Natural Sciences

Freeman J. Dyson, theoretical physicist and writer, who embraced the stunning diversity of the universe with unique spirit, died on February 28, 2020 in a hospital near Princeton, NJ at the age of 96.

Dyson generated revolutionary scientific insights...

James Stone, Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, and Scott Tremaine, Richard Black Professor in the School, have been named Fellows of the American Astronomical Society (AAS).

This new accolade honors AAS members for extraordinary...

Scott Tremaine, Richard Black Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, has been awarded the 2020 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship from the American Astronomical Society.

Selected annually, the Russell Lecturer is chosen on the basis of a lifetime...

The artwork by Robbert Dijkgraaf, Director and Leon Levy Professor, depicts Russian nesting to capture the different scales of knowledge about the natural world, from the largest matryoshka doll that depicts our universe through the cosmic microwave background, the “first light” emitted soon after the Big Bang, to the smallest doll, the Planck scale, where spacetime becomes a quantum phenomenon.

Nature has asked seven leading thinkers, including Freeman J. Dyson, Professor Emeritus in the School of Natural Sciences, and Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor in the School of Social Science, to select one book from history that speaks to...

Schmidt Futures has awarded $1 million to promote a project led by James Stone, Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, that seeks to deepen our understanding of various cosmic phenomena. Eric Schmidt, cofounder of Schmidt Futures, serves on the IAS Board of Trustees.

Edward Witten, Charles Simonyi Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Other elected scholars include Shirley M. Tilghman, IAS Trustee; William Nielsen Brandt...

Hirosi Ooguri, former Visiting Professor (2015) and Member (1988–89) in the School of Natural Sciences, has been awarded a Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon, conferred by Japan's Emperor Naruhito on November 3, 2019.

The Medal of Honor was...

On October 18, Juan Maldacena, Carl P. Feinberg Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, will be awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Buenos Aires.

During the ceremony, Maldacena will give a lecture titled "Black Holes and Quantum...

Robbert Dijkgraaf, IAS Director and Leon Levy Professor, will give the public lecture "Einstein's Dream—From the Big Bang to Black Holes" during the opening celebration of the Princeton Gravity Initiative on Thursday, November 7.

Dijkgraaf will speak...