Why do mosquitoes choose us? Lindy McBride is on the case.
Tuesday, Oct 23, 2018
Few animals specialize as thoroughly as the mosquitoes that carry diseases like Zika, malaria and dengue fever.
Foundations
'Focused Research Teams' take on emerging opportunities in biotechnology and robotics
Monday, Oct 22, 2018
In an initiative to boost collaborations on subjects too new to fit into existing departments and centers, the School of Engineering and Applied Science has created a program to fund small, cross-disciplinary groups of researchers called Focused Research Teams.
New Jersey Health Foundation and Princeton University enter into agreement worth up to $10 million.
Friday, Oct 19, 2018
Biologist Stoddard wins Packard Fellowship for early-career scientists
Monday, Oct 15, 2018
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation announced that Mary Caswell “Cassie” Stoddard is one of 18 researchers to receive a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, targeted to innovative, early-career scientists and engineers.
Inaugural Princeton Day of Optimization convenes researchers at forefront of data science and machine learning
Tuesday, Oct 9, 2018
How should society decide who gets a liver transplant? Should there be marketplaces for data in the near future and how should these markets be run? If a driverless car kills someone, who is at fault? And how can randomness help optimize algorithms used in machine learning?
These questions and others, from the highly technical to the broadly applicable, were discussed at the inaugural Princeton Day of Optimization, a day-long conference on Friday, Sept. 28.
Princeton faculty Brangwynne, Sly; arts fellow Okpokwasili awarded MacArthur Fellowships
Thursday, Oct 4, 2018
Two Princeton professors — one who explores the interior structures of cells, and another who mathematically defines thresholds between shifting, complex systems — have been awarded 2018 MacArthur Fellowships. Choreographer and performer Okwui Okpokwasili, a Hodder Fellow in the Lewis Center for the Arts, also received an award.
Andlinger Center conference tackles challenges of a changing climate
Monday, Oct 1, 2018
Hurricane Sandy sent a clear message on climate change, Tammy Snyder Murphy, the first lady of New Jersey, told the audience in her keynote speech at a Princeton climate conference Friday, Sept. 21.
“We’re not looking at Sandy as just some part of our history, but something that we know will happen again unless we take action,” said Murphy, who plays a key role in the governor’s administration on climate and environmental policy. “We are accepting the challenge that climate change has presented. We are committed to making this state the magnet for innovative solutions.”
First results are in: New sky survey suggests dark matter is less ‘lumpy’ than previously believed
Friday, Sep 28, 2018
Using the first year of data gathered by the Hyper Suprime-Cam on the Subaru Telescope, an international team of researchers has created and analyzed the deepest-ever map of dark matter.
The Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) survey collaboration team, including scientists from Princeton University, Japan and Taiwan, used tiny gravitational distortions in images of about 10 million galaxies to make a precise measurement of the “lumpiness,” or uneven distribution, of matter in the universe.
Blavatnik Young Scientist Regional Awards Recognizes Two Nominated by Princeton
Friday, Sep 7, 2018
Two Princeton nominees, Lucia Gualtieri and Peter Schauss, have both been recognized as finalists in "Physical Sciences and Engineering" by the 2018 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists.
Researchers apply computing power to track the spread of cancer
Tuesday, Jul 3, 2018
Princeton researchers have developed a new computational method that increases the ability to track the spread of cancer cells from one part of the body to another.
This migration of cells can lead to metastatic disease, which causes about 90 percent of cancer deaths from solid tumors — masses of cells that grow in organs such as the breast, prostate or colon. Understanding the drivers of metastasis could lead to new treatments aimed at blocking the process of cancer spreading through the body.
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