Quantum science, particle physics and nanoscale motors awarded support from Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Tech Fund
Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research
May 11, 2021 10 a.m.
Three projects that aim to pioneer new discoveries with the potential to transform entire fields of inquiry and propel innovation have been awarded funding through the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund.
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Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications
New quantum materials that promise to propel the communications of the future, an AI-driven search to uncover the fundamental laws of physics, and a project to build biomolecular motors have been selected for funding through the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund.
John Sullivan, Office of Engineering Communications
Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research
Jan. 29, 2021 10 a.m.
On April 1, 2020, as the pandemic threatened to overwhelm area hospitals, Andrew Leifer was looking for a way to help. The Princeton University physicist connected with doctors at the University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia who were working to prevent a looming shortage in machines used to keep patients breathing.
Penn Medicine, which runs hospitals in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, needed specialized machines to monitor the breathing patterns and flow of oxygen to patients undergoing noninvasive ventilation, a form of respiratory support that is gentler on the lungs and has caught on in popularity during the crisis. The hospitals needed the machines to meet exacting standards, and they needed them fast. Plus, there was a catch: the parts used to build the devices were nearly impossible to find. So Leifer and his colleagues at Princeton wo