Rutgers Teaches Caregivers to Focus on Themselves

A new program at Rutgers teaches caregivers of people with disabilities how to avoid “compassion fatigue”
19-Sep-2018 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

How Plants Harness Microbes to Get Nutrients

A Rutgers-led team has discovered how plants harness microbes in soil to get nutrients, a process that could be exploited to boost crop growth, fight weeds and slash the use of polluting fertilizers and herbicides.
17-Sep-2018 10:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Rutgers Opens State-of-the-Art Chemistry and Chemical Biology Building

Rutgers University President Robert Barchi and Rutgers–New Brunswick Interim Chancellor Christopher Molloy today launched a new era in research and education with the opening of the university’s new Chemistry and Chemical Biology building.
14-Sep-2018 1:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Flu Season: What You Need to Know

Infectious disease experts at Rutgers University explain this year’s flu season and how you can stay healthy
13-Sep-2018 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Cocaine Addiction Traced to Increase in Number of Orexin Neurons

A study by researchers at Rutgers Brain Health Institute identifies a promising avenue for treating addiction and clues to why people in recovery relapse
13-Sep-2018 2:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Scientists Use Bear Saliva to Rapidly Test for Antibiotics

If you’re looking into the mouth of a brown bear, one of the world’s top predators, your chances of survival probably aren’t good. But a team of Rutgers and other scientists has discovered a technology that rapidly assesses potentially...
13-Sep-2018 12:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Recycled Oyster Shells and ‘Oyster Castles’ Create Living Shoreline Protection Along Delaware Bay

Using recycled oyster and clam shells, a Rutgers University team partnered with The Nature Conservancy, The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to create a living artificial reef along Delaware Bay to protect...
6-Sep-2018 10:15 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Mysterious “Lunar Swirls” Point to Moon’s Volcanic, Magnetic Past

The mystery behind lunar swirls, one of the solar system’s most beautiful optical anomalies, may finally be solved thanks to a joint Rutgers University and University of California Berkeley study. The solution hints at the dynamism of the moon’s...
6-Sep-2018 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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