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Microcalcification ‘Fingerprints’ Can Yield Info About Cancer

An interdisciplinary collaboration 10 years in the making used a materials science approach to “fingerprint” the calcium mineral deposits known as microcalcifications that reveal pathological clues to the progression of breast cancer and potentially other diseases.

‘Magic’ Solvent Creates Stronger Thin Films

A new all-dry polymerization technique uses reactive vapors to create thin films with enhanced properties, such as mechanical strength, kinetics and morphology.

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Tweezers Untangle Chemotherapeutic’s Impact On DNA

New Cornell research is providing a fresh view into the ways a common chemotherapy agent, etoposide, stalls and poisons the essential enzymes that allow cancer cells to flourish.

Electrochemistry Converts Carbon to Useful Molecules

A chemistry collaboration led to a creative way to put carbon dioxide to good – and even healthy – use

Nanoclusters self-organize into centimeter-scale hierarchical assemblies

Nature may abhor a vacuum, but it sure loves structure. Complex, self-organized assemblies are found throughout the natural world, from double-helix DNA molecules to the photonic crystals that make butterfly wings so colorful and iridescent.