Princeton’s toughest classes may not look the same, but that doesn’t mean academic rigor is suffering. Illustration by Tim Bouckley Excerpt: In Claire Gmachl’s introductory physics class for engineers, first-year students work in teams to tackle problems such as: How much energy would a hyperloop (an ultra-highspeed transportation system proposed by Elon Musk) save, or […]
Enormous magnets housed in steel cylinders dot the floor of what was once the indoor basketball court of the Park Building at the City College of New York’s Harlem campus. One level down, state-of-the-art electron microscopes, each the size of an industrial refrigerator, and still more gigantic magnets have replaced an indoor swimming pool and […]
Among the spectators at the Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island last summer were a group of 10 graduate students. They had come to New York City from places like India, Germany and California for summer school at the Simons Foundation’s Flatiron Institute, and algorithms were on the agenda. And they […]
A SFARI initiated and funded reanalysis of previous studies reveals consistent biological signals in the human microbiome and other physiological signals associated with autism and highlights the need for long-term studies to determine autism’s underlying causes. The biological roots of autism continue to perplex researchers, despite a growing body of studies looking at an increasing […]
In using AI-powered tools to map proteins in the human gut microbiome, researchers have challenged the traditional view of the relationship between protein sequence, structure and function. From growing our cells, tissues and organs to repairing our bodies as we age, proteins are responsible for nearly every task of cellular life. A central tenet in […]
The PPPL has catalyzed its own change and decided to venture beyond fusion In a small, dark, and unassuming physics lab, silent except for the hum of gadgetry, research physicist Yevgeny Raitses points at a metal box the size of a microwave with tubes snaking in and out of it. Raitses, who works at the […]
