Astronomers Detect Possible Radio Emission From Exoplanet for the First Time
By monitoring the cosmos with a radio telescope array, an international team of scientists has detected radio bursts emanating from the constellation Boötes – that…
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Arecibo Observatory: Massive, World-Class Radio Astronomy Telescope to Be Demolished – Here’s Why
The large Cornell-designed telescopic “ear” at Arecibo, Puerto Rico, which listened for the enlightening crackle of the cosmos for nearly six decades, now hears silence….
Ancient Martian Megaflood: Floods of Unimaginable Magnitude Once Washed Through Gale Crater on Mars’ Equator
Field Geology at Mars’ Equator Points to Ancient Megaflood Floods of unimaginable magnitude once washed through Gale Crater on Mars’ equator around 4 billion years…
Researchers Trap Electrons to Create Elusive Long-Hypothesized Crystal
Like restless children posing for a family portrait, electrons won’t hold still long enough to stay in any kind of fixed arrangement. Now, a Cornell-led…
“Cold Spray” Technology: 3D-Printing Biomedical Parts With Supersonic Speed
Forget glue, screws, heat or other traditional bonding methods. A Cornell-led collaboration has developed a 3D printing technique that creates cellular metallic materials by smashing…
Identifying Microbial Markers in Martian Clay: Subsoil at Earth’s Driest Place May Signal Life on Mars
Earth’s most arid desert may hold a key to finding life on Mars. Diverse microbes discovered in the clay-rich, shallow soil layers in Chile’s dry…
Acidic Fluids: Finding Evidence of Life on Mars Just Got Harder
In a little more than a decade, samples of rover-scooped Martian soil will rocket to Earth. While scientists are eager to study the red planet’s…
New Type of Superconductor Identified by Scientists
Until now, the history of superconducting materials has been a tale of two types: s-wave and d-wave. Now, Cornell researchers — led by Brad Ramshaw,…
Subtleties in Magnetic Fields Detected by Ultrathin Graphene Sensors
As with actors and opera singers, when measuring magnetic fields it helps to have range. Cornell researchers used an ultrathin graphene “sandwich” to create a…
Can Alien Life Survive a Star’s Death? Webb Space Telescope Will Reveal the Answer
When stars like our sun die, all that remains is an exposed core – a white dwarf. A planet orbiting a white dwarf presents a…
Researchers Reveal Possible New COVID-19 Coronavirus Entry Points
Since the start of the pandemic, scientists have learned that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is quite cunning. When the virus enters the body,…
Laser Jolts Microscopic Electronic Robots Into Walking – Could Produce 1 Million Robots per Silicon Wafer
In 1959, former Cornell physicist Richard Feynman delivered his famous lecture “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom,” in which he described the opportunity for…
From Seed to Supermarket: What Does It Really Take to Put Produce on Your Plate?
If you were on Cornell’s Ithaca campus last fall, you might have found a few cafes with wooden crates full of fruit simply labeled “Apple…
Scientists Say Oriole Hybridization Is a Dead End
Baltimore and Bullock’s Orioles Are Not Merging A half-century of controversy over two popular bird species may have finally come to an end. In one…
Climate Change Conundrum Faced by Farmers: Low Crop Yields or Revenue Instability
Climate change will leave some farmers with a difficult conundrum, according to a new study by researchers from Cornell University and Washington State University: Either…
How AI Sees Through the Looking Glass: Things Are Different on the Other Side of the Mirror
Things are different on the other side of the mirror. Text is backward. Clocks run counterclockwise. Cars drive on the wrong side of the road….
Incredible High-Speed Video Shows How Armor on Butterfly Wings Protects Against Heavy Rain
An analysis of high-speed raindrops hitting biological surfaces such as feathers, plant leaves, and insect wings reveals how these highly water-repelling veneers reduce the water’s…
Search for Extraterrestrial Life Boosted by New Exoplanet Climate ‘Decoder’
After examining a dozen types of suns and a roster of planet surfaces, Cornell astronomers have developed a practical model – an environmental color “decoder”…
