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Von Hippel, at PPPL, calls for international control of nuclear enrichment

The world’s nuclear enrichment programs should be under international control to prevent the development of nuclear weapons after the new arms deal with Iran expires in 10 to 15 years, said Frank von...

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Princeton physicists share in excitement of gravitational waves Einstein...

The announcement Feb. 11 of the detection of gravitational waves, predicted by Albert Einstein some 100 years ago, created a surge of excitement among physicists worldwide, including many with ties to...

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Princeton physicists share in excitement of gravitational waves Einstein...

The announcement Feb. 11 of the detection of gravitational waves, predicted by Albert Einstein some 100 years ago, created a surge of excitement among physicists worldwide, including many with ties to...

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West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School & William Annin Middle School...

The West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School Science Bowl team is going to Washington, DC, for the second consecutive year after emerging undefeated in 12 rounds of challenging science and mathematics...

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50 middle-schoolers are wowed by science at PPPL’s My Brother’s Keeper program

Fifty seventh- and eighth-graders from John Witherspoon Middle School in Princeton came to PPPL for a half day on March 4 to become scientists – doing a variety of hands-on science activities, from...

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50 middle-schoolers are wowed by science at PPPL’s My Brother’s Keeper program

Fifty seventh- and eighth-graders from John Witherspoon Middle School in Princeton came to PPPL for a half day on March 4 to become scientists – doing a variety of hands-on science activities, from...

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DOE’s Ed Synakowski traces key discoveries in the quest for fusion energy

The path to creating sustainable fusion energy as a clean, abundant and affordable source of electric energy has been filled with “aha moments” that have led to a point in history when the...

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DOE’s Ed Synakowski traces key discoveries in the quest for fusion energy

The path to creating sustainable fusion energy as a clean, abundant and affordable source of electric energy has been filled with “aha moments” that have led to a point in history when the...

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Hunting for Big Bang neutrinos that could provide fresh insight on the origin...

Big Bang neutrinos are believed to be everywhere in the universe but have never been seen.  The expansion of the universe has stretched them and they are thought to be billions of times colder than...

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Hunting for Big Bang neutrinos that could provide fresh insight on the origin...

Big Bang neutrinos are believed to be everywhere in the universe but have never been seen.  The expansion of the universe has stretched them and they are thought to be billions of times colder than...

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Fun and inspiration for 575 young women at PPPL’s Young Women’s Conference

Some 575 seventh- to tenth-grade girls from throughout New Jersey, as well as Pennsylvania and Maryland, found fun and inspiration doing myriad hands-on activities and meeting female scientists at The...

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Fun and inspiration for 575 young women at PPPL’s Young Women’s Conference

Some 575 seventh- to tenth-grade girls from throughout New Jersey, as well as Pennsylvania and Maryland, found fun and inspiration doing myriad hands-on activities and meeting female scientists at The...

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COLLOQUIUM: Fluke: The Math and Myth of Coincidence

What is the connection between mathematical law and observed experience? When we look at coincidences mathematically, we find that the odds are far better than any of us would have thought. Probability...

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COLLOQUIUM: Ocean Acoustic Ecology: Great Whales, Ocean Scales, Big Data

Empirical evidence shows that great whale singers can be heard across an ocean basin, there are no known deaf marine vertebrates, and sounds from human activities impose acute and chronic costs over...

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Students do cool summer research projects in one of the hottest spots

More than 40 college students pursuing careers in physics, engineering and computer science are spending their summer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory working with...

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How Does Fusion Energy Work?

Click here to view a cool infographic about fusion energy from the U.S. Department of Energy.Headline: How Does Fusion Energy Work?Byline: Raphael RosenHighlighted Related Image: Expert Topics:...

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PPPL intern Joseph Labrum helped build components for a “zero knowledge”...

Joseph Labrum spent his summer internship building components to upgrade an experiment that successfully compared physical objects without learning anything about the objects themselves. Such a...

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PPPL intern Joseph Labrum helped build components for a “zero knowledge”...

Joseph Labrum spent his summer internship building components to upgrade an experiment that successfully compared physical objects without learning anything about the objects themselves. Such a...

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Science on Saturday: Imperative of Vaccination Nationally and Globally

Event Date: February 4, 2017, 9:30amEvent Type: Science On SaturdayLocation: PPPL, MBG AuditoriumHost: Dr. Andrew Zwickerazwicker@pppl.govCoordinator: Ms. Deedee Ortiz-Ariasdortiz@pppl.govShow Entrance...

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Science on Saturday: Meat, Monkeys, and Mosquitoes: A One Health Perspective...

Event Date: February 11, 2017, 9:30amEvent Type: Science On SaturdayLocation: PPPL, MBG AuditoriumHost: Dr. Andrew Zwickerazwicker@pppl.govCoordinator: Ms. Deedee Ortiz-Ariasdortiz@pppl.govShow...

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