Dyed wool a sustainable water purification alternative
September 09, 2026
A research team has proven the feasibility of using polydopamine-dyed and ultrablack wool as a low-cost, renewable water-purification method.
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The secret lives of city insects: bringing urban ecology to the community
September 08, 2026
Doctoral student Sylvana Ross and a team of Cincinnati youths spent their summer studying city-dwelling insects, amassing data that can inform decisions that support healthy green spaces.
NASA telescope gives hidden exoplanets chance to shine
August 27, 2026
Targeting launch Aug. 30, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will attempt to directly image a set of exoplanets selected with help from Cornell faculty member Dmitry Savransky.
Campaign closes with record support for students and research
August 27, 2026
Cornell’s To Do the Greatest Good campaign surpassed its goal of raising more than $5 billion and engaging more than 200,000 alumni – achievements that will enhance opportunities for students and accelerate critical faculty research.
Is there an AI bubble? No, but some tech companies show signs
August 25, 2026
The AI sector is not in a bubble market, but the prices of some individual AI companies behave with the price variability and exuberance characteristic of a bubble, according to new Cornell research.
Alum shares wisdom from career journey
August 21, 2026
Jason Marvin, Ph.D. ’22, spoke about his journey from biomedical engineering doctorate to his current position during the Summer Success Symposium alumni keynote on Aug. 18.
Existing drug could treat invasive canine oral tumors
August 18, 2026
A new diagnostic tool distinguishes between two similar canine oral cancers, opening the door for a promising FDA-approved treatment.
A new ingredient for quantum computing: krypton gas
August 17, 2026
Researchers developed a method that uses krypton gas to slash the deposition temperature of the corrosion-resistant metal tantalum, resulting in thin films that have substantially higher electronic conductivity.
Distinct neurons drive mice’s social sounds and squeaks
August 17, 2026
The discovery is a step toward understanding how the brain is organized to control vocalization in mammals, including humans.
A better pill to swallow: Nanofiber film delivers ultrafast pain relief
August 17, 2026
Researchers developed an ultrafast-dissolving nanofiber film that can deliver a cocktail of three drugs so quickly and effectively, 90% of the formulation is released in less than two seconds.
Engineered microbe speeds CO2 capture, recovers critical metals
August 13, 2026
A genetically engineered bacterium can rapidly break down one of Earth’s most abundant minerals, opening a promising new pathway for removing CO2 from the atmosphere and recovering critical elements, according to new Cornell research.
Alum’s company creates tech for pain-free tattoos
August 13, 2026
A company founded by a Cornell doctoral alum is using microneedle technology to create a pain-free tattoo experience.
Attacking cancer-enabling proteins where they live
August 13, 2026
Using a photochemically driven labeling technique, a Cornell-led research group has devised a way to capture cancer-specific protein-to-protein interactions, which could spawn targeted therapies for prostate and other forms of the disease.
The surprising risks of online passkeys
August 13, 2026
A Cornell team’s study to see how people identify and protect themselves from malicious use of their online passkeys paints a “grim picture” of people’s ability to alleviate the threat posed by such online invasions of privacy.
Cornell PhD students create inventory drone and weeding robot
August 12, 2026
The August Startup Cornell podcast features doctoral students Doris Xu and Katrina Davis, two founders who were part of a summer Prototyping Hardware Accelerator at Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, a business incubator and startup workspace in downtown Ithaca.
New program turns minor cheating violations into a learning opportunity
August 12, 2026
An initiative to handle minor academic integrity violations in classes is rolling out to the entire university in the fall semester after a successful two-and-a-half-year pilot.
Strike a pose: Creating more realistic multi-person images
July 28, 2026
A Cornell research group has devised a way to generate an image of multiple people, incorporating the poses of all individuals to inform the image generation and make the scene more believable and accurate.
Researchers break light symmetry with simple materials
July 27, 2026
Light typically interacts with a material the same way whether it enters through the front or the back. Cornell researchers have demonstrated a simple route to breaking that symmetry, with possibilities for photonics and quantum information processing.
For the birds: Parakeet co-designs its own perch
July 23, 2026
Doctoral student, and her bird, co-designed NomadicPerch, a felted wearable that temporarily turns a hand into a mobile perch.
Rubber tree agroforestry supports birds, biodiversity in the Colombian Amazon
July 22, 2026
A doctoral candidate and Semlitz Sustainability Fellow and his Colombian partners seek to protect birds and biodiversity in the Amazon via sustainable rubber tree agroforestry.
Too thin to fail: an alternative to copper microchip interconnects
July 16, 2026
Researchers developed a potential replacement for the tiny copper interconnects in microchips: single-crystal nanowires that become better conductors the thinner they get.
How a Cornell startup scaled to $1.3 billion in battery tech
July 13, 2026
The startup was founded by Cornell alumni and a professor, inspired by a class in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and nurtured through Cornell’s entrepreneurship ecosystem.
What social media creators can’t say about their job
July 08, 2026
Online content creator burnout is, in part, “unspeakable” – a product of a confluence of factors, including the informal nature of platform labor and the privileged status of creative work, seen by many as a “dream job.”
Can AI plan for heat emergencies better than simple rules? It depends
July 01, 2026
For consequential decision-making, the benefits of a simple index score vs. a less-interpretable predictive AI algorithm depend, researchers from Cornell found, on the desired outcome as well as the decision’s intended audience.
Doctoral grad wins Ivy+ Three Minute Thesis competition
June 29, 2026
Cornell 2026 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) winner Ellen van Wijngaarden, Ph.D. '26, won first place in the Ivy+ 3MT, where she competed against students representing eight peer institutions.