As we mark the 50th anniversary of one of the major milestones in human history, we’ve brought together stories about Rutgers research and op-eds written by Rutgers faculty to shed light on the significance of the moment, explore what the moon landing meant for all Americans and examine the value of reviving the space program. Check out the roundup of Rutgers news.
Rutgers is collecting and contributing data on student athletes who experience concussions as part of a large scale, nationwide study aimed at making sports safer. Find out how Rutgers School of Health Professions researcher Carrie Esopenko and Kyle Brostrand, Coordinator of Concussion Management & Research for the Scarlet Knights are working to make a difference in college sports.
Scientists have confirmed that viruses can kill marine algae called diatoms and that diatom die-offs near the ocean surface may provide nutrients and organic matter for recycling by other algae, according to a Rutgers-led study.
It’s a case of grand larceny that could lead to new fuels and cleanup chemicals. Ten species of red algae stole about 1 percent of their genes from bacteria to cope with toxic metals and salt stress in hot springs, according to a study in the journal eLife.
To support the well-being and mental health of Rutgers’ 70,000 students, the university is joining a nationwide initiative designed to help schools evaluate and strengthen their mental health, substance misuse and suicide prevention programs and systems and to ensure that schools provide the strongest possible mental health safety nets.
Rutgers researchers find patients who perceive their primary care providers as lacking empathy and not willing to include them in decision making are at risk for abandoning treatment or not seeking treatment at all
Rutgers researchers have created a device that can determine whether targeted chemotherapy drugs are working on individual cancer patients.
Payload Specialist Astronaut Robert J. Cenker, a Rutgers-New Brunswick electrical engineering alumnus, was a crew member on the 1986 space shuttle Columbia, where he changed the face of cable TV across the United States. The mission was the final flight before the Challenger disaster, which killed seven crewmembers, including teacher Christa McAuliffe, who trained with him. As a result, Cenker's Columbia mission was called "the end of innocence" for the Shuttle program. On July 19, Cenker will join students from the New Jersey from New Jersey Governor’s School of Engineering and Technology, TARGET and EOF, to discuss his journey into space and offer a glimpse of what it takes to become an astronaut.
With NASA planning to revisit the lunar surface by 2024 and send multiple expeditions by 2028, Rutgers University’s Haym Benaroya is optimistic that people will someday live on the moon. Benaroya, a distinguished professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, has spent most of his career focusing on lunar settlement and space exploration issues.
The renowned autism experts will lead new centers in the Rutgers Brain Health Institute that will focus on diagnosing, treating and supporting children and adults with autism spectrum disorder and pediatric feeding disorders. Learn more.
It used to be too much candy, but in the age of high tech electronics grandparents are spoiling grandkids in a different way: allowing too much screen time when it’s their turn to babysit. Read about the findings of a study coauthored by Dafna Lemish in School of Communication and Information at Rutgers-New Brunswick in this story and coverage in the New York Post.