More basic cybersecurity research is critical
Chronicle of Higher Education: Testifying before Congress on June 10, Cornell computer scientist Fred Schneider cautioned lawmakers against legislating what professors teach.
Making realistic sounds for computer animation
PhysOrg.com: Cornell researchers simulate the sounds produced by pouring and spashing water by computing how the bubbles would behave.
Geothermal, the 'undervalued' renewable resource, sees surging interest
New York Times: Jefferson Tester, associate director of Center for a Sustainable Future, comments on the worthiness of geothermal energy.
Cornell University slated for $17.5 million grant for fuel cell research
Fuel Cell Today: Cornell University in Ithaca, New York is slated to receive £11.54 million ($17.5 million) from the federal stimulus bill to establish a new Energy Frontier Research Center.
Pandemic flu could clog U.S. rail lines
IEEE Spectrum: A simulation by systems engineers shows rail network is sensitive to pandemic flu, but port system is more robust.
Carpet cloaks bring invisibility to the optical worldTechnology Review: Michal Lipson, electrical and computer engineering faculty member, heads research that has developed a cloak that can conceal an object at optical wavelengths.
From mule to Frankenstein-style aerodynamic hybridPopular Mechanics: The Progressive
Automotive X-Prize has thrown down the gauntlet—offering $7.5 million
for a fast, affordable 100-mpg automobile—and Cornell University
students are facing the challenge.
Efficient way to make proteins for use in medicine or industry without the use of live cellsAZoNano.com: Dan Luo, biological and environmental engineering faculty member, has developed a method of making proteins for use in medicine or industry without the use of live cells.
Computer program self-discovers laws of physicswired.com: In just over a day, a powerful computer program accomplished a feat that took physicists centuries to complete: extrapolating the laws of motion from a pendulum's swings.
Parks that can move when the animals doChristian Science Monitor: Climate change is pushing marine animals out of their protected areas. Ways must be found to ensure that their protection migrates with them, naturalists say.
