Discovery: Research at Princeton
Findings, feature articles, books and awards from Princeton University researchers
By Tracy Meyer Ten research collaborations between Princeton University faculty and their peers at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been selected to receive support through the Princeton Alliance for Collaborative Research and Innovation Continue Reading →
By Liz Fuller-Wright New research shows that prehistoric megatooth sharks, the biggest sharks that ever lived, were at the very highest rung of the prehistoric food chain — what scientists call the highest “trophic level.” Continue Reading →
By Liz Fuller-Wright A tortoise from a Galápagos species long believed extinct has been found alive and now confirmed to be a living member of the species. The tortoise, named Fernanda after her Fernandina Island Continue Reading →
By Scott Lyon Researchers have developed the first perovskite solar cell with a commercially viable lifetime, marking a major milestone for an emerging class of renewable energy technology. The research team projects their device can Continue Reading →
By Wendy Plump More than two decades ago, scientists demonstrated that the self-assembly of nanoparticles — for fabrication of miniaturized devices, for example — was possible if the nanoparticles could be labeled with a known Continue Reading →
By Denise Valenti Ben Bernanke, a Princeton professor of economics and public affairs from 1985 to 2002, chairman of the economics department from 1996 to 2002, and founder of the Bendheim Center for Finance, is Continue Reading →
Princeton researchers are leaders in many fields, including quantum science and engineering. In a paper published in the October issue of Nature Materials, researchers observed quantum behaviors in an exotic material called a topological insulator Continue Reading →