Cornell University
Health
Newly developed nasal spray blocks the spread of COVID-19 among ferrets
It can potentially generate therapeutic treatments as well.
Technology
An artificially intelligent chess engine that plays like a human
When it comes to chess, computers seem to have nothing left to prove.
Space
Titan’s largest sea is 1,000 feet deep near its center
It is also immense, nearly the size of all five Great Lakes combined.
Space
Gravitational waves detected from gigantic, colliding black holes
Astronomers find possible hints of gravitational waves.
Space
Astronomers agreed that the universe is nearly 14 billion years old
A new view of nature’s oldest light adds a twist to debate over the universe’s age.
Space
Floods of unimaginable magnitude once hit Mars’ Gale crater
Field geology at Mars’ equator points to ancient megaflood.
Technology
Using quantum properties of light to transmit information
Building a quantum network one node at a time.
Science
New fungal pathogen found in NY apples orchard
In a study of New York state apple orchards, Cornell plant pathologists have identified a new fungal pathogen that belongs to genus Colletotrichum, that causes bitter rot disease in apples.
Space
New decoder to tease out exoplanet climate
Dozens of Earth-sized planets already discovered. The next is to search for life beyond our Solar system will be the characterization of the atmospheres...