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Big but affordable effort needed for America to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, Princeton study shows .

The new “Net-Zero America” study maps out state-by-state, sector-by-sector, and decade-by-decade what it would take for the U.S. economy to be fully decarbonized, and provides a blueprint for action in the 2020s.

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Princeton partners on $30 million grant to advance internet infrastructure .

Princeton University researchers will partner on a major initiative with the U.S. government to help shape the next generation of computer networks.

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'100-year' floods will happen every one to 30 years, according to new coastal flood prediction maps

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When will we observe significant changes in the ocean due to climate change? New study offers road map

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Offshore oil and gas rigs leak more greenhouse gas than expected

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Sabine Petry and Akanksha Thawani examining frog eggs

Researchers reverse engineer the 'fireworks of life'

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A small number of leaky natural gas wells produce large emissions of greenhouse gases

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Yelp ratings get better when they cost something — like time, say Princeton researchers

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Experiments explore the mysteries of 'magic' angle superconductors

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The 'blowfish effect': Children learn new words like adults do, say Princeton researchers

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Fewer fish may reach breeding age as climate change skews timing of reproduction, food availability

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Strange warping geometry helps to push scientific boundaries

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Jacob Socolar in an intact floodplain forest

More farmers, more problems: How smallholder agriculture is threatening the Western Amazon

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5 astrophysicists in the Atacama Desert in Chile

Simons Foundation commits $20 million in quest to understand universe’s beginning

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Princeton scientists spot two supermassive black holes on collision course with each other

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Princeton astrophysicists are closing in on the Hubble constant

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Thermal imaging of mice

New research raises possibility of better anti-obesity drugs

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Sea slugs use algae's bacterial ‘weapons factory’ in three-way symbiotic relationship

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Rapid Switch project to assess practicality and pace of global climate strategies

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For hydrogen fuel cells, mundane materials might be almost as good as pricey platinum

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Optimizing operations for an unprecedented view of the universe

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Schmidt fund awarded to two transformative bioengineering projects

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How do new predators change an ecosystem? Watch the prey, say Princeton researchers

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Princeton researchers discover link between circadian clock and fat metabolism

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Innovative ideas with potential for impact selected for Dean for Research funding

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Artificial intelligence detects a new class of mutations behind autism

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Hop to It: New look upends old concept of bacteria’s movement

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Forensic engineering preserves art treasures by saving historic buildings

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New campus-wide service will enhance access to research data

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Princeton scientists bioengineer a cellular speedometer

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Coping with growth: Conference presents ideas to shape future cities

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Five projects will explore sustainability using the Princeton campus as a laboratory

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