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Leveraging language models for fusion energy research
Dec. 22, 2023
Artificial intelligence
Technology
Engineering
Governor Murphy and Princeton announce plans to establish an artificial intelligence hub in New Jersey
Dec. 20, 2023
Artificial intelligence
Engineering
University News
Three Princeton seniors and one alumnus have been named Schwarzman Scholars
Dec. 13, 2023
Awards
Lasers glowing orange on a table.
Physicists ‘entangle’ individual molecules for the first time, bringing about a new platform for quantum science
Dec. 7, 2023
National Science Foundation
Sloan Foundation
Quantum sciences
Technology
Engineering
Physical Sciences
Herschel Rabitzv, Martin Jonikas and Alexei Goun
Moore Foundation Grant will fund development of microscope to zoom in on molecules within cells
Nov. 30, 2023
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Bioengineering
Technology
Physical Sciences
Photo of a robot with a camera "face" looking at a kitchen counter with two plastic water bottles and an apple.
How do you make a robot smarter? Program it to know what it doesn’t know.
Nov. 29, 2023
National Science Foundation
Office of Naval Research
Technology
Engineering
Board approves new faculty appointments
Nov. 22, 2023
University News
Black hole M87
Galactic ‘lightsabers’: Answering longstanding questions about jets from black holes
Nov. 14, 2023
National Science Foundation
Simons Foundation
Physical Sciences
Six people in a technology-filled lab
New Quantum Science and Engineering Ph.D. program provides training in emerging discipline
Nov. 7, 2023
U.S. Department of Energy
Quantum sciences
Engineering
Physical Sciences
University News
Association of American Universities elects Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber as new vice chair, and board chair for 2024-25
Nov. 7, 2023
University News
Princeton astrophysicist helps find record-smashing black hole born in the universe’s infancy
Nov. 6, 2023
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Physical Sciences
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Unraveling the mysteries of the brain with the help of a worm
Nov. 2, 2023
National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation
Brain and Behavior
Sophia Koval and Devin Simpkins
Princeton’s Koval and Simpkins Awarded NJ ACTS Translational Science Fellowships
Nov. 1, 2023
National Institutes of Health
Life Sciences
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Science and entrepreneurship converge at I-Corps Northeast Hub annual meeting
Oct. 26, 2023
National Science Foundation
Innovation
University News
Picture of gate with Princeton shield
Research collaborations with four historically Black colleges and universities continue with 10 new projects
Oct. 26, 2023
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Princeton Alliance for Collaborative Research and Innovation (PACRI)
University News
Endowment continues to support Princeton’s commitment to affordability, excellence in teaching and cutting-edge research
Oct. 25, 2023
University News
Princeton Neuroscience Institute and Psychology buildings
Transformative equipment fund brings new capabilities to campus
Oct. 25, 2023
Provost-DFR Transformative Equipment Initiative
Isobel Ojalvo with her group members Pallabi Das, Luis Alberto Perez Moreno and Adrien Pol in front of the CMS detector.
What is the universe made of? AI could help us find out.
Oct. 20, 2023
U.S. Department of Energy
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Award
Physical Sciences
Amy Chan and David MacMillan in the Frick Chemistry Atrium
Brushing aside “dogma,” MacMillan Lab uses Marcus Theory to drive cobalt photocatalysis
Oct. 19, 2023
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Energy
Physical Sciences
People walking around and networking
Princeton celebrates innovations that can benefit society at annual event
Oct. 17, 2023
Technology Development
Innovation
Microbiologist Bonnie Bassler awarded Albany Prize for quorum sensing
Oct. 13, 2023
Awards
Award winners Peter Jaffe and Shan Huang
Award for Distinguished Innovation goes to Peter Jaffé and Shan Huang for bacteria that break down persistent environmental contaminants
Oct. 12, 2023
National Science Foundation
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Technology Development
Innovation
Environment
Engineering
Awards
Ilana Witten wearing a black t-shirt, standing outdoors
Ilana Witten wins NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
Oct. 3, 2023
National Institutes of Health
Awards
Chemist Iain McCulloch is appointed new director of the Andlinger Center
Sept. 27, 2023
University News
Board approves 24 faculty appointments
Sept. 27, 2023
University News
Eleven scholars named Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Sept. 26, 2023
University News
White form clings to a blue string
Princeton researchers revolutionize lithium production
Sept. 18, 2023
National Science Foundation
Energy
Environment
Bruce Wang (center, seated), graduate student in the Program in Quantitative and Computational Biology, flanked by faculty advisors (l-r) Ned Wingreen, Zemer Gitai, and Brittany Adamson.
Singling out a bacterium from the crowd
Sept. 13, 2023
National Institutes of Health
Life Sciences
Princeton expands its commitment to research and education in quantum science and engineering
Sept. 12, 2023
U.S. Department of Energy
Quantum sciences
Physical Sciences
University News
TIME Magazine's TIME100 artificial intelligence list honors six Princetonians
Sept. 12, 2023
Artificial intelligence
University News
Mariia Tiulchenko, Oleksandr Shelestiuk and Fedir Boreiko in front of an above-ground blue dipole tube at the CERN complex.
Out of harm’s way: Physics research program supports Ukrainian students displaced by war
Sept. 12, 2023
U.S. Department of Energy
Simons Foundation
Physical Sciences
Four graduate students gather around professor Jeff Thompson in the lab, with a quantum computer behind them and figures displayed on the screen.
A new route to a quantum internet
Aug. 31, 2023
U.S. Department of Energy
Quantum sciences
Technology
Engineering
Physical Sciences
Getting to net-zero, in the U.S. and the world
Aug. 25, 2023
U.S. Department of Energy
Energy
Environment
Public Policy
Frick building
Jeffrey Schwartz Honored as 2023 Edison Patent Awardee
Aug. 22, 2023
Physical Sciences
Awards
A stack of batteries, one battery showing animated green bars to signal that it's fully charged.
Exploratory Energy Research Fund fuels explorations into urban solar panels and batteries for electrical grid storage
Aug. 21, 2023
DFR Innovation Fund for Exploratory Energy Research
Energy
Environment
Technology
Thirteen faculty members transfer to emeritus status
Aug. 16, 2023
University News
Blazing sun in the sky over the roof of a house.
Project that reimagines roofs in a warming world selected to receive Dean for Research Sustainability of Our Planet funding
Aug. 16, 2023
DFR Innovation Fund for the Sustainability of Our Planet
Environment
Image from a scanning tunneling micrograph cast in orange color showing spots
Visualizing the microscopic phases of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene
Aug. 16, 2023
National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Energy
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Physical Sciences
Viral particle on the surface of a cell
How eavesdropping viruses battle it out to infect us
July 26, 2023
National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation
Bioengineering
Life Sciences
second-year graduate student Clotilde Tagnon, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Erin Stache, and lead author on the paper Liat Kugelmass.
Stache opens new depolymerization path with LED light and quantum dots
July 19, 2023
National Science Foundation
Quantum sciences
Physical Sciences
Gilbert Omenn and Martha Darling
Major gift from Gilbert Omenn ’61 and Martha Darling *70 names bioengineering institute
July 18, 2023
Bioengineering
University News
Electron orbits shown in an image made with an atomic force microscope.
Like facial recognition for atoms, image distinguishes elements by electron orbitals
July 17, 2023
National Science Foundation
Engineering
Three-dimensional mesh of lines and dots in abstract form in technology concept, artistic depiction of the structure of green graphene.
Engineers reveal the secrets behind green graphene
July 12, 2023
Environment
Engineering
Collage of photo-realistic images of nature scenes including plants, underwater scenes, a river, and more.
Engineers look to an old source to empower the future of computer vision
July 10, 2023
National Science Foundation
Office of Naval Research
Technology
Engineering
Bernevig (left) and Felser
Bernevig named EPS Europhysics Prize winner for research in condensed matter physics
July 3, 2023
Physical Sciences
Awards
Report cover showing a window with blue sky and clouds.
In first decade, Dean for Research Innovation Funds spur discoveries, collaborations and research investments
June 29, 2023
Dean for Research Innovation Award
People sitting at tables during lunch
Princeton's 5th PCI Symposium packs the house for a new round of blue-sky thinking and collaboration
June 27, 2023
Innovation
University News
Leonard Wantchekon (center) with other prize recipients
Leonard Wantchekon awarded Kiel Institute’s 2023 Global Economy Prize
June 23, 2023
Public Policy
Awards
Geminids meteor shower in the night sky above a mountain.
Researchers demystify the unusual origin of the Geminids meteor shower
June 15, 2023
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Data Science
University News
"Construction in the Third and Fourth Dimension" statue in Jadwin Hall courtyard.
Five projects awarded funding to explore new ideas in the natural sciences
June 14, 2023
DFR Innovation Fund for New Ideas in the Natural Sciences
Data Science
National Geographic team with Princeton anthropologist Agustín Fuentes makes news with potentially game-changing find
June 8, 2023
National Geographic
Social Science
Four researchers posing with concrete sculptures created by lasers.
Lasers pave the way to better use of cement
June 7, 2023
National Science Foundation
Engineering
Board approves 16 faculty appointments
June 6, 2023
University News
Princeton trustees update strategic framework, identify additional priorities for future
June 5, 2023
Innovation
Technology
Engineering
University News
Peter Schiffer
Peter Schiffer named Princeton’s next dean for research
June 2, 2023
National Science Foundation
Sloan Foundation
Collaboration with Industry
Innovation Funding
University News
Jo Dunkley, Suzanne Staggs and colleagues awarded $53M to upgrade prominent observatory
May 18, 2023
National Science Foundation
Simons Foundation
Collaboration with Industry
Innovation
An English major bound for med school? There’s a thesis topic for that.
May 18, 2023
Social Science
That flawed diamond could be a quantum physicist’s best friend
May 15, 2023
Quantum sciences
Humanities Research
Social Science
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Princeton selected to lead an NSF-funded regional consortium to advance photonics research and workforce development
May 11, 2023
National Science Foundation
Technology Development
University News
Purple and silver mist
Schmidt funding awarded to investigations into life’s electrical landscape, miniaturized sensors and gene editing
May 5, 2023
Innovation Funding
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Award
Awards

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