Artificial Intelligence Predicts Which Planetary Systems Will Survive 100,000 Times Faster
Why don’t planets collide more often? How do planetary systems — like our solar system or multi-planet systems around other stars — organize themselves? Of…
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Hummingbirds See Spectacular Colors Humans Can Only Imagine – Comparatively, We’re Color-Blind
Princeton-led team trains wild hummingbirds to discriminate UV color combinations. To find food, dazzle mates, escape predators and navigate diverse terrain, birds rely on their…
Princeton Researchers Catalog the Gut Microbiome’s Impact on Medications
Study investigates potential for the intestinal microbial community to alter drug safety and efficacy. Researchers at Princeton University have developed a systematic approach for evaluating…
Dual-Mechanism “Poisoned Arrow” Developed to Defeat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
A dual-mechanism antibiotic kills Gram-negative bacteria and avoids drug resistance. Poison is lethal all on its own — as are arrows — but their combination…
Researchers Discover the Secret of Italian Renaissance Domes: Double Helix of Masonry
In a collaborative study in this month’s issue of Engineering Structures, researchers at Princeton University and the University of Bergamo revealed the engineering techniques behind…
A Discovery That Long Eluded Physicists: Superconductivity to the Edge
Princeton researchers detect a supercurrent — a current flowing without energy loss — at the edge of a superconductor with a topological twist. A discovery…
8 Pitfalls That Must Be Addressed to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic
Commentary by Princeton University and Sunnybrook Research Institute highlights eight behavioral challenges to COVID-19. During any crisis, timely, and sometimes life-altering, decisions must be made,…
Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Philip Anderson Dies at Age 96
Philip Warren Anderson, one of the greatest theoretical physicists of the postwar era, died Sunday, March 29, at Princeton Windrows, age 96. Anderson was the…
New Layered Magnetic Material Has Properties Useful for Twistronic Devices and Spintronics
New material has highest electron mobility among known layered magnetic materials. Properties make it a promising candidate for new areas like magnetic twistronic devices and…
Researchers Explain the Strange Electron Flow in Future Materials
Researchers demonstrate how the perfect flow of electrons on the surface of some types of topological insulators can be surprisingly fragile. Electrons race along the…
Planet WASP-12b Is on a Death Spiral – Heading Toward Certain Destruction
A Princeton-led team of astrophysicists has shown that this exoplanet is spiraling in toward its host star, heading toward certain destruction in about 3 million…
Of Ants and Men: Ant Behavior and Political Polarization May Be Driven by the Same Processes
Princeton researchers find that division of labor and political polarization may be driven by the same processes in ant societies. Could the division of labor…
Quantum Computing Breakthrough: Silicon Qubits Interact at Long-Distance
Princeton scientists demonstrate that two silicon quantum bits can communicate across relatively long distances in a turning point for the technology. Imagine a world where…
Outbursts of Highly Energetic Particles Detected on Closest-Ever Flyby of the Sun
New data from the first two orbits by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. Outbursts of energetic particles that hurtle out from the sun and can disrupt…
In a Split Second, Clothes Make the Man in the Eyes of Others
Study shows economic status cues from clothes affect perceived competence. People perceive a person’s competence partly based on subtle economic cues emanating from the person’s…
Blowing Bubbles: New Way to Launch and Drive Current in Fusion Plasmas Confirmed
An obstacle to generating fusion reactions inside facilities called tokamaks is that producing the current in plasma that helps create confining magnetic fields happens in…
Researchers Discover Nature’s Backup Plan for Converting Nitrogen Into Plant Nutrients
Although nitrogen is essential for all living organisms — it makes up 3% of the human body — and comprises 78% of Earth’s atmosphere, it’s…
Surprising Quantum Effect Discovered in an Exotic Superconductor
Study explores how superconductivity forms in iron-based materials. An international team led by researchers at Princeton University has directly observed a surprising quantum effect in…