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Rescuers from the National Guard and the Coast Guard operating after Hurricane Ida near Houma, Louisana. Photo by Vincent Moreno, US Coast Guard

Once rare, heatwaves following hurricanes will become more common

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Hurricanes and other climate extremes can cause serious damage to vulnerable energy infrastructure (iStock).

Helping energy systems weather the storm

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For his senior thesis, Thomas Verrill, left, designed and fabricated new chips for superconducting quantum computing. “These sort of high-risk but well-defined ideas are the kinds of ideas that I love to give to undergraduates,” said his adviser Andrew Houck (right). Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications

Senior thesis spotlight: A ‘high-risk but well-defined’ idea to push the boundaries of quantum computing  

Teaching Awards 2025.

Engineering faculty honored for outstanding teaching, service and mentorship

Cecily Swanson appointed new undergraduate dean in engineering

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New research demonstrates that with collaboration between stakeholders, Australia can fully decarbonize its domestic and energy export economies by 2060 while avoiding harm to important areas for biodiversity outcomes, safeguarding agricultural activities, and respecting Indigenous land rights (Illustration by Bumper DeJesus).

Collaboration can unlock Australia’s energy transition without sacrificing natural capital

An assortment of advanced microchips on a lab table.
A grant of nearly $10 million to design advanced microchips for wireless communications and sensing was announced May 28 by the National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology, or Natcast. Princeton’s Kaushik Sengupta will lead the joint government-industry effort. Photos by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

Princeton will lead U.S. effort to design better chips for wireless communication

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Caleb Moellenhoff: New tools for biofuel production

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Michelle DiBenedetto: ‘Bringing the ocean into the laboratory’

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Varun Rao: Computer science challenges ‘deserve interdisciplinary approaches’

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Callista Chong: Building guitars and race cars

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Reaction-driven Formation of Novel Active Sites on Catalytic Surfaces

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Predictive Multiscale Modeling of Polymer Formulations

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