Itai Cohen’s research into origami mechanics and reprogammable materials has led to articles this week in Science and the New York Times.

And check out this article in the Chronicle.

Séamus Davis's group have finally supplied the first experimental proof that magnetic interactions mediate Cooper pairs.

Check out the Chronicle for more information as well as the article in PNAS 2014.

Alex Mellnik and Dan Ralph, in partnership with Nitin Samarth at Penn State, have a novel approach to computer memory they call a "topological insulator." Using the spin orientation of electrons their approach could lead to memory devices that are 10 times more efficient than any other known methods.

Read more in Science Codex.

Abolhassan Vaezi, Bethe posdoctoral fellow in LASSP, has come up with a key piece of the theoretical puzzle in the quest for quantum computing.

Read about his work in the Chronicle.

Geoffrey V. Chester, professor emeritus of physics and dean emeritus of Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences, died June 27 at age 86 in Ithaca.

Chester's obituary is available in the Cornell Chronicle.

Announcing a Symposium and Celebration for the 59th birthday of Professor Christopher L. Henley. Join with Professor Henley, friends and colleagues as we celebrate his contributions to the field of theoretical solid state physics. Our international panel of speakers will cover topics inspired by Henley's work in biophysics, quasicrystals, frustration, and interacting electrons and numerical methods.

For the Program and Registration see www.lassp.cornell.edu/Henley14