Brazil Olympics misses first deadline for clean energy
Bloomberg Business: If Brazil's government doesn't soon make a deal with the power company, organizers say they'll have to run the event on diesel generators. Read more
Bloomberg Business: If Brazil's government doesn't soon make a deal with the power company, organizers say they'll have to run the event on diesel generators. Read more
As a cyber-oriented culture, it’s natural to wonder whether and how our daily habits assist hackers in stealing our personal information. Read more
Electron microscope images show how mollusks build the incredibly strong and beautiful material found inside their shells, offering new ideas for man-made materials. Read more
Lance Collins, the Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Read more
The physical sciences at Cornell University jumped to No. 9 among institutions worldwide, up from No. 15 last year, according to the Times Higher Education 2015-16 World University Rankings. Read more
A Needle Woman, artist Kimsooja's project with materials scientists that was displayed on the Arts Quad in the Cornell Council for the Arts Biennial, is the subject of a new PBS Art21 documentary. Read more
Business Insider: Artificial intelligence (AI) is making huge strides in problems that have traditionally plagued the field by harnessing the power of machine learning, a statistical method that relies on a lot of data. Read more
PTP: Researchers studying how hyaluronic acid (HA) moves in the body suggest a possible reason why HA treatment of osteoarthritis has such variable outcomes. Read more
biotechdaily: Investigators at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA) had shown in previous studies that (CTCs) became part of a "microenvironment" when they became physically associated with activated platelets and fibrin while being transported in the bloodstream. Read more
Cornell researchers investigating why HA treatments have produced mixed results discovered that a molecule, lubricin, helps anchor HA at the tissue surface, which helps to move cartilage into a low-friction regime. Read more