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Brangwynne named 2018 MacArthur Fellow for work in bioengineering
October 04, 2018
Bioengineer Clifford Brangwynne, who explores the interior structures of cells, has been awarded 2018 MacArthur Fellowship.
Princeton engineering alumna Frances Arnold wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
October 04, 2018
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded today to Princeton alumna Frances Arnold “for the directed evolution of enzymes.” She received half of the award, while the other half was divided between George Smith of the University of Missouri-Columbia and Sir Gregory Winter of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge “for the phage display of peptides and antibodies.”
Wide collaborations and a 'close-knit community of scholarship' catalyze advances
October 03, 2018
Athanassios Panagiotopoulos, the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and chair of the department, highlights developments in bioengineering and materials science, and new efforts to optimize the learning environment for students.
Riding a wave
October 02, 2018
The effect demonstrated in this video – a particle surfing its own wave – was identified by a team of researchers from Howard Stone’s lab in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, along with their counterparts at the Flatiron Institute and the Center for Soft Matter Research, both in New York.
Andlinger Center conference tackles challenges of a changing climate
October 01, 2018
The conference featured panels on the role of technological innovation, market forces, public policy and behavioral science in combating climate change. It focused on the power and transportation sectors, the two largest sources of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
With funding, U.S. could double carbon captured underground
September 25, 2018
With the right public infrastructure investment, the United States could as much as double the amount of carbon dioxide emissions currently captured and stored worldwide within the next six years, according to an analysis by Princeton University researchers.
Chip ramps up artificial intelligence systems' performance
September 21, 2018
Researchers have fabricated a chip that markedly boosts the performance and efficiency of neural networks—computer algorithms modeled on the workings of the human brain.
Student teams take on complex societal problems via Tiger Challenge
September 21, 2018
Tiger Challenge guides students from across the University through a process for investigating seemingly intractable problems and designing solutions.
National Academies panel on securing the vote includes computer science professor
September 20, 2018
The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine have released a report on vulnerabilities in the U.S. election system along with recommended steps to secure the vote.
In a tiny worm, a close-up view of where genes are working
September 18, 2018
A team at Princeton’s Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics has produced new resources for research involving the roundworm C. elegans: a comprehensive view of which genes are active in each of the four major tissues of adult worms, as well as a tool for predicting gene activity across 76 more specific cell types.