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Cold Wave Reveals Potential Benefits of Urban Heat Islands

July 24, 2018

The concrete and asphalt that make city summers brutally hot might not be a bad thing during winter's deep freeze

Protein Designed Entirely from Scratch Functions in Cells as a Genuine Enzyme

January 19, 2018

Princeton lab creates life-sustaining enzyme

Coffee Physics

December 14, 2017

Layering in cafe lattes yields insights for engineering, medicine, and environment

Galapagos Study Finds That New Species Can Develop in as Little as 2 Generations

November 24, 2017

The arrival 36 years ago of a strange bird to a remote island in the Galapagos archipelago has provided direct genetic eviden...

Breakthrough Could Launch Organic Electronics beyond Cell Phone Screens

November 20, 2017

In the short term, the advance should particularly help with organic light-emitting diodes that operate at high energy to emi...

Light Powers New Chemistry for Old Enzymes

December 22, 2016

The work is the first example of a reaction that employs light to activate new reactivity in an existing enzyme

Ultrafast Lasers Reveal Light-Harvesting Secrets of Photosynthetic Algae

December 16, 2016

Researchers have uncovered powerful light-harvesting secrets of photosynthetic cryptophyte algae

Sudoku Strategy Democratizes Powerful Tool for Genetics Research

November 11, 2016

Researchers have developed a way to produce the tools for figuring out gene function faster and cheaper than current methods...

Investigation Finds No Evidence of Animal Mistreatment at Princeton

August 19, 2014

An investigation by Princeton University has found no evidence to support an animal rights group's allegations last month tha...

Negative Stereotypes Can Cancel Each Other Out on Résumés

May 16, 2014

Princeton research reveals unusual hiring biases towards gay and black men.

What Singing Fruit Flies Can Tell Us About Quick Decisions

March 20, 2014

What can fruitflies tell us about decision making?

Welcome to the DarkSide: Project Aims to Find Particles of Dark Matter

January 22, 2014

In a laboratory under a mountain 80 miles east of Rome this fall, a Princeton-led international team switched on a new experi...

Lab Refrigerators and Freezers in a Power Outage

April 1, 2010

At home, there are few risks involved with using refrigerators and freezers. If the power goes out, probably the worst conseq...