Princeton Researchers Grow Artificial Hairs With Clever Physics Trick
Things just got hairy at Princeton. Researchers found they could coat a liquid elastic on the outside of a disc and spin it to form…
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“See Through Soil” to Study Hydrogels’ Hidden Workings Could Help Farmers Deal With Future Droughts
In research that may eventually help crops survive drought, scientists at Princeton University have uncovered a key reason that mixing material called hydrogels with soil…
Hidden Climate Risk Posed by Carbon-Chomping Soil Bacteria
Much of the earth’s carbon is trapped in soil, and scientists have assumed that potential climate-warming compounds would safely stay there for centuries. But new…
Discovery of a New Molecule Advances Route to Chemically Recyclable Plastics
New polybutadiene molecule enchains in squares, a microstructure that enables it to depolymerize under certain conditions, advancing options for closed-loop recycling. As the planet’s burden…
Surprising Discovery of Unexpected Quantum Behavior in Insulators Suggests Existence of Entirely New Type of Particle
In a surprising discovery, Princeton physicists have observed an unexpected quantum behavior in an insulator made from a material called tungsten ditelluride. This phenomenon, known…
Plastic Pollution Is Everywhere: Research Reveals How It Travels
Plastic pollution is ubiquitous today, with microplastic particles from disposable goods found in natural environments throughout the globe, including Antarctica. But how those particles move…
What Caused the Ice Ages? Tiny Ocean Fossils Provide Key Evidence
The ocean’s role in past atmospheric carbon dioxide change comes into focus. The last million years of Earth history have been characterized by frequent “glacial-interglacial…
Amazing Twist: “Magic” Angle Graphene and the Creation of Unexpected Topological Quantum States
Electrons inhabit a strange and topsy-turvy world. These infinitesimally small particles have never ceased to amaze and mystify despite the more than a century that…
Massive Underground “Ghost Particle” Detector Finds Final Secret of Our Sun’s Fusion Cycle
A hyper-sensitive instrument, deep underground in Italy, has finally succeeded at the nearly impossible task of detecting CNO neutrinos (tiny particles pointing to the presence…
Scientists Solve the Mystery Behind an Enigmatic Organelle, the Pyrenoid
Carbon is one of the main building blocks for life on Earth. It’s abundant in our planet’s atmosphere, where it’s found in the form of…
Climate Change and Food Production Affected by How Plant Roots Compete for Underground Real Estate
You might have observed plants competing for sunlight — the way they stretch upwards and outwards to block each other’s access to the sun’s rays…
Astronomers Discover Mysterious Blue Ring Nebula, See the Fate of Binary Stars
Scientists have discovered a rare object called the Blue Ring Nebula, a ring of hydrogen gas with a star at its center. The properties of…
Closer Look at Quantum Weirdness Through a New Way to Control and Measure Atoms
When atoms get extremely close, they develop intriguing interactions that could be harnessed to create new generations of computing and other technologies. These interactions in…
Monkeys May Have “Self-Domesticated” – Like Humans
It’s not a coincidence that dogs are cuter than wolves, or that goats at a petting zoo have shorter horns and friendlier demeanors than their…
Mitigating COVID-19 and Climate Change With Innovative Alternative Cooling Strategies
New radiant cooling technology keeps people cool outside. When most people think of cooling, they automatically imagine air conditioning (AC), or cooling the air in…
Princeton Perovskite LED Breakthrough Enables Next-Generation Lighting and Displays
Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are nearly ubiquitous in modern life, providing the brightness in phone displays, televisions, and lights. A new form of LEDs, made…
Princeton Chemists Resolve Origin of Perovskite Instability in Drive for More Efficient Solar Cells
The source of thermodynamic instability found in “rattling” behavior. Researchers in the Cava Group at the Princeton University Department of Chemistry have demystified the reasons…
Scientists Discover a Topological Magnet That Exhibits Exotic Quantum Effects
Magnet’s novel quantum effects extend to room temperature. An international team led by researchers at Princeton University has uncovered a new class of magnet that…