Calder for Governor-General of New Zealand Queen Elizabeth II in the Blue Room of Buckingham Palace.

International

King Charles III must quickly determine his path as ruler

9/9/2022 A&S Communications

Cornell faculty reflect on what will happen after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Economics

At global turning point, economists take stock of 100 years of development

9/9/2022 A&S Communications

Major figures in world economics will gather in Ithaca Sept. 15-17 to re-think the foundations of economics and the nature of regulation – with particular care for the environment.

Philosophy

Sydney Shoemaker, leading figure of Cornell philosophy, dies at 90

9/12/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Remembered as a powerful thinker and brilliant teacher, Shoemaker contributed to the outstanding reputation of Cornell philosophy during the second half of the twentieth century,

Molecular Biology and Genetics

Kellogg honored for insight into mechanics of biological systems

9/12/2022 A&S Communications

The 2023 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award is given each year to a woman who has achieved prominence while in the early stages of a career in biophysical research.

National Cancer Institute/Unsplash breast cancer cells

Molecular Biology and Genetics

Proteins could lead to early breast cancer diagnosis, treatment

9/12/2022 Cornell Chronicle

A team of researchers has discovered a non-invasive biomarker that could aid with earlier diagnosis of breast cancer, the most common cancer among women, which will likely affect one in 13 women during their lives.

Ancient stone building with a spire and foliage growing on the roof — Provided St. Hovhannes Church of Chahuk (built in the 12th or 13th century and renovated in the 17th and 19th centuries) was destroyed between 1997 and 2009, as documented in a new report from Caucasus Heritage Watch.

Cultural heritage

Report shows near-total erasure of Armenian heritage sites

9/12/2022 Cornell Chronicle

The study compiled decades of high-resolution satellite imagery from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.

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