Physical Sciences
At Princeton, interdisciplinary collaborations of researchers are using artificial intelligence to accelerate discovery across the University in fields ranging from neuroscience to Near Eastern studies.
Princeton experts are also pushing the limits of AI technology to make it more accurate and efficient, to…
The Defense Department’s largest research organization has partnered with a Princeton-led effort to develop advanced microchips for artificial intelligence.
The new hardware reimagines AI chips for modern workloads and can run powerful AI systems using much less energy than today’s most advanced semiconductors, according to…
New findings open possibilities for future developments in quantum physics, spin-based electronics
In the blink of an eye, the unruly, superheated plasma that drives a fusion reaction can lose its stability and escape the strong magnetic fields confining it within the donut-shaped fusion reactor. These getaways frequently spell the end of the reaction, posing a core…
Three years ago, scientists discovered evidence of edge supercurrents in the Weyl superconductor molybdenum telluride. Now, Princeton researchers have expanded on that finding and uncovered a series of novel features that may broaden our understanding of topological superconductivity. In the new experiment, the superconducting electrons in molybdenum telluride are forced to coexist with a stronger supercurrent injected from the conventional superconductor niobium. The competition between the two incompatible superconducting populations leaves a distinctive imprint on oscillations executed by the edge supercurrent in the presence of a magnetic field. The oscillations provide a new window on how electrons behave in the superconducting state. This research, to appear in Nature Physics, deepens our understanding of quantum phenomena in novel materials.
This September marked the end of the first five years of research for the Institute for Research and Innovation in Software for High Energy Physics (IRIS-HEP). In mid-month, an international cohort of the software collaboration’s researchers and project team gathered in Madison, Wisconsin for an all-hands…
The American Astronomical Society has awarded its highest honor to Princeton astrophysicist Neta Bahcall, Princeton’s Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy. The Henry Norris Russell Lectureship is awarded annually for “a lifetime of eminence in astronomical research.”
“I…
Princeton physicists developed a new experimental approach that precisely detects quantum mechanical fluctuations on the verge of a phase transition of a two-dimensional superconductor. The results uncover a new type of quantum phase transition that cannot be explained by the established theories used to describe phase transitions in superconductors. This research promises to propel the study of quantum condensed matter and superconductivity in new directions.
For the first time, a team of Princeton physicists have been able to link together individual molecules into special states that are quantum mechanically “entangled.” In these bizarre states, the molecules remain correlated with each other—and can interact simultaneously—even if they are miles apart, or indeed, even if they occupy opposite ends of the universe. This research was recently published in the journal Science.
In a funding venture that could be transformational for imaging single molecules within a cell, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded a $3.4M grant to a collaboration between Princeton’s Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biology.
The four-year grant supports the development of a new microscope that will enable…