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Century-old mystery of plant communication solved

Researchers at the Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems have taken a major step toward advancing two-way communication with plants.

CHESS team rolls up their sleeves for spring tune-up

While the particle accelerator buried beneath Cornell’s soccer field typically hums along 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the spring down period offers a rare and essential pause in operations.

Sionic Energy awarded SuperBoost grant to advance silicon battery technology

Sionic Energy, a leader in electrolyte and silicon battery technology, has been awarded a $200,000 SuperBoost grant from the NSF Energy Storage Engine in Upstate New York.

One small thing you can do to help reduce your role in the climate crisis

Geothermal energy has been around for over 100 years. Why is it still an emerging technology?

Students help city of Ithaca earn LEED Gold certification

A Cornell University Sustainable Design student team worked with an array of municipal departments to assemble the extensive data needed to demonstrate that the city of Ithaca met the stringent requirements for LEED certification.

Sixteen doctoral students lobby on Capitol Hill

Sixteen doctoral candidates traveled from the Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City to Capitol Hill April 9 for the annual Cornell Ph.D. Student Advocacy Day.

Sibley School hosts industry forum on AI design education

Cornell’s Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering brought together faculty, students, alumni and industry leaders for a day-long forum titled “Simulation and Design Education: Closing the Skills Gaps in the Age of AI,” hosted April 17 as the annual KK Wang Industry Day.

Zhang, team earn best paper award

Zhiru Zhang, professor, and his team received the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS 2025) for their work on “SmoothE: Differentiable E-Graph Extraction.” The work is done by Cornell graduate…

Abers chosen Chair-elect of Earthscope board

Geoff Abers, William and Katherine Snee Professor, has been chosen as Chair-elect for Earthscope’s Board of Directors. This nonprofit operates NSF-funded major geophysical instrumentation and data.