Discovery: Research at Princeton
Findings, feature articles, books and awards from Princeton University researchers
Memberships and Fellowships Association for Computing Machinery: Fellow Thomas Funkhouser, David M. Siegel ’83 Professor in Computer Science, Emeritus; senior scholar (2018) Academia Europaea: Foreign Member Douglas Massey, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Continue Reading →
From improving cybersecurity to modeling chemical reactions Continue Reading →
Research drives innovation which in turn benefits society, the economy and everyday lives. Princeton University is home to a thriving research and innovation ecosystem of faculty members, graduate and undergraduate students, and professional researchers. Each Continue Reading →
Documents hidden for centuries in a Cairo synagogue storeroom help Rustow piece together the past. Continue Reading →
In his new book, Ralph questions society’s tolerance for torture. Continue Reading →
Using “genetic archaeology,” Akey traces the intermixing of modern and extinct human lineages. Continue Reading →
Cosmologist Jim Peebles won the Nobel Prize in Physics for work that contributed to our modern understanding of the universe. Continue Reading →
Rodney Priestley, professor of chemical and biological engineering and a leading researcher in the area of complex materials and processing, has been named Princeton University’s inaugural vice dean for innovation, effective Feb. 3, 2020. Continue Reading →
A new technology can automatically track animals’ body parts in video to measure the behavior of animals. Continue Reading →
A Princeton-led team has decoded the impact of a new class of mutations in people with autism. Continue Reading →
The team examined 22 years of psychological, sociological and demographic data from more than 338,000 respondents in 100+ countries. Continue Reading →
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory are using AI to forecast disruptions that can halt fusion reactions. Continue Reading →
A new interactive website provides scholars and the public with insights into the Lost Generation, a group of writers and artists that came of age during World War I. Continue Reading →
Professor XinninZhang is exploring is why methane, a significant greenhouse gas, is increasing in the atmosphere. Continue Reading →
A team of Princeton researchers has found that, in one of the biggest gas-producing regions, most of these emissions come from a tiny subset of the wells. Continue Reading →
Andy Guess studies the intersection of politics and social media. Continue Reading →
As a graduate student, Mallika Randeria conducted experiments to peer deep into the world of quantum physics. Continue Reading →
Inspired by the physical virtuosity of hip-hop and urban dance, Auyeung seeks to investigate the movement vocabularies of hip-hop in abstracted form. Continue Reading →
Deborah Vischak, a specialist in Egyptology, wants to change our perceptions about life in ancient Egypt. Continue Reading →
McCarty argues that the outcome of the 2016 election was not as surprising as first thought. Continue Reading →
Chenoweth explores how the emergence of printing technology in the 16th century led the French language to undergo a remarkable transformation. Continue Reading →
This edited volume explores Cervantes’ final novel and its treatment of concepts of race, ethnicity, nation and religion. Continue Reading →
Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see black children as deserving of humanity. Continue Reading →
This first-hand account traces the discovery of a crystal so bizarre that it was thought not to exist in nature. Continue Reading →
Jordan found inspiration for her thesis from a course on free speech in the internet age. Continue Reading →
Barry’s thesis addresses the contradictions in Mary Wollstonecraft’s feminist philosophy. Continue Reading →
Jacobson studied whether fracking affects the health of children. Continue Reading →
Cheng links the making of Asiatic femininity and a technological history of synthetic personhood in the West from the 19th to the 21st century. Continue Reading →