Princeton University is expanding its commitment in quantum science and engineering research and education, with plans for a new building, a new graduate program, and a broader leadership structure for its initiative. These expanded programs, along with ongoing recruitment of top faculty, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, reflect…

In March of 2022, a student in Ukraine sent an email to the Princeton University physics department. The 18-year-old, Oleksandr Shelestiuk, soon received a response from Chris Tully, Princeton professor of physics and researcher at the European Organization for Nuclear…

While today’s classical data signals can get amplified across a city or an ocean, quantum signals cannot. They must be repeated in intervals — that is, stopped, copied and passed on by specialized machines called quantum repeaters. Many experts believe these quantum repeaters will play a key role in future communication networks, allowing…

Jeffrey Schwartz, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemistry, has been named an Edison Patent Awardee, the state’s highest recognition for inventors and innovators, by the Research and Development Council of New Jersey.

Schwartz is being honored for his 2014 patent, “Devices with Multiple Surface Functionality,” in…

A study published in the journal Nature led by Princeton researchers reveals in precise detail how and why a material known as magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene forms insulating quantum phases.

Using photothermal energy to advance chemical recycling, the Stache Lab announces a depolymerization method that relies on heat generated by nanoparticles to affect a broad level of spatial and temporal control.

In research published this week, the team activated carbon quantum dots, which they introduced into bulk polymers, with LED…

B. Andrei Bernevig, professor of physics at Princeton University, has been selected to receive the 2023 EPS Europhysics Prize by the Condensed Matter Division of the European Physical Society…

The next generation of particle physics is on the horizon as the world’s largest particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva, Switzerland, is set to undergo major upgrades over the next several years to increase the likelihood of finding new physics and learning more about the fundamental structure of the universe.

For millennia, humans have been fascinated by the mysteries of the cosmos.

Unlike ancient philosophers imagining the universe’s origins, modern cosmologists use quantitative tools to gain insights into its evolution and structure. Modern cosmology dates back to the early 20th century, with the development of Albert Einstein’s theory of…

In late 2021, Salvatore Torquato, on sabbatical from the Department of Chemistry, reached across the aisle as it were and invited a young astrophysicist at the Institute for Advanced Study to apply the tools of statistical mechanics to his own work on the distribution of galaxies…