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A large grey shark known as Megalodon
What did Megalodon eat? Anything it wanted — including other predators
June 22, 2022
Physical Sciences
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Princeton biologist Bryan Grenfell wins Kyoto Prize
June 22, 2022
Environment
Public Policy
Noga Alon wins 2022 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences
June 15, 2022
Physical Sciences
Campbell-Staton and Kocher named Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences
June 15, 2022
Awards
farming scenes
How restoring abandoned farms to natural habitats can mitigate climate change
June 9, 2022
Environment
Public Policy
tortoise
'Fantastic giant tortoise,' believed extinct, confirmed alive in the Galápagos
June 9, 2022
Environment
Life Sciences
sphere with blue and yellow dots
Experiments in twisted, layered quantum materials offer new picture of how electrons behave
June 8, 2022
Physical Sciences
Leah Boustan and cover of her book
Modern immigrants' children have climbed the economic ladder as fast as the Ellis Island generation
June 6, 2022
Social Science
Various pixelated letter P
Easy as an inkjet, a new soft printing technique has opened the way for pixelated elastics
May 26, 2022
Diagram containing overlapping shapes
Electrons in a crystal exhibit linked and knotted quantum twists
May 20, 2022
Physical Sciences
Wheat
How fast-growing algae could enhance growth of food crops
May 19, 2022
Environment
Life Sciences
common skin cancer squamous cell carcinoma
New method melds data to make a 3-D map of cells’ activities
May 16, 2022
Engineering
Physical Sciences
Princeton Research Day returns, fully in-person for the first time in three years
May 10, 2022
Craig B. Arnold appointed vice dean for innovation
May 10, 2022
Vice Dean for Innovation
Innovation
University News
New partnerships, programs and positions are part of Princeton’s ongoing commitment to combat systemic racism
May 5, 2022
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
How mosquito brains encode human odor so they can seek us out
May 4, 2022
Princeton partners with UNCF and HBCUs to expand research and innovation
May 4, 2022
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Princeton Alliance for Collaborative Research and Innovation (PACRI)
University News
Two dancers against a backdrop of DNA
Tethers bring distant genes together to coordinate embryo development
May 4, 2022
Life Sciences
Harry Shapiro's senior thesis has revealed new ways to cut carbon emissions on Princeton's campus
May 4, 2022
Our COVID-19 vaccines would not exist without this unsung Princeton technology
May 2, 2022
COVID-19
Biotechnology
University News
Unchecked global emissions on track to initiate mass extinction of marine life
April 28, 2022
Environment
Lewis-Sigler building
Health, environment and imaging are focus of this year’s Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund grants
April 28, 2022
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Award
Frick atrium
Princeton’s IP Accelerator Fund awarded to enhance impact of six new technologies
April 18, 2022
Intellectual Property Accelerator Award
Princeton's Mellon Fellows are bringing fresh perspectives to research and teaching in architecture, urbanism and the humanities
April 6, 2022
Humanities Research
Awards
VP David McComas receives the 2022 Distinguished Scientist Award
April 4, 2022
Energy
Awards
DataX is funding eight new AI research projects across disciplines
April 4, 2022
Biotechnology
Brain and Behavior
Data Science
A Princeton-Microsoft project is tracing the digital fingerprints of disinformation
April 1, 2022
Data Science
Public Policy
What climate choices should cities make? A Princeton data tool helps planners set priorities.
March 30, 2022
Data Science
Environment
Princeton alumnus Dennis Sullivan wins Abel Prize for mathematics
March 28, 2022
Physical Sciences
Awards
CDC Director Walensky visits Princeton to talk with students, tour COVID-19 testing lab
March 25, 2022
COVID-19
University News
New Princeton spinout will bring 'poisoned arrow' antibiotic and other new medicines to the market
March 22, 2022
Biotechnology
Physical Sciences
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory building
A timeline of innovation and impact at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
March 17, 2022
Energy
White House
Energy leaders are convening at the White House for a summit on the commercialization of clean fusion energy
March 17, 2022
Energy
Waterways
Study reveals how inland and coastal waterways influence climate
March 16, 2022
Environment
Albert Einstein
Why Einstein wouldn't think of March 14 as Pi Day, and more on his life and times
March 14, 2022
University News
Gold blocks on a chain
Venture Forward gift launches initiative on blockchain and decentralization of power
March 10, 2022
Public Policy
Rodney Priestley
Rodney Priestley named dean of Princeton’s Graduate School
March 9, 2022
Innovation
Vice Dean for Innovation Priestley
Headshots of awardees
Fefferman and Levin receive BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Awards
March 4, 2022
Awards
Twisty artistic device
PPPL researcher's work yields a breakthrough for a promising fusion-energy device
March 3, 2022
Energy
Photo of researcher
Princeton chemists find the surprisingly simple way mammals keep their bloodstream in balance
March 1, 2022
Biotechnology
Person wearing smartwatch and holding smartphone
Deep-learning diagnoses: Edge AI detects COVID-19 from smartwatch sensors
Feb. 28, 2022
COVID-19
Innovation
Data Science
People conducting research
Princeton joins new Air Force regional research hub
Feb. 28, 2022
Innovation
Artistic concept of soldiers on battlefield
Princeton voices: Speaking out on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Feb. 25, 2022
Public Policy
atoms in a lattice arrangement
Scientists visualize electron crystals in a quantum superposition
Feb. 23, 2022
Physical Sciences
Schoop and Jacobs
Chemistry's Jacobs, Schoop receive most prestigious NSF awards for early-career faculty
Feb. 17, 2022
Awards
Diller and Bassler
Bassler, Diller and alumnus Lustzig win Wolf Prizes in chemistry, architecture and math
Feb. 17, 2022
Awards
Here are key dates and details for Princeton Research Day this year
Feb. 15, 2022
University News
glowing red from a metal vessel
How the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab contributed to the new world record in clean fusion energy
Feb. 15, 2022
Energy
Plants of the Fynbos biome,Leucadendron strobilinum
These plants have 'underground weapons' in ecological competition. Read about the Princeton research.
Feb. 14, 2022
Physical Sciences
Environment
This image from a new computer simulation shows the dark matter distribution in a simulated galaxy group, with brighter areas showing higher concentrations of dark matter.
Astrophysicists find a way to form dark matter-deficient galaxies
Feb. 14, 2022
Physical Sciences
Dead lithium-ion batteries from cellphones, laptops, and motorized scooters
Princeton startup aims to fast-track lithium battery recycling
Feb. 10, 2022
Energy
Environment
DNA of fly cells
Study uncovers new features of genome organization
Feb. 7, 2022
Biotechnology
Flooded street near coast
Future hurricanes likely to pose much greater flood risk to U.S. East and Gulf coasts
Feb. 3, 2022
Engineering
Faces of researchers
Presenting the modern face of science
Feb. 3, 2022
University News
H. Vincent Poor, Princeton’s Michael Henry Strater University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Work of ‘technical visionary’ underpins modern wireless communications
Feb. 2, 2022
Engineering
University News
Pictured is Koa, trained as a service dog for a Princeton senior thesis
What is your dog’s lifespan? A Princeton geneticist is seeking the keys to canine health and longevity.
Feb. 2, 2022
Physical Sciences
Researchers in Professor José Avalos's lab
Glowing yeast lights the way to better biofuels
Jan. 28, 2022
Engineering
Physical Sciences
Shirley Tilghman wins award for 'exemplary contributions to the genetics community and society'
Jan. 28, 2022
Awards
liquid medicines and pills
Thawing the cold chain: Princeton technology for room-temperature delivery of vaccines and biological drugs selected to receive Science Center innovation funding
Jan. 20, 2022
Innovation
blue light shining on an iron catalyst in lab
The next big thing from Princeton's MacMillan lab: an ‘improbable’ mechanism for a difficult chemical bond
Jan. 18, 2022
Physical Sciences

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