Cornell computer scientists have unveiled a new method for simulating 3-D knitted fabrics, allowing them to clothe animated figures in higher-quality, more realistic garments.

Cornell scientists have developed a robotic arm composed of coffee grounds that could expand the role of robots in everyday life.

From climate change to contraceptives, evolution to sex education in public schools, the Bush Administration had a stranglehold on science. But yesterday, President Obama began to loosen the government’s grip, lifting Bush’s imposed limits on federal funding for new stem cell research.

Bush’s 2001 bans on research funding transformed what should have been an intellectual academic debate into a bipartisan political battle, overstepping his bounds as he drew on moral and religious sentiments supporting his cause. Today, Obama is seeking a return to “sound science,” pledging to weed out all of the political meddling.