Collaborate Disseminate
Impressive new research, spearheaded by a team from Princeton University, has shown how a common diabetes drug can be inactivated by bacterial enzymes produced in the oral and gut microbiome. The researchers speculate this process may explain why the d… Continue reading Newly discovered microbiome mechanism found to block common diabetes drug
Researchers at Princeton and the the University of Washington have developed a tiny camera, the size of a grain of salt, which can snap sharp, full-color images. It’s made with a metasurface that captures light, which could be scaled up to turn entire … Continue reading Tiny salt-grain-sized camera snaps hi-res full-color images
The mysterious ways cancer spreads through the body, a process known as metastasis, is what can make it such a difficult enemy to keep at bay. Researchers at Princeton University working in this area have been tugging at a particular thread for more th… Continue reading Princeton team disables long-targeted gene behind spread of major cancers
Although soft-bodied robots show great promise for tasks such as squeezing through tight spaces, it’s a bit counterproductive if their soft appendages are moved by hard actuators. A new technology addresses that problem, via the use of “fancy balloons…. Continue reading “Bubble casting” tech used to create soft actuators for soft robots
Sharing information is crucial for species to survive, but how do simple lifeforms like worms spread the word? New research from Princeton has found that tiny roundworms can transfer “memories” to their neighbors, and pass them down to their offspring … Continue reading Worms found to share “memories” by swapping RNA to warn of danger
Tiny structures made of mechanically interlocked molecules can act as “molecular machines,” and this hugely exciting area of chemistry research that stretches back decades has seen some particularly significant developments in recent years. Princeton U… Continue reading Peptides fashioned into world’s smallest biomechanically linked structure
Many online services allow users to reset their passwords by clicking a link sent via SMS, and this unfortunately widespread practice has turned mobile phone numbers into de facto identity documents. Which means losing control over one thanks to a divorce, job termination or financial crisis can be devastating.
Even so, plenty of people willingly abandon a mobile number without considering the potential fallout to their digital identities when those digits invariably get reassigned to someone else. New research shows how fraudsters can abuse wireless provider websites to identify available, recycled mobile numbers that allow password resets at a range of email providers and financial services online. Continue reading Recycle Your Phone, Sure, But Maybe Not Your Number
Ironically, many of the places that most require water purification have the least-developed infrastructure. That’s where a new filtration device comes in, as it’s activated by the sun – and it’s said to perform better than other solar-powered purifica… Continue reading Spongey filter releases purified lake water when set in the sun
A new study from researchers at Princeton University and the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, projects the COVID-19 pandemic to potentially generate the largest single-year decline in US life expectancy since the 1918 influenza pandemic…. Continue reading COVID-19 pandemic triggers largest drop in US life expectancy in decades
By definition metals and insulators are very different – but now Princeton physicists have accidentally discovered an unexpected quantum behavior in an insulator that was thought to be unique to metals. The find suggests a brand new type of quantum par… Continue reading New quantum particle may have been accidentally discovered