Among our solar system's many moons, Saturn's Titan stands out—it's the only moon with a substantial atmosphere and liquid on the surface. It even has a weather system like Earth's, though it rains methane instead of water. ...
Planetary Sciences
Aug 10, 2021
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Electrons in metals try to behave like obedient motorists, but they end up more like bumper cars. They may be reckless drivers, but a new Cornell-led study confirms this chaos has a limit established by the laws of quantum ...
General Physics
Jul 28, 2021
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Perfect hexagonal structures inspired by honeycombs in bee nests are widely used to build everything from airplane wings, boats, and cars, to skis, snowboards, packaging and acoustic dampening materials.
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2021
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Traces of the gas phosphine point to volcanic activity on Venus, according to new research from Cornell University.
Planetary Sciences
Jul 12, 2021
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In 2016, physicist J.C. Séamus Davis discovered an elusive state of quantum matter in the cuprates, which are copper oxide materials laced with other atoms. That launched a new sub-field in the study of quantum materials.
Quantum Physics
Jun 25, 2021
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Scientists at Cornell University and the American Museum of Natural History have identified 2,034 nearby star-systems—within the small cosmic distance of 326 light-years—that could find Earth merely by watching our pale ...
Astronomy
Jun 23, 2021
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In 2018, Cornell researchers built a high-powered detector that, in combination with an algorithm-driven process called ptychography, set a world record by tripling the resolution of a state-of-the-art electron microscope.
General Physics
May 21, 2021
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Voyager 1—one of two sibling NASA spacecraft launched 44 years ago and now the most distant human-made object in space—still works and zooms toward infinity.
Astronomy
May 10, 2021
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Just as humans are challenged from the social isolation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a new study finds that a solitary lifestyle has profound effects on the brains of a social insect: paper wasps.
Plants & Animals
Apr 14, 2021
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208
Until now, the history of superconducting materials has been a tale of two types: s-wave and d-wave.
Superconductivity
Sep 21, 2020
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