Taking their cue from the humble leaf, researchers have used microscopic folds on the surface of photovoltaic material to significantly increase the power output of flexible, low-cost solar cells.
News Archive
Archive – May 2012
Rocks preserved in the Earth's crust reveal that a steep decline in the intensity of melting within the planet's mantle brought about ideal conditions for the period known as the Great Oxygenation Event (GOE) that occurred roughly 2.5 billion years ago.
Day-to-day weather variations are growing more erratic and more extreme for at least one-third of the global climate.
Bogdan Bernevig, the Eugene and Mary Wigner Assistant Professor in Theoretical Physics in Princeton's Department of Physics, is among 11 researchers nationwide to receive a 2012 Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists from the New York Academy of Sciences
Male baboons that have a high rank within their society recover more quickly from injuries and are less likely to become ill than other males, according to a study by a team from University of Notre Dame, Duke University and Princeton University.
Considered the father of computer science, Turing earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from Princeton in 1938.
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Princeton's Michael Bender explains how tiny bubbles trapped for centuries in Antarctic ice, can reveal the history of the Earth's climate. Read the article in Climate Central.
Iain Couzin, assistant professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University, studies collective animal behavior.
Building relationships between the researchers and students of Princeton University and education institutions around the world.
An unique research collaboration blossomed when a Princeton University researcher took her dog Jessy for cancer treatment at the University of Pennsylvania
A nitrogen sensor that can monitor environmental change, a "no-frills" quantum computer and a laboratory small enough to fit inside a single cell are the three technologies selected to receive support this year at Princeton University from the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund.
Comparing wages across countries can be challenging. To address this, Orley Ashenfelter came up with the Big Mac Index, a measure of the number of minutes it takes for a McDonald's worker to earn enough money to buy a Big Mac sandwich.
Research within the Center for African American Studies (CAAS) is interdisciplinary in nature and part of a broader endeavor to understand history and experiences of African Americans.
Members elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
The Carbon Mitigation Initiative is a 15-year joint project of Princeton University, BP and Ford Motor company with the goal of finding solutions to the carbon and climate problem.
Researchers at Princeton University have created a removable tattoo that adheres to dental enamel and could eventually monitor a patient’s health with unprecedented sensitivity.
A new report released by Princeton University and the Brookings Institution found that the most common disabiliteis in children have shifted from physical disorders toward mental health and behavioral disorders.
Immersive 3-D sound developed at Princeton University makes its way into a new product, the Jawbone Big Jambox.
Taking their cue from the humble leaf, researchers have used microscopic folds on the surface of photovoltaic material to significantly increase the power output of flexible, low-cost solar cells.
Princeton researchers Andrew Gallup and Ian Couzin studied street crowds to identify what makes us follow the gazes of perfect strangers and look up at something that everyone else seems to be watching. The researchers found that, contrary to research conducted in the 1960s, the copying of other people's actions is much less strong than was observed in those early studies, and people do not reach a "tipping point' at which everyone starts to look. The work was covered in Discover Magazine's blog
A massive expansion of hydropower planned for the Mekong River Basin in Southeast Asia could have a catastrophic impact on the river's fishery and millions of people who depend on it, according to a new study by researchers including scientists from Princeton University.
Student engineers win $90,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to further develop and implement a portable energy generator intended for use in remote or disaster-torn regions. project.
