Climate change is leading to a decline in fish populations, which could have a devastating effect on developing countries that rely on seafood for nourishment and livelihoods, according to a Rutgers-led study. Read why Malin Pinksy, study coauthor and associate professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, and his colleagues, say warming waters are already taking a toll. Read our release and the story in The New York Times.
Mio Guberinic, costume designer for Madonna, Katy Perry, Saturday Night Live and Batman’s nemesis Bane, is teaching Rutgers students how to create wearable art through the technology of thermoplastics in a workshop at Mason Gross School of the Arts. Read our Q&A to learn more about Guberinic's experience his work with students this semester.
Our modern lifestyle, with an overuse of antibiotics, may be having a negative effect on our microbiome – the beneficial germs in their intestines, skin, mouths and noses – that help our immune system work and our brain to think. Read our Q&A with Martin Blaser, director of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, on why we need these germs to fend off chronic diseases.
Study shows that young adults may hurt themselves on purpose, specifically to feel physical pain.
Cheri Beasley, who was only the fifth African American and seventh woman selected to serve on North Carolina's highest court, called the timing of her appointment made during Black History Month particularly special. Find out what Beasley, who was inducted into the Rutgers African-American Alumni Alliance Hall of Fame in 2013, has to say about how her time at what is now Douglass Residential College shaped her career.
How good is the research on the success or failure of the system that verifies your identity when you log into a computer, smartphone or other device? Chances are not good, and that’s a major security and privacy issue that should be fixed, according to a Rutgers University–New Brunswick study that proposes a novel solution.
Find out how the skills Pedro Gerum, a fourth-year industrial systems engineering doctoral student at Rutgers-New Brunswick, developed while working to improve railroad track inspections in New Jersey will be put to use in an internship at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California searching for new planets outside our solar system.
Rutgers researchers have identified a gene in cancerous prostate tumors that indicates if there is a high risk of the cancer spreading. Read why Antonina Mitrofanova, an assistant professor at the Rutgers School of Health Professions and lead author of a recent study, says the discovery could lead to drug treatments that help patients live longer.
Rutgers University is helping the Swedish National Police build relationships with U.S. law enforcement agencies that will help Sweden and other European countries fight organized crime, gun violence and domestic extremism.
No matter what scientists do to try and manipulate their cells, fruit flies grow their wings the same way every time, according to a recent Rutgers-New Brunswick study. Find out why Kenneth D. Irvine, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry in the School of Arts and Sciences, and lead author, thinks this discovery might provide clues to diagnosing and treating human genetic diseases,
Simply protecting small forests will not maintain the diversity of the birds they support over the long run, a Rutgers-led study says. Forests need to be carefully monitored and managed to maintain their ecological integrity.
Single mothers who experience a cut in income are more likely to sacrifice their own health care in favor than their children than traditional two-parent families, according to a new Rutgers study. Find out why Alan Monheit, lead author and professor of health economics and public policy at Rutgers School of Public Health, thinks this altruistic behavior makes single mother families more vulnerable.