Writing for Nautilus,George Musser, Director's Visitor and
Scientific American contributing editor, highlights
current work by Andrew
Strominger, Member (1982–1987) in the School of Natural
Sciences. Strominger and colleagues are investigating how...
"Our double task is now to preserve and foster both biological
evolution as Nature designed it and cultural evolution as we
invented it, trying to achieve the benefits of both, and exercising
a wise restraint to limit the damage when they come into...
Juan Maldacena, Carl P. Feinberg Professor in the School of
Natural Sciences, will be the first recipient of the Galileo
Galilei Medal, established by the National Institute for Nuclear
Physics (INFN) in collaboration with the Galileo Galilei...
Juan Maldacena, Carl P.
Feinberg Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, will deliver
the Abdus Salam Distinguished Lectures on January 28, 29, and 30,
2019 at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in
Trieste, Italy. The lecture...
On November 19, 2018, Juan
Maldacena, Carl P. Feinberg Professor in the School of Natural
Sciences, was presented the Lorentz Medal by the Royal Netherlands
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Following the presentation of the medal, Maldacena sat
down...
Prolific scientist John J.
Hopfield, whose work has spanned various fundamental
disciplines from physics to molecular biology to neuroscience, has
been selected as the recipient of the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Medal
in Physics. This prestigious award...
"Stability is the first requirement for habitability," says
Adrian Hamers, Member in the
School of Natural Sciences, of the potential for life on planets
orbiting "double-star" systems.
On November 21, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. EST, Carl P. Feinberg
Professor Juan Maldacena will
give a colloquium, "Wormholes and Entangled States," as part of the
2018 Colloquium Ehrenfestii series, hosted by the Lorentz Institute
of Leiden University.
Myles W. Jackson, newly
appointed Professor in the School of Historical Studies will give
his first IAS public lecture, "Genes, Patents, and Race: The
History of Science as a Bridge Between Disciplines" on Friday,
October 26 at 5:30 p.m. in...
