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U.S.-China relations

The U.S. should deter — not provoke — Beijing over Taiwan. Here’s how.

2/21/2023 The Washington Post

What will fundamentally change the calculus between the U.S. and China? Jessica Chen Weiss analyzes the situation in The Washington Post.

Split image showing a rocky landscape on both left (Mars) and right (Atacama Desert in Chile) — Mars photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Atacama photo: Armando Azua-Bustos/Provided On the left is of the Jezero Crater, on the surface of Mars; the image on the right is the Red Stone Jurassic fossil delta of the Atacama Desert in northwestern Chile, a popular geological analog for Mars.

Astronomy

Life on Mars? Better tools needed to get the answer

2/21/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Current state-of-the-art instrumentation being sent to Mars to collect and analyze evidence of ancient life may not be sensitive enough to make accurate assessments, says a Cornell-led study.

Two people sign a document on a podium — Jason Koski/Cornell University Ray Halbritter, left, representing the Oneida Indian Nation, and President Martha E. Pollack, sign documents that repatriate ancestral remains from the university to the Oneida Indian Nation.

Anthropology

Cornell repatriates ancestral remains to Oneida Indian Nation

2/22/2023 Cornell Chronicle

The remains, unearthed in 1964, had been kept in a university archive for six decades. They were returned on Feb. 21 at a small campus ceremony.

Three tiers of scientific vials containing liquid glowing in a rainbow range from green to dark blue. — Provided Light-sensitive molecules arranged in metal-organic frameworks (MOF) glow different colors under UV light, showing energy diffusion differences.

Climate research

Color coding aids evaluation of new solar tech materials

2/22/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell chemistry researchers discovered a method to evaluate complex materials for solar energy harvesting.

Purple and green spikes radiate outward in a microscopic image of a cell — Provided/Leslie Babonis Developing stinging cells (magenta and aqua) in a larva of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Single gene causes stinging cell to lose its sting

2/23/2023 Cornell Chronicle

“This one gene controls a switch between two alternative cell fates," said Professor Leslie Babonis.

Red buds on black branches in the foreground with a clock tower in the distance

National Science Foundation awards

Nine professors win NSF early-career awards

2/23/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Three Arts and Sciences professors “have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization."

Dark space, interrupted by two black holes — Aurore Simonnet/LIGO-Caltech-MIT-Sonoma State An artist’s conception shows two merging black holes similar to those detected by LIGO.

Physics

Physicists create new model of ringing black holes

2/24/2023 A&S Communications

Gravitational waves produced from colliding black holes interact with each other, producing nonlinear effects – “what happens when waves on the beach crest and crash.”

City street winds past modern buildings beside a river: Lagos, Nigeria — Nupo Deyon Daniel/Unsplash Lagos, Nigeria

African politics

High stakes and high risk in Nigeria landmark election

2/24/2023 A&S Communications

Perspective from professor Rachel Beatty Riedl on the “opportunity of historic turnover" as Nigerians will head to the polls Feb. 25 for a fiercely-competitive presidential election.

Eight students face forward — Sreang Hok/Cornell University Clinton Foundation Students meet at eHub in Kennedy Hall.

Student experiences

Students to develop their ideas for social change

2/27/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Ten enterprising Cornell students will attend the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) 2023 Annual Meeting in March.

Moral psychology

Philosopher John Doris: ‘Moral psychologists have plenty to do’

2/27/2023 A&S Communications

John M. Doris reflected on his book "Character Trouble: Undisciplined Essays on Moral Agency and Personality" during a recent book talk.

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