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Rocket-inspired reaction yields carbon with record surface area

Cornell researchers have engineered a nanoporous carbon with the highest surface area ever reported, a breakthrough that is already proving beneficial for carbon-dioxide capture and energy storage technologies.

With DoD grant, Cornell to enhance semiconductor supply chain resilience

The Brooks Tech Policy Institute has received $3 million from the Department of Defense to establish the U.S. Semiconductor Research Hub, which will assess and improve the resilience of the global network of semiconductor infrastructure.

Fifty students recognized at pinning ceremony

The Graduate School welcomed 50 new Dean’s Scholars. The program honors students for their commitment to academic excellence and advancing diversity, access, equity, inclusion and belonging.

Faculty from range of fields earn Engineering’s top research honor

Pioneering advances in quantum computing, sustainable biotechnology, advanced manufacturing and biomedical innovation have earned six faculty members Research Excellence Awards, the highest research honor given annually by Cornell Engineering.

Strain-tuned potassium niobate may enable cleaner, smarter devices

Straining the atomic arrangement of potassium niobate could tune the material with exquisite control and drive environmentally friendly advancements in consumer electronics, medical devices and quantum computing, according to new research.

Aldwinckle, Wiesner elected to National Academy of Inventors

For their work on strengthening food crops against pests and diseases, and on hybrid materials for applications including cancer therapeutics, respectively, Cornell professors Herb Aldwinckle and Ulrich Wiesner have been elected fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.

Spain honors ORIE CFEM professor with knighthood

Marcos López de Prado, visiting professor (ORIE, CFEM), received the Officer’s Cross of the Royal Order of Civil Merit, which represents a knighthood and one of Spain’s highest honors, for his distinguished services to science.

Rand receives Hartog Award

Richard Rand, professor emeritus (MAE), has been awarded the 2025 ASME J.P. Den Hartog Award, which is the ASME society level recognition for lifetime contributions to the teaching and practice of vibration engineering. Rand was honored for his “lifetime contributions…

Micromachines autonomously coordinate using electronic pulses

Microscopic machines engineered by Cornell researchers can autonomously synchronize their movements, opening new possibilities for the use of microrobots in drug delivery, chemical mixing and environmental remediation, among other applications.

Superhot rock energy could power geothermal systems anywhere

Superhot rock geothermal – often found at least six miles below Earth’s surface – could offer abundant clean energy, finds a new report from Cornell researchers and the nonprofit Clean Air Task Force.