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Assaf Naor
Naor receives Ostrowski Prize in Higher Mathematics
Nov. 13, 2019
Physical Sciences
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Nuclear warheads? This robot can find them
Nov. 12, 2019
Physical Sciences
Energy
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Geyman’s published senior thesis research offers new thoughts on how carbonates record global carbon cycle
Nov. 8, 2019
Physical Sciences
Environment
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Study of African animals illuminates links between environment, diet and gut microbiome
Nov. 8, 2019
Life Sciences
Environment
Princeton researchers receive $2.5 million to advance the science of urban food sustainability
Nov. 6, 2019
Environment
Public Policy
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Solar and wind energy preserve groundwater for drought, agriculture
Nov. 6, 2019
Environment
Yibin Kang
Yibin Kang awarded American Cancer Society research professorship grant
Nov. 1, 2019
Awards
Biotechnology
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Why are big storms bringing so much more rain? Warming, yes, but also winds
Oct. 29, 2019
Engineering
Physical Sciences
Environment
Board approves 15 new appointments to the faculty
Oct. 28, 2019
University News
Amazon fire
A world without the Amazon? Safeguarding the Earth’s largest rainforest is focus of Princeton conference
Oct. 23, 2019
University News
Environment
Physicists Rupak Mukherjee and Chris Smiet outside PPPL
International honors for post-doctoral fellows helping to bring a star to earth
Oct. 23, 2019
Awards
Energy
Aleksandr Logunov
Mathematician Logunov named Packard Fellow
Oct. 23, 2019
Physical Sciences
Awards
Faculty research forum
Faculty Research Forum offers community, knowledge for new professors
Oct. 21, 2019
Task Force on Administrative Workload
University News
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Kastner receives Award for Education in Neuroscience
Oct. 21, 2019
Awards
Brain and Behavior
Weixing Wang
Shake, rattle, roll: Turbulence found to disrupt the crucial magnetic fields in fusion energy devices
Oct. 18, 2019
Energy
Greenhouse gas emissions poster
How Princeton plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2046
Oct. 18, 2019
University News
Environment
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A delicate balance: Student films examine needs of humans and wildlife in Kenya
Oct. 17, 2019
Biotechnology
Environment
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Study helps pinpoint what makes species vulnerable to environmental change
Oct. 16, 2019
Environment
Two scientists
Staircase to the stars: Turbulence in fusion plasmas may not be all bad
Oct. 16, 2019
Energy
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Princeton to take part in new U.S.-Swedish initiative on artificial intelligence and sustainability
Oct. 15, 2019
Data Science
Public Policy
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Protecting smart machines from smart attacks
Oct. 14, 2019
Engineering
Data Science
P. James Peebles
A ‘joy ride’ of a career: Peebles wins Nobel Prize in Physics for tackling big questions about the universe
Oct. 8, 2019
Physical Sciences
James Peebles
Princeton's James Peebles receives Nobel Prize in Physics
Oct. 8, 2019
Physical Sciences
Awards
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Princeton’s new supercomputer, Traverse, to accelerate scientific discovery in fusion research
Oct. 7, 2019
Data Science
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Three faculty elected 2019 Fellows of the American Physical Society
Oct. 3, 2019
Physical Sciences
Awards
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Versatile physics leader Stefan Gerhardt elected an APS fellow
Oct. 3, 2019
Physical Sciences
Awards
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PEI awards $1.01 million in Water and the Environment Grand Challenge projects
Oct. 2, 2019
Environment
Sarah Kocher and Andrew Leifer
Kocher, Leifer receive NIH Director’s New Innovator Awards for biomedical and behavioral research
Oct. 1, 2019
Awards
Brain and Behavior
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Get moving! The mystery of animal group behavior
Sept. 30, 2019
Brain and Behavior
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Colloquium illuminates perspectives, impact of humanistic inquiry
Sept. 30, 2019
Humanities Research
Edmund White
Edmund White to receive Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
Sept. 25, 2019
Humanities Research
Awards
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Princeton announces initiative to propel innovations in quantum science and technology
Sept. 25, 2019
Innovation
Engineering
Physical Sciences
Technology
Electric grid
Algorithms could stop an ‘internet of things’ attack from bringing down the power grid
Sept. 24, 2019
Engineering
Energy
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Microbe chews through PFAS and other tough contaminants
Sept. 20, 2019
Biotechnology
Environment
Red blue and green balls representing atoms in a magnetic material
New topological behavior of electrons in 3-D magnetic material
Sept. 20, 2019
Physical Sciences
Technology
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Controlling methane is a fast and critical way to slow global warming, say Princeton experts
Sept. 19, 2019
Engineering
Environment
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Motivated to decarbonize energy systems: Jenkins speaks out on energy transitions
Sept. 17, 2019
Engineering
Energy
Environment
Teenager smoking
Genes, the social environment and adolescent smoking
Sept. 16, 2019
Social Science
Brain and Behavior
Aerial image of Jamaica Bay, New York
Princeton collaborators bring layered approach to coastal resiliency in New York City
Sept. 16, 2019
Engineering
Physical Sciences
Environment
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New ‘All for Earth’ podcast addresses environmental issues, solutions
Sept. 12, 2019
Environment
Emily Dennis
Diversity in science: HHMI names Emily Dennis one of 15 Hanna Gray Fellows
Sept. 12, 2019
Physical Sciences
Awards
Adebayo-Ige
Promise Adebayo-Ige: Pursuing a lifelong interest in fusion energy
Sept. 10, 2019
Energy
From an acoustic levitator to a “Neutron Bloodhound” robot, hands-on research inspires summer interns
Sept. 10, 2019
Energy
Michael Cook, Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications
Michael Cook awarded Balzan Prize for Islamic Studies
Sept. 9, 2019
Humanities Research
Awards
Adam Burrows
New Horizons in Physics prize awarded to Jo Dunkley, Breakthrough Prize awarded to telescope team
Sept. 9, 2019
Physical Sciences
Awards
Video still of a simulation developed to depict nuclear war between the United States and Russia using realistic nuclear force postures, targets and fatality estimates.
Princeton project to build a diverse coalition of physicists to confront nuclear dangers
Sept. 9, 2019
Physical Sciences
Awards
Public Policy
Catherine Riihimaki
‘She Roars’ talks with host of Princeton’s new environmental podcast
Sept. 6, 2019
University News
Environment
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New national facility will explore low-temperature plasma — a dynamic source of innovation for modern technologies
Sept. 5, 2019
Physical Sciences
Energy
Technology
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Solutions to urban heat differ between tropical and drier climes
Sept. 4, 2019
Engineering
Environment
Map showing flood zones
'100-year' floods will happen every one to 30 years, according to new coastal flood prediction maps
Aug. 27, 2019
Engineering
Environment
Students at event
Demo Days showcase Princeton student entrepreneurs’ solutions to societal problems
Aug. 26, 2019
Innovation
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Princeton program empowers youth to shape the future of artificial intelligence
Aug. 26, 2019
Data Science
Birdseye view of ocean
When will we observe significant changes in the ocean due to climate change? New study offers road map
Aug. 19, 2019
Environment
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Princeton leads efforts to develop national data training framework for high energy physics
Aug. 19, 2019
Data Science
Energy
Offshore installation and ship
Offshore oil and gas rigs leak more greenhouse gas than expected
Aug. 15, 2019
Physical Sciences
Energy
Environment
Pablo Debenedetti
Debenedetti wins Alpha Chi Sigma Award for chemical engineering research
Aug. 13, 2019
Dean Debenedetti
Engineering
Awards
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Entrepreneurship Club students help transfer Princeton biotech research to business ventures
Aug. 9, 2019
Innovation
Matthew Marquardt and Rohan Shah
Princeton students Marquardt and Shah win Slavin Fellowships for work in entrepreneurship
Aug. 9, 2019
Innovation
Awards
Summer school marks 10th year of bringing young combustion scientists to ‘the edge of research’
Aug. 8, 2019
Engineering
Energy
Biologist Sabine Petry and graduate student Akanksha Thawani examine frogg eggs
Researchers reverse engineer the 'fireworks of life'
Aug. 5, 2019
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

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