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==Science and research== * From 1986 through 1989, Plainsboro was home to the [[John von Neumann Center]] on College Road, which hosted the liquid nitrogen-cooled [[ETA10]] supercomputer, then the world's fastest computer, and was a major hub of the early Internet.<ref>Taber, George M. [https://njbiz.com/von-neumanns-souped-up-supercomputer/ "Von Neumann’s Souped-Up Supercomputer"], ''NJBIZ'', July 18, 1988. Accessed July 8, 2022. "The new supercomputer that has just been installed at the John von Neumann Center for Scientific Computing in Plainsboro can perform three billion mathematical operations per second. The machine, an ETA10, is the fastest and most powerful computer currently working in the world."</ref> * Plainsboro is home to the [[Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory]], a laboratory for [[plasma physics]] research.<ref>Browne, Malcolm W. [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/04/us/test-reactor-for-fusion-shuts-down-in-new-jersey.html "Test Reactor For Fusion Shuts Down In New Jersey"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 4, 1997. Accessed August 22, 2014. "The reactor, which is associated with Princeton University, is in Plainsboro, N.J. "</ref> * The [[National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration]]'s [[Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory]], where the first computer models of climate were developed, is physically located in Plainsboro on the James Forrestal Campus of [[Princeton University]].<ref>Zamdonella, Catherine. [https://www.princeton.edu/news/2018/06/20/princeton-noaa-climate-institute-awarded-40-million "Princeton-NOAA climate institute awarded $40 million"], [[Princeton University]], June 20, 2018. Accessed December 23, 2019. "Researchers at Princeton University and NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) have been awarded up to $40 million over five years to fund a new cooperative institute that focuses on Earth system research.... The new institute enables Princeton and GFDL to continue collaborative work begun under the Cooperative Institute for Climate Science, founded with funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 15 years ago. GFDL is located about three miles from Princeton University in Plainsboro, New Jersey."</ref> * Plainsboro had a nuclear research reactor (on Nuclear Reactor Road) built in 1957.<ref>NRC Terminated License Tracking System, regarding [http://nrctracking.ornl.gov/tlts/PDFs/DL-041195_06.pdf License No. C-05235, Industrial Reactor Laboratories] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306160903/https://nrctracking.ornl.gov/tlts/PDFs/DL-041195_06.pdf |date=March 6, 2016 }}, October 14, 1998. Accessed September 29, 2014.</ref> * In 1930, the Rotolactor was invented by Walker Gordon Farms in Plainsboro. The [[Rotolactor]] was the first rotary milking parlor and a popular tourist attraction. It remained in use into the 1960s.<ref name=WalkerGordon/><ref name="farmcollector">[http://www.farmcollector.com/looking-back/the-rotolactor.aspx The Rotolactor].</ref>
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