Innovation News

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Lithium-extraction technology pushes toward net-zero emissions
Sept. 30, 2022
Clifford Brangwynne
Brangwynne wins the Breakthrough Prize for revolutionary view of living cells
Sept. 23, 2022
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I-Corps Northeast Hub welcomes Drexel University as new member
Sept. 13, 2022
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Princeton named to the Top 100 by National Academy of Inventors
Sept. 8, 2022
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Princeton-connected startups win grants from NJ Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology
Aug. 9, 2022
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Princeton joins the University Industry Innovation Network
Aug. 2, 2022
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PPPL launches project to build the Princeton Plasma Innovation Center: a state-of-the-art office and laboratory building
Aug. 1, 2022
Perovskite Solar Cell
Once seen as fleeting, a new solar tech proves its lasting power
July 13, 2022
Craig Arnold
Q&A with Craig B. Arnold — Vice Dean for Innovation
July 8, 2022
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Q&A with Jannette Carey, I-Corps Northeast Hub Faculty Lead - Princeton University
June 24, 2022
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Inside ‘The Looking Lab,’ a Princeton course where visual arts spark entrepreneurial thinking
June 23, 2022
The Plastic Hunter device floating in a stream. It floats on the water like a raft.
Princeton microplastics solution takes off with help from NSF I-Corps Northeast Hub
June 10, 2022
Composers & Computers: a new podcast from Princeton Engineering
Introducing “Composers & Computers,” a new podcast about digital music
June 10, 2022
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Google, GE, ClearPath have joined a new Princeton research consortium focusing on low-carbon technology
June 6, 2022
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Princeton Pitch showcases growing community of entrepreneurship on-campus
May 27, 2022
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Princeton alumni and faculty startups shine at 2022 NYC Tiger Entrepreneurs Conference
May 27, 2022
Craig B. Arnold
Craig B. Arnold appointed vice dean for innovation
May 10, 2022
Megan Leinenbach
Student entrepreneur makes impact in women's health
May 6, 2022
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Our COVID-19 vaccines would not exist without this unsung Princeton technology
May 6, 2022
Students and researchers, many of them people of color, conduct research and academic work
Princeton partners with UNCF and HBCUs to expand research and innovation
May 4, 2022
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Health, environment and imaging are focus of this year’s Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund grants
April 28, 2022
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Innovation funds support advances in bioengineering, machine learning and materials science
April 26, 2022
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A Princeton data tool helps planners set climate priorities
April 21, 2022
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Materials symposium highlighted research and industry cooperation
April 21, 2022
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IP Accelerator Fund awarded to enhance impact of six new technologies
April 14, 2022
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A Princeton-Microsoft project is tracing the digital fingerprints of disinformation
April 1, 2022
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Hub kicks off first regional I-Corps program
March 3, 2022
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Deep-learning diagnoses: Edge AI detects COVID-19 from smartwatch sensors
Feb. 28, 2022
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Princeton joins new Air Force regional research hub
Feb. 28, 2022
Dead lithium-ion batteries from cellphones, laptops, and motorized scooters
Princeton startup aims to fast-track lithium battery recycling
Feb. 10, 2022
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Princeton-Wharton Executive Education for entrepreneurial faculty
Feb. 2, 2022
Christina Pellicane
The art of innovation: Christina Pellicane
Jan. 25, 2022
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Annual Princeton Innovation conference highlighted University's initiative to transform research into societal benefit
Jan. 21, 2022
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Thawing the cold chain: Princeton technology for room-temperature delivery of vaccines and biological drugs selected to receive Science Center innovation funding
Jan. 20, 2022
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The next big thing from Princeton's MacMillan lab: an ‘improbable’ mechanism for a difficult chemical bond
Jan. 20, 2022
The crystal structure of Mak1 bound to the drug acarbose (black, red and blue stick structure).
Oral and gut microbes can inactivate an antidiabetic drug, Princeton scientists find
Dec. 21, 2021
Emily Carter
Carter recognized with Materials Theory Award
Dec. 17, 2021
Illustration of Rod Priestley and Xiaohui Xu with a glass of water
Priestley, Xu honored in Newsweek for invention of cost-efficient, solar-powered water filter
Dec. 17, 2021
Via videoconferencing, Peter Jaffé briefs Congress on “forever chemicals."
Jaffé briefs Congress on “forever chemicals”
Dec. 9, 2021
Yibin Kang in his lab
New cancer therapy from Yibin Kang’s lab holds potential to switch off major cancer types without side effects
Nov. 29, 2021
Cameron Myhrvold in front of a blackboard with a biology drawing on it
Coronavirus researcher Cameron Myhrvold is using ‘spectacular’ new technologies to seek and destroy viral pathogens
Nov. 24, 2021
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Tech pioneers to headline Engage 2021 conference on innovation and entrepreneurship
Nov. 23, 2021
Kelsey Hatzell
Battery visionary Kelsey Hatzell on the power of interfaces
Nov. 16, 2021
Marcus Hultmark
Nanotech invention with potential to shrink industrial sensor costs wins New Jersey patent award
Nov. 3, 2021
Microplastic experiment with fluorescent particles
Project Plastic team builds winning venture during two Princeton Startup Bootcamps
Oct. 28, 2021
Several officials scoop dirt with shovels for the groundbreaking ceremony of The Hub
Provost Prentice speaks at groundbreaking of "The Hub", NJ innovation center in New Brunswick
Oct. 21, 2021
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Innovation Forum spotlights innovation from STEM to humanities
Oct. 13, 2021
David MacMillan
Princeton’s David MacMillan receives Nobel Prize in chemistry
Oct. 6, 2021
Syukuro Manabe
Princeton’s Syukuro Manabe receives Nobel Prize in physics
Oct. 5, 2021
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Empower 2021 conference looks to increase opportunities for Black entrepreneurs from throughout academia
Oct. 4, 2021