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Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research March 5, 2021 9:21 a.m. Seven technologies that address some of society’s biggest challenges — from foolproof antibiotics to low-cost water purification — will receive support for research and development through Princeton’s Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund.  A technology for illuminating targets for new drugs against cancer and viruses is one of several selected to receive support from the Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund to help develop Princeton discoveries to the stage where they can have broader societal impact...

Tempest in a laptop March 1, 2021 9 a.m. Ning Lin Photo illustration by John Opet, art270; portrait by David Kelly Crow Ning Lin denies she predicted Hurricane Sandy, the massive storm that made landfall in New York City in October 2012, causing widespread coastal flooding and wind damage. “When people say that, I correct them,” Lin said. “I don’t predict specific events, I predict probabilities. The probability of New York City being hit by strong storms and flooding was higher than most people expected.” But the timing was uncanny. Just months earlier, while a postdo...

HOBOKEN, N.J. — When Hurricane Sandy hit the New York area in 2012, it brought flood levels that hadn’t been seen in decades. “Super storms” like Sandy occur very rarely nowadays, but researchers from Stevens Institute of Technology, focusing on Jamaica Bay, New York, predict severe flooding and intense hurricanes are going to become more and more common over the next few decades. Study authors say their projections should motivate decision makers and local municipalities to put more resources and energy to use right now to create additional coastal flood defenses. On a larger scale,...