3+ hour, 17+ min ago   (322+ words) Geoffrey Coates, Tisch University Professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), was named a co-winner of the Balzan Prize for his work transforming renewable feedstocks and recovered carbon dioxide into high-performance, degradable and…...

5+ hour, 15+ min ago   (323+ words) Geoffrey Coates, Tisch University Professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), was named a co-winner of the prestigious Balzan Prize for his work transforming renewable feedstocks and recovered carbon dioxide into high-performance, degradable…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (517+ words) Spreading finely crushed basalt across farmland has been promoted as a relatively simple way to remove large quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But a new study led by Cornell researchers suggests the real-world potential of this method, known…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (286+ words) Cornell Chronicle Membraneless organelles known as “condensates” form and disappear every day to help organize the biochemistry in our cells. This image captures in vitro condensates dissolving after a specific chemical is injected from the right. The color represents the…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (412+ words) Cornell researchers are using artificial intelligence to speed the search for better battery materials while using a creative approach to chemistry to expand the design space for electrolytes, unlocking new possibilities for safer, higher-performing energy storage. Electrolytes shuttle ions between…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (418+ words) Cornell Chronicle Participants at the CECAM Workshop on Physics-Aware Machine Learning for Molecules and Materials, held June 1–3 at Cornell Tech in New York City. News directly from Cornell's colleges and centers As artificial intelligence becomes an increasingly powerful tool for…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (682+ words) Craig J. Fennie, associate professor in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics at the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering whose groundbreaking research opened pathways for scientists to discover and design materials, died of a heart attack on June 14. He was…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (199+ words) Attendees of the CHESS HEXT School learn how to operate an experiment at a CHESS beamline. News directly from Cornell's colleges and centers The school runs May 19th & 20th, 2026. The school, which is designed to help train the next generation of synchrotron…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (236+ words) A physicist and a materials scientist are Cornell’s 2026 electees to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the academy announced April 28. The newly elected members are Daniel Ralph, Ph.D. ’93, the F.R. Newman Professor of Physics in the College of…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (594+ words) A high acid environment is great for a snappy hydrogen oxidation reaction – the reaction at the heart of a clean-energy fuel cell. The problem is the only catalysts that won’t dissolve in the high acid of traditional fuel cells are…...