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Everything We Know About Tesla’s Optimus Humanoid Robot

DOE Genesis Mission awards will advance AI-driven science

Two Cornell-led research teams have been selected to receive nearly $1.2 million through Phase I of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission.

Too thin to fail: an alternative to copper microchip interconnects

Researchers developed a potential replacement for the tiny copper interconnects in microchips: single-crystal nanowires that become better conductors the thinner they get.

Canadian wildfire smoke, high heat, to blanket Long Island Thursday

Mechanical Engineering Distance Learning M.Eng. Virtual Info Session – July 22

Bold, Almost Reckless: Israeli Scientists Seek to Block Solar Radiation in a Radical Climate Experiment

Drone strikes beyond the battlefield pump up market for technology to repel them

Dead lithium batteries revived to 95% capacity via electrochemical bath

This satellite is falling towards Earth, so scientists hatched a plan to give it a lil’ push

Doctoral grad wins Ivy+ Three Minute Thesis competition

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.