Released: 7-Nov-2017 12:00 AM EST
Inner Ear Stem Cells May Someday Restore Hearing
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Want to restore hearing by injecting stem cells into the inner ear? Well, that can be a double-edged sword. Inner ear stem cells can be converted to auditory neurons that could reverse deafness, but the process can also make those cells divide too quickly, posing a cancer risk, according to a study led by Rutgers University–New Brunswick scientists.

   
Released: 6-Nov-2017 3:05 PM EST
Helping Veterans Transition to Civilian Life
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

The director of peer support network Vets4Warriors discusses challenges veterans face after leaving service – and how the public can help

7-Nov-2017 2:00 PM EST
How to Control Traffic on Cellular Highways
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Inside cells, protein “motors” act like trucks on tiny cellular highways to deliver life-sustaining cargoes. Now a team led by Rutgers University–New Brunswick researchers has discovered how cells deploy enzymes to place traffic control and “roadway under construction” signs along cellular highways.

Released: 8-Nov-2017 10:00 AM EST
Climate Report: Get Ready for More Surprises in Warming Climate
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

The Climate Science Special Report, released last week by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, details the science behind global warming and its current and potential impacts on the American economy, communities, public health and infrastructure. One of the report’s lead authors is Robert E. Kopp, a professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, director of Rutgers’ Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS) and co-director of Rutgers’ Coastal Climate Risk and Resilience Initiative.

Release date: 17-Nov-2017 12:00 PM EST
25th anniversary of the december 1992 nor easter
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

December 11 will mark the 25th anniversary of the arrival of an extremely powerful nor'easter in New Jersey, New York and other states. Faculty experts at Rutgers University–New Brunswick are available to comment on topics including the storm’s characteristics, how it compares with other major nor’easters and tropical cyclones, the effects of climate change, sea-level rise and future storms, and efforts to become more resilient.

20-Nov-2017 10:30 AM EST
Four Rutgers Professors Named Fellows of AAAS
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Four Rutgers University professors have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed by their peers for scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance human knowledge. The honorees, representing Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS), will be presented with official certificates and gold and blue rosette pins – the colors representing science and engineering – at the Feb. 17 AAAS Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas.

Released: 29-Nov-2017 4:45 PM EST
Mass of Warm Rock Rising Beneath New England, Rutgers Study Suggests
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Slowly but steadily, an enormous mass of warm rock is rising beneath part of New England, although a major volcanic eruption isn’t likely for millions of years, a Rutgers University-led study suggests. The research is unprecedented in its scope and challenges textbook concepts of geology.

Released: 26-Nov-2017 10:30 AM EST
Rutgers–New Brunswick Chancellor, Other University Leaders Join Governor-Elect Murphy’s Transition2018 Team
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

More than 20 leaders at Rutgers University, including Rutgers University–New Brunswick Chancellor Deba Dutta, will join Governor-elect Philip D. Murphy’s Transition2018 committees to undertake policy analysis and recommendations on a host of state issues and new initiatives as the new gubernatorial administration prepares to take office.

Released: 30-Nov-2017 9:15 AM EST
Speaking Up Against Bigotry Can Reduce Bad Behavior
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

If you’re sitting around the holiday table and one of your curmudgeonly uncles says something unintentionally bigoted, your inclination may be to ask for more mashed potatoes and get on with the feast. But Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers say that might be a mistake.

Released: 30-Nov-2017 12:45 PM EST
Going to Extremes: Juliane Gross Gets Ready to Hunt for Meteorites in Antarctica
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

There are out-of-the-way places. There are remote places. Then there are places like the Trans-Antarctic Mountains, where the nearest human being – possibly, the nearest living organism – is at least 150 miles away. That’s where Rutgers University-New Brunswick planetary geologist Juliane Gross will spend six to eight weeks, beginning in December. An associate professor of earth and planetary sciences in the School of Arts and Sciences, she will recover meteorites for the Case Western Reserve University's Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Released: 4-Dec-2017 2:30 PM EST
Rutgers Physics Shows Have Thrilled Thousands for 20 Years
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers University-New Brunswick Professor Mark Croft began giving physics demonstrations for students and outside groups 40 years ago, but the demos required lots of heavy lifting and he later stopped giving them. But stopping the shows made Croft feel guilty. So, 20 years ago, he asked Rutgers physics support specialist Dave Maiullo – star of Off-Broadway’s “That Physics Show” at The Elektra Theatre in New York City – to help him stage holiday physics shows for the public. Maiullo obliged, and an estimated 25,000-plus children and adults have since seen the annual Rutgers Faraday Holiday Children's Lecture and shows during Rutgers Day at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Inspiration for the shows came from England’s Michael Faraday, a famous physicist and chemist who began presenting annual Christmas Lectures at the Royal Institution in London in 1825.

11-Dec-2017 3:30 PM EST
Faster, More Accurate Cancer Detection Using Nanoparticles, Rutgers-Led Study Finds
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Using light-emitting nanoparticles, Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists have invented a highly effective method to detect tiny tumors and track their spread, potentially leading to earlier cancer detection and more precise treatment. The technology, announced today, could improve patient cure rates and survival times.

Release date: 11-Dec-2017 6:00 AM EST
to help understand climate change rutgers roommates head for antarctica
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Taylor Dodge and Rachael Young, Rutgers University-New Brunswick seniors, are friends, roommates, South Jersey natives – and headed to opposite ends of Antarctica this month for separate research projects to gather data on the effects of climate change.They will spend the Antarctic summer making the most of a challenge and opportunity they’ve both been eager to embrace since their first year in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences.

Released: 13-Dec-2017 8:00 AM EST
Sea-Level Rise Projections Made Hazy By Antarctic Instability
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

It may take until the 2060s to know how much the sea level will rise by the end of this century, according to a new Rutgers University–New Brunswick-led analysis. The study is the first to link global and local sea-level rise projections with simulations of two major mechanisms by which climate change can affect the vast Antarctic ice sheet.

Released: 11-Jan-2018 12:00 AM EST
Bitcoin Risks: What You Should Know About the Volatile Digital Currency
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

If you own Bitcoin or want to invest in the mercurial digital currency, which soared to more than $19,000 before plunging in value, watch out, a Rutgers University–New Brunswick professor says. Security and privacy issues, not to mention the possibility of a Bitcoin market crash, should give you pause for concern, according to Janne Lindqvist, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the School of Engineering.

Released: 10-Jan-2018 10:45 AM EST
Epileptic Seizures and Depression May Share a Common Genetic Cause, Study Suggests
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

From the time of Hippocrates, physicians have suspected a link between epilepsy and depression. Now, for the first time, scientists at Rutgers University–New Brunswick and Columbia University have found evidence that seizures and mood disorders such as depression may share the same genetic cause in some people with epilepsy, which may lead to better screening and treatment to improve patients’ quality of life.

Released: 10-Jan-2018 12:00 AM EST
Net Neutrality: The Importance of Open and Equal Access to the Internet
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Nearly three years after the Federal Communications Commission approved “open internet” rules aimed at ensuring fair access to the web, the FCC reversed the decision last month, saying it was “restoring internet freedom.” Rutgers Today asked Richard E. Howard, a research professor at the Wireless Information Network Laboratory (WINLAB) at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, to discuss net neutrality. Howard is former vice president for wireless research at Bell Labs.

Released: 11-Jan-2018 2:30 PM EST
A Call to Action to Decrease Maternal Mortality Rates
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A campaign by Rutgers University and the Tara Hansen Foundation prompts New Jersey to designate January 23 of each year as Maternal Health Awareness Day

18-Jan-2018 11:00 AM EST
Climate Engineering, Once Started, Would Have Severe Impacts if Stopped
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Facing a climate crisis, we may someday spray sulfur dioxide into the upper atmosphere to form a cloud that cools the Earth, but suddenly stopping the spraying would have a severe global impact on animals and plants, according to the first study on the potential biological impacts of geoengineering, or climate intervention.

Released: 22-Jan-2018 10:00 AM EST
Meet “Alesi,” a 13-Million-Year-Old Ancestor, at Rutgers Geology Museum This Weekend
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

About 13 million years ago, a distant ancestor of modern apes and humans suffered an untimely death on the arid landscape of northern Kenya. Last year, a Rutgers scientist helped bring its tiny skull to light, filling in a huge gap in the evolutionary record. And on Saturday, members of the public are invited to come face-to-skull with that ancestor, known as “Alesi,” at the Rutgers Geology Museum’s 50th annual Open House event. The museum stands on the College Avenue Campus of Rutgers University–New Brunswick. Admission is free.

Released: 22-Jan-2018 3:00 PM EST
Rutgers Scientists Discover 'Legos of Life'
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers scientists have found the “Legos of life” – four core chemical structures that can be stacked together to build the myriad proteins inside every organism – after smashing and dissecting nearly 10,000 proteins to understand their component parts. The four building blocks make energy available for humans and all other living organisms, according to a study published online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Released: 24-Jan-2018 12:00 AM EST
New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance Launches Social Media Campaign
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Did you know that New Jersey can expect higher temperatures, heavier rains, rising sea levels and more frequent and severe coastal flooding this century? The New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance – facilitated by Rutgers University–New Brunswick – has launched a social media campaign to enhance public education and to guide people to a wealth of information on climate change resilience on its website.

Released: 31-Jan-2018 5:00 AM EST
Rutgers Engineers 3D Print Shape-Shifting Smart Gel
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers engineers have invented a “4D printing” method for a smart gel that could lead to the development of “living” structures in human organs and tissues, soft robots and targeted drug delivery.

Released: 15-Feb-2018 12:00 AM EST
Don’t Blame Hurricanes for Most Big Storm Surges in Northeast
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Hurricanes spawn most of the largest storm surges in the northeastern U.S., right? Wrong, according to a study by Rutgers University–New Brunswick scientists. Extratropical cyclones , including nor’easters and other non-tropical storms, generate most of the large storm surges in the Northeast, according to the study in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. They include a freak November 1950 storm and devastating nor’easters in March 1962 and December 1992.

Released: 14-Feb-2018 12:00 AM EST
Rutgers-Led Innovation Could Spur Faster, Cheaper, Nano-Based Manufacturing
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Engineers at Rutgers University–New Brunswick and Oregon State University are developing a new method of processing nanomaterials that could lead to faster and cheaper manufacturing of flexible thin film devices – from touch screens to window coatings, according to a new study. The “intense pulsed light sintering” method uses high-energy light over an area nearly 7,000 times larger than a laser to fuse nanomaterials in seconds.

Released: 22-Feb-2018 6:00 AM EST
Threatened Shorebird Species Faces Increased Peril
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Scientists from Rutgers University–New Brunswick and elsewhere documented fewer than 10,000 red knot shorebirds in Chile in January, down from more than 13,000 a year earlier.

Released: 22-Feb-2018 2:50 AM EST
New Training Fights Inmate Substance Use Disorders
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers trains correction officers to better understand substance use disorder as a treatable disease

Released: 27-Feb-2018 10:00 AM EST
Rutgers Personal Bioblitz Connects People with Nature
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

When Lena Struwe was hiking in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve in Costa Rica three years ago, she spotted a yellowish harvestman, a spider-type animal, on a hiking trail rail and took a photo with her camera. It turned out her photo of the long-legged arachnid, Eucynorta conigera, was the first ever of that species and only the third sighting of it ever reported.

Released: 27-Feb-2018 9:05 AM EST
A Better Way for Families to Care for the Dying
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers palliative care expert Judy Barberio gives patients and their families strategies on how to ease the transition to end-of-life care

Released: 1-Mar-2018 11:05 AM EST
Selfies Drive Self-Image and May Lead Many to Seek Plastic Surgery
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers and Stanford researchers develop new mathematical model to explain how smartphones act as “portable funhouse mirrors”

Released: 6-Mar-2018 6:00 AM EST
Rutgers Leads Rail Safety Research and Education in New Jersey and New York
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers’ Xiang Liu heads the only academic rail engineering and safety program in the entire region – one of less than a dozen nationwide – at Rutgers University-New Brunswick’s School of Engineering.

Released: 5-Mar-2018 5:05 PM EST
Poison Control Warns of Carbon Monoxide Risk from Hookah Smoking
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Hookah use is on the rise, especially among young adults, but few consumers are aware of its potentially lethal effects

Released: 8-Mar-2018 2:00 PM EST
Fiber-Fermenting Bacteria Improve Health of Type 2 Diabetes Patients
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

The fight against type 2 diabetes may soon improve thanks to a pioneering high-fiber diet study led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick professor. Promotion of a select group of gut bacteria by a diet high in diverse fibers led to better blood glucose control, greater weight loss and better lipid levels in people with type 2 diabetes, according to research published today in Science.

Released: 15-Mar-2018 12:45 PM EDT
Rutgers Student on Front Lines of Orangutan Conservation, Research
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers doctoral student Didik Prasetyo’s passion is learning more about the endangered apes and trying to conserve their habitats and populations, which face enormous pressure from deforestation from logging, palm oil and paper pulp production, and hunting. He coauthored an alarming recent study in Current Biology on the estimated loss of more than 100,000 Bornean orangutans between 1999 and 2015.

Released: 16-Mar-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Trees Down, Hazards Abound
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A Rutgers study calls attention to post-storm hazards posed to tree care workers and provides safety recommendations

Released: 22-Mar-2018 11:30 AM EDT
Physicists at Crossroads in Trying to Understand Universe
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Scientists at Rutgers University–New Brunswick and elsewhere are at a crossroads in their 50-year quest to go beyond the Standard Model in physics.

Released: 26-Mar-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Study Examines Blood Lead Levels of Flint Children
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Childhood lead exposure was a problem in Flint long before the water crisis, but young children’s exposure to the toxin has been steadily declining since 2006.

Released: 28-Mar-2018 12:05 AM EDT
Could a Paper Device Diagnose Infectious Disease?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Imagine a small paper device that can rapidly reveal from a drop of blood whether an infection is bacterial or viral. The device could help reduce the overuse of antibiotics – which kill bacteria, not viruses. Misuse of antibiotics has led to antimicrobial resistance, a growing global public health issue.

Released: 27-Mar-2018 10:30 AM EDT
Creating Harry Potter-Style Invisibility Cloaks that Hide Objects from Sound
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Using his own version of Harry Potter’s cloak of invisibility, Rutgers professor Andrew Norris can help make underwater objects appear invisible. Norris, a distinguished professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, is developing honeycomb-like metallic structures that reroute sound waves to create the impression that both the cloak and anything beneath it are not there. Rutgers Today asked Norris to discuss his pioneering research, which could lead to improved acoustic technology, including better imaging under water, and biomedical applications, such as better imaging of tissue.

Released: 6-Apr-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Rutgers Medical Experts on Surgeon General’s Naloxone Advisory
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Experts from New Jersey Medical School discuss who should carry naloxone, how it is used and what this advisory means for public health

Released: 9-Apr-2018 1:00 PM EDT
New Wave of Mobile Technology to be Tested in New York City
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

The wireless standard known as 4G turned mobile phones into movie-streaming platforms, but the next wireless revolution promises more than speedy downloads. It could pave the way for surgeons operating remotely on patients, cars that rarely crash and events that can be virtually experienced from thousands of miles away.

Released: 10-Apr-2018 9:05 AM EDT
What Does Legalized Recreational Marijuana Mean for Your Health?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A Poison Control Center expert at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School discusses the health implications of legalized recreational marijuana

Released: 18-Apr-2018 8:05 AM EDT
New Rutgers App Seeks to Reduce Infant Mortality
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

The SIDS Info app developed by Rutgers medical experts puts safe sleep recommendations in the hands of health care providers and new parents

Released: 18-Apr-2018 9:30 AM EDT
Helen Berman Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Helen M. Berman, Board of Governors distinguished professor emerita of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Berman is among 213 people elected to the academy this year, including author Ta-Nehisi Coates, actor Tom Hanks, President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, gene editing developer Feng Zhang and pediatric neurologist Huda Zoghbi.

   
Released: 23-Apr-2018 9:05 AM EDT
Rutgers Names Leslie Kantor Chair of New Urban-Global Public Health Program
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Former Planned Parenthood vice president of education and Mailman School of Public Health faculty member advocates for underserved, marginalized populations


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