News Archive for July 2011
CURIE participants make solar panel movers
The Cornell campus teemed with high school-aged budding scientists and engineers during the College of Engineering's CURIE and CATALYST academies, which took place July 17-23. read more
What social media can teach us about ourselves
Today's online experience is really the experience of being part of a gigantic crowd of people, said Jon Kleinberg, in a lecture about what social media can teach us about ourselves. read more
Cornell computers spot 'opinion spam' in online reviews
Cornell researchers are developing computer software to detect phony positive reviews created by sellers to help sell their products, or negative reviews meant to downgrade competitors. read more
Broken symmetries reveal more about superconductors
A theory advanced by a Cornell theoretical physicist to link two 'broken symmetries' in a high-temperature superconductor has been verified by experiment, a step toward better superconductors. read more
New file format will help 3-D printing progress
A newly approved standard for 3-D printing file interchange will greatly enhance 3-D printing capabilities, says Cornell's Hod Lipson, who led the development of the standard. read more
Noah Snavely receives Microsoft Research Fellowship
Noah Snavely, assistant professor of computer science, has been named one of eight Microsoft Research Faculty fellows for 2011. read more
Cornell to answer call for tech campus in New York City
Cornell will answer the call issued by Mayor Michael Bloomberg read more
Teaching robots to identify human activities
Cornell researchers are programming robots to identify human activities by observation, and they report that they have trained a robot to recognize 12 different human activities. read more
Engineers develop lensless micro camera
It fits on the head of a pin, contains no lenses or moving parts and costs pennies to make, and this Cornell-developed camera could revolutionize an array of science from surgery to robotics. read more
