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Nanoparticles sneak antibodies into cells to inhibit cancer, inflammation

A delivery system that uses lipid nanoparticles to sneak proteins into cells can accomplish the same feat with smuggling therapeutic antibodies, new research has found.
Schaffer elected dean of faculty

Cornell’s faculty members have elected Chris Schaffer, the Meinig Family Professor of Engineering in the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering, dean of faculty. Schaffer will begin his three-year term starting July 1.
Undergrads’ weed-killing robot wins top prize

A team of Cornell students bested the competition with their invention: an autonomous robot that kills weeds with electricity.
Craig Fennie, MacArthur Fellow and materials discovery pioneer, dies at 54

Craig J. Fennie, associate professor at the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering whose groundbreaking research opened pathways for scientists to discover and design materials, died on June 14. He was 54.
Cornell receives funding renewal for NORDTECH microelectronics research

After delivering on ambitious first-year milestones for projects in quantum and semiconductor technologies, researchers in the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering have helped secure millions of dollars in additional federal funding for the Northeast Regional Defense Technology Hub, also known…
Ralph, Schlom elected to National Academy of Sciences

Physicist Dan Ralph, Ph.D. ’93, and materials scientist Darrell Schlom are Cornell’s 2026 electees to the National Academy of Sciences, the academy announced April 28.
Scientists see Trump’s firing of the National Science Board as an attack on research
Self-organizing “pencil beam” laser could help scientists design brain-targeted therapies
What Trump’s psychedelics executive order means for basic neuroscience
Why is it so hard to make a working toilet fit for space travel?