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While we don’t know with any certainty which research will produce the next blockbuster result or scientific miracle, history tells us they are most likely to come from universities: https://bit.ly/3Yy8CBz
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Roboticists at Princeton University have developed a new wing design for insect-scale robots, inspired by the flight mechanics of a grasshopper. This advance could pave the way for small, low-energy flying robots. 🤖 interestingengineering.com/science/robo... #Robots #Robotics
US engineers develop 3D-printed robot wings inspired by grasshoppers
Researchers at Princeton University have developed a new model for insect-scale robots inspired by the unique flight mechanics of the American grasshopper.
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January 15, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Roboticists at Princeton University have developed a new wing design for insect-scale robots, inspired by the flight mechanics of a grasshopper. This advance could pave the way for small, low-energy flying robots. 🤖 interestingengineering.com/science/robo... #Robots #Robotics
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Language model-guided (DeepMet) discovery of several dozen structurally diverse mammalian metabolites @nature.com @skinnider.bsky.social @princeton.edu
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January 15, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Language model-guided (DeepMet) discovery of several dozen structurally diverse mammalian metabolites @nature.com @skinnider.bsky.social @princeton.edu
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A new tool developed by Princeton researchers provides gig workers access to aggregate wage data that companies do not provide, a boon for rideshare labor advocates.
Princeton Engineering - New tool drives gig workers toward wage transparency
A new tool developed by Princeton researchers provides gig workers access to aggregate wage data that companies do not provide, a boon for rideshare labor
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January 14, 2026 at 8:54 PM
A new tool developed by Princeton researchers provides gig workers access to aggregate wage data that companies do not provide, a boon for rideshare labor advocates.
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100+ San Francisco-based Princeton MolBio alumni network during Jan 12 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference! Hosted by Jones Day's Nora Lou *12 with organizers Eric Shiozaki *03 and Mark Esposito *17. Talks by Princeton-connected start-ups, a panel on deal making, and posters. Oh my!
January 14, 2026 at 5:51 AM
100+ San Francisco-based Princeton MolBio alumni network during Jan 12 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference! Hosted by Jones Day's Nora Lou *12 with organizers Eric Shiozaki *03 and Mark Esposito *17. Talks by Princeton-connected start-ups, a panel on deal making, and posters. Oh my!
A Princeton-led study suggests that a carefully-timed, stepwise strategy could create a pathway to decarbonization, projecting up to an 80% reduction in energy-related carbon emissions by 2050 under the right technological conditions.
Princeton-led Study Reveals the Opportunities of “Carrot-Then-Stick” Policies for Decarbonization
A Princeton-led study models how the strategically-timed implementation of subsidies and carbon pricing could shape America’s path to deep decarbonization; could reach 80% reduction in energy-related ...
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January 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM
A Princeton-led study suggests that a carefully-timed, stepwise strategy could create a pathway to decarbonization, projecting up to an 80% reduction in energy-related carbon emissions by 2050 under the right technological conditions.
A recent study in the journal @science.org, led by a collaboration between @griffinlabpaleo.bsky.social and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, answers the question: Yes, Nanotyrannus is its own species, and the small skull found in 1942 represents a full-grown adult.
Princeton paleontologist: Yes, tiny tyrannosaurs lived alongside T. rex
By cutting into a tiny dinosaur throat bone, Princeton's Chris Griffin showed that it belonged to an adult of a smaller tyrannosauroid cousin, not a juvenile T. rex.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
A recent study in the journal @science.org, led by a collaboration between @griffinlabpaleo.bsky.social and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, answers the question: Yes, Nanotyrannus is its own species, and the small skull found in 1942 represents a full-grown adult.
☀️ On January 10, NASA's IMAP — led by Princeton's Dave McComas — reached its destination, where it will explore and map the boundaries of our heliosphere. ☀️
NASA’s IMAP Mission Reaches Its Destination - NASA Science
NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) reached its destination at Lagrange point 1, or L1, approximately 1 million miles from Earth toward
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January 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
☀️ On January 10, NASA's IMAP — led by Princeton's Dave McComas — reached its destination, where it will explore and map the boundaries of our heliosphere. ☀️
“He advocates a model which embodies fairness, integrity and rigorous pursuit of the truth, without yielding to internal or external pressure or the fashions of the day."
@socialsciencesinst.bsky.social honored President Eisgruber with the 2025 Gold Honor Medal, an award that dates back to 1913.
@socialsciencesinst.bsky.social honored President Eisgruber with the 2025 Gold Honor Medal, an award that dates back to 1913.
President Eisgruber honored by the National Institute of Social Sciences
Eisgruber was recognized as a national voice in support of “fairness, integrity and rigorous pursuit of the truth” in higher education.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:51 PM
“He advocates a model which embodies fairness, integrity and rigorous pursuit of the truth, without yielding to internal or external pressure or the fashions of the day."
@socialsciencesinst.bsky.social honored President Eisgruber with the 2025 Gold Honor Medal, an award that dates back to 1913.
@socialsciencesinst.bsky.social honored President Eisgruber with the 2025 Gold Honor Medal, an award that dates back to 1913.
21 years later, Will Venable, manager of the White Sox is putting his Princeton senior thesis to work as the team welcomes Munetaka Murakami: https://atmlb.com/49wePTQ
January 12, 2026 at 5:51 PM
21 years later, Will Venable, manager of the White Sox is putting his Princeton senior thesis to work as the team welcomes Munetaka Murakami: https://atmlb.com/49wePTQ
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First preprint of the Grognot Lab 🎉 in collab. with the amazing Gitai and Wingreen labs (Princeton U.)
🔬👨💻We used single-cell 3D tracking of V. cholerae, complemented by MD simulations, to better understand how being curved helps the pathogen navigate mucus-mimicking media.🦠
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🔬👨💻We used single-cell 3D tracking of V. cholerae, complemented by MD simulations, to better understand how being curved helps the pathogen navigate mucus-mimicking media.🦠
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Cell-body curvature modulates stall frequency to enhance Vibrio cholerae swimming and chemotaxis through hydrogels
The swimming motility of bacterial pathogen Vibrio cholerae is a virulence factor that aids in breaching the mucus layer of the small intestine. V. cholerae cells have a curved cell shape and previous...
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January 12, 2026 at 6:39 AM
First preprint of the Grognot Lab 🎉 in collab. with the amazing Gitai and Wingreen labs (Princeton U.)
🔬👨💻We used single-cell 3D tracking of V. cholerae, complemented by MD simulations, to better understand how being curved helps the pathogen navigate mucus-mimicking media.🦠
doi.org/10.64898/202...
🔬👨💻We used single-cell 3D tracking of V. cholerae, complemented by MD simulations, to better understand how being curved helps the pathogen navigate mucus-mimicking media.🦠
doi.org/10.64898/202...
New this week to @pbs.org "Bombshell" sheds light on reporters who worked to tell the truth about the impact of the atomic bomb and features Princeton professor, historian and Dean of the College Michael Gordin.
Bombshell | American Experience | PBS
Bombshell explores how the U.S. manipulated the narrative about the impact of the WWII bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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January 9, 2026 at 8:46 PM
New this week to @pbs.org "Bombshell" sheds light on reporters who worked to tell the truth about the impact of the atomic bomb and features Princeton professor, historian and Dean of the College Michael Gordin.
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Honoring Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber with our gold medal.
Eisgruber has championed access for low-income and first-generation students, defended the value of liberal arts and research, and emphasized free speech, inclusivity, and service.
Eisgruber has championed access for low-income and first-generation students, defended the value of liberal arts and research, and emphasized free speech, inclusivity, and service.
January 8, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Honoring Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber with our gold medal.
Eisgruber has championed access for low-income and first-generation students, defended the value of liberal arts and research, and emphasized free speech, inclusivity, and service.
Eisgruber has championed access for low-income and first-generation students, defended the value of liberal arts and research, and emphasized free speech, inclusivity, and service.
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Global ocean models tend to oversimplify the way river chemistry affects coastal seawater. New #AGUPubs research led by scientists @princeton.edu takes a step toward fixing that. eos.org/research-spo...
New River Chemistry Insights May Boost Coastal Ocean Modeling - Eos
By more realistically accounting for river inputs, researchers reduced overestimation of the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by coastal waters.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Global ocean models tend to oversimplify the way river chemistry affects coastal seawater. New #AGUPubs research led by scientists @princeton.edu takes a step toward fixing that. eos.org/research-spo...
A new tool developed at Princeton will help researchers better predict which metal organic frameworks can be made in a lab, which could lead to better battery chemistry, more efficient carbon capture and improved access to clean water.
Princeton Engineering - New tool narrows the search for ideal material structures
A new machine learning tool could speed the discovery of advanced materials for better battery chemistry, more efficient carbon capture and improved access to clean water.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
A new tool developed at Princeton will help researchers better predict which metal organic frameworks can be made in a lab, which could lead to better battery chemistry, more efficient carbon capture and improved access to clean water.
📚 Have a New Year's resolution to read more in 2026?
Check out some of the books by Princeton professors that made prominent 2025 "best of" lists. ⤵️
Check out some of the books by Princeton professors that made prominent 2025 "best of" lists. ⤵️
Books by Princeton professors make year-end ‘best-of’ lists
The accolades for 2025 celebrate faculty novels and short stories, memoirs, poetry, and nonfiction.
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January 8, 2026 at 9:10 PM
📚 Have a New Year's resolution to read more in 2026?
Check out some of the books by Princeton professors that made prominent 2025 "best of" lists. ⤵️
Check out some of the books by Princeton professors that made prominent 2025 "best of" lists. ⤵️
By investigating how grasshoppers glide, an engineering team at Princeton has developed a model that could enable multimodal locomotion for tiny robots.
This could give engineers new options in the quest to extend flight time for insect-sized robots: https://bit.ly/4pECNCw
This could give engineers new options in the quest to extend flight time for insect-sized robots: https://bit.ly/4pECNCw
January 8, 2026 at 4:48 PM
By investigating how grasshoppers glide, an engineering team at Princeton has developed a model that could enable multimodal locomotion for tiny robots.
This could give engineers new options in the quest to extend flight time for insect-sized robots: https://bit.ly/4pECNCw
This could give engineers new options in the quest to extend flight time for insect-sized robots: https://bit.ly/4pECNCw
"I think for those in the diaspora, it feels like we've been forgiven."
Princeton's @yarimarita.bsky.social talks with @npr.org about Bad Bunny's recent San Juan residency and its significance to Puerto Ricans.
Princeton's @yarimarita.bsky.social talks with @npr.org about Bad Bunny's recent San Juan residency and its significance to Puerto Ricans.
What Bad Bunny means to Puerto Ricans : Consider This from NPR
This summer, the island of Puerto Rico was under the thrall of Bad Bunny. His 31-concert residency at a stadium in San Juan was a homecoming for the global superstar.It's also a homecoming for many th...
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January 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
"I think for those in the diaspora, it feels like we've been forgiven."
Princeton's @yarimarita.bsky.social talks with @npr.org about Bad Bunny's recent San Juan residency and its significance to Puerto Ricans.
Princeton's @yarimarita.bsky.social talks with @npr.org about Bad Bunny's recent San Juan residency and its significance to Puerto Ricans.
Researchers at Princeton and @ncstate.bsky.social have developed a technique that substantially improves the ability to convert low-energy light into a high-energy version. The method has immediate applications in lighting and displays.
Princeton Engineering - Optics research uses dim light to produce bright LEDs
Researchers built an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) that converts low-energy light into higher-energy wavelengths without high-energy input or special materials.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Researchers at Princeton and @ncstate.bsky.social have developed a technique that substantially improves the ability to convert low-energy light into a high-energy version. The method has immediate applications in lighting and displays.
Newly extracted ancient ice — from 6 million years ago — will allow researchers to peer into the history of Earth's climate and provide a clear picture of climate evolution over time.
What They Found in the Ice Had Never Been Observed: Air Dating Back Nearly 6 Million Years - Futura-Sciences
Deep within Antarctica lie remnants that have remained untouched for extraordinarily long periods of time. It’s there that scientists have managed to extract air trapped for six million years—an essen...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Newly extracted ancient ice — from 6 million years ago — will allow researchers to peer into the history of Earth's climate and provide a clear picture of climate evolution over time.
Researchers at Princeton and @ucsandiego.bsky.social have shown that a combination of subsidies for clean energy and pollution taxes can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Mixing incentives and penalties found key to cutting carbon emissions long term
A study from a team of researchers that includes faculty from the University of California San Diego and Princeton University shows how a mix of subsidies for clean energy and taxes on pollution can s...
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January 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Researchers at Princeton and @ucsandiego.bsky.social have shown that a combination of subsidies for clean energy and pollution taxes can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Targeting autocrine retinoic acid signaling by ALDH1A2 inhibition enhances antitumor DC vaccine efficacy @natimmunol.nature.com @yibinkang.bsky.social @princeton.edu
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January 5, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Targeting autocrine retinoic acid signaling by ALDH1A2 inhibition enhances antitumor DC vaccine efficacy @natimmunol.nature.com @yibinkang.bsky.social @princeton.edu
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A new study, by Joshua D. Rabinowitz & Yibin Kang et al at @ludwigcancer.bsky.social @princeton.edu , shows the unique role of the ALDH1A2–retinoic acid ash in regulating DC functions and also presents a new small-molecule inhibitor of ALDH1A2 as a potential immunotherapeutic agent for cancer.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:14 AM
A new study, by Joshua D. Rabinowitz & Yibin Kang et al at @ludwigcancer.bsky.social @princeton.edu , shows the unique role of the ALDH1A2–retinoic acid ash in regulating DC functions and also presents a new small-molecule inhibitor of ALDH1A2 as a potential immunotherapeutic agent for cancer.
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Princeton staff, students and local volunteers came together last month for an evening of service, welcoming over 140 guests and strengthening community connections in the spirit of the season.
Dining partners with Cornerstone Community Kitchen for annual Holiday Dinner
On Wednesday, Dec. 17, Campus Dining staff continued a cherished tradition of supporting the Cornerstone Community Kitchen’s annual Holiday Dinner, an event serving the greater Princeton community. Th...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Princeton staff, students and local volunteers came together last month for an evening of service, welcoming over 140 guests and strengthening community connections in the spirit of the season.
By targeting enzymes that produce a high concentration of retinoic acid in tumors, the Kang Lab at Princeton has found a potential new avenue for thwarting many cancers, including pancreatic cancer, breast cancer and lung cancer.
Yibin Kang’s team identifies new path to potential cancer treatments
A team of cancer biologists led by Princeton’s Yibin Kang has resolved a confounding paradox about retinoids and cancer cells while identifying a potential new avenue for thwarting many cancers, inclu...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:51 PM
By targeting enzymes that produce a high concentration of retinoic acid in tumors, the Kang Lab at Princeton has found a potential new avenue for thwarting many cancers, including pancreatic cancer, breast cancer and lung cancer.
Princeton researchers have cleared a major hurdle toward the advent of practical quantum computing by developing a new kind of superconducting qubit that improves quantum coherence time by 15 times that of industry standards: https://bit.ly/4pnJ05k
January 5, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Princeton researchers have cleared a major hurdle toward the advent of practical quantum computing by developing a new kind of superconducting qubit that improves quantum coherence time by 15 times that of industry standards: https://bit.ly/4pnJ05k