Research
Research content overview
What Happens to Your Brain When You Daydream to Music?
Music professor Elizabeth Margulis’ new book Transported melds neuroscience and psychology
Princeton Alum and Two Professors Win 2026 MacArthur Genius Grants
The grants will support their research into Indigenous history, economic inequality, and environmentally sustainable agriculture
Did Hobey Baker 1914 Suffer From Repeated Brain Injuries?
A new research paper examines the sports legend’s exposure to violence and the circumstances of his death
A New Way of Thinking About Modern Problems
Psychology Professor Explores the Influence of Power Systems on the World
The Troland Research Award will further Molly Crockett’s work on understanding how people learn and decide
A Summer Internship in Alaska Helped Confirm My Interest in Ecological Research
Faculty Books
Understanding the Internet — the ‘Experiment That Escaped the Lab’
New Faculty Books Explore Caribbean Soldiers, Estranged Siblings, and More
This Is What Happens When Physicists Get Away From It All
At the Aspen Center for Physics, Princeton researchers find zen and breakthroughs
Princeton SPIA Event Dissects New Polling Data on Palestinian Attitudes
Dean Amaney Jamal, co-founder and co-principal investigator of the Arab Barometer, called the results ‘unsurprising’
Grad Students Compete to Explain Their Theses in Just 3 Minutes
More than 50 students applied to compete for prize money at the Graduate School’s first 3-Minute Thesis showcase
Experimenting in the Classroom, Professors Weigh Whether AI Is Friend or Foe
Researchers in the new group Princeton Societal AI are pondering the relationship between humans and computers
Two Alumni Found Company to Build a Better Electric Boat Motor
Jonathan Lord ’18 and Ben Sorkin ’17’s powerful motor is virtually silent
Princeton Students Have Long Worked to Preserve New Jersey’s Pine Barrens
3 ResponsesMarcus Lee Explores Identity, Politics, and Legacy in Black History
Alumni Developed a Way to Remove Microplastics From Waterways
‘The goal is to become the barrier in major emission points before the big flow goes into the ocean,’ says Yidian Liu *21
Amid Global Uncertainty, Princeton Strives to Keep Students Safe Abroad
International travel remains a key part of Princeton, with more than 3,800 travelers — mostly students — in 2024-25
Dinosaur Discovery
Daniela Valdés Highlights the History of LGBTQ+ People of Color
1 ResponseC. Diff Bacteria Can Weaken the Sick, But a Princeton Chemist Found a Fix
Biological chemist Mohammad Seyedsayamdost found the antibiotic KCB is safe and effective against C. diff and preserves the microbiome
Professor Brenden Lake Zeroes In Where Machine and Human Intelligence Meet
‘One of the biggest scientific mysteries is how our own minds work,’ Lake says
Lauren Hale *03 Is Studying the Impacts of Screens on Teens and Sleep
‘It’s not the devices. It’s what’s on the devices [and] how you’re engaging with them,’ Hale says
























