Field corn, genetically modified to kill a particular pest, also keeps that pest from its unmodified neighbors, a study has found.
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The number of uninsured has plummeted in New Jersey since the federal government enacted the Affordable Care Act – and nearly half of residents would even be willing to pay higher taxes to protect health insurance coverage statewide if Congress repeals the law, according to a recent poll by Rutgers Center for State Health Policy.
Imagine a small paper device that can rapidly reveal from a drop of blood whether an infection is bacterial or viral. The idea, proposed by senior biomedical engineering students in the School of Engineering won second place – and $50,000 – in national contest for promising technology that could improve primary-care delivery at the front lines of medicine.
Andrew Norris, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers-New Brunswick, is a pioneer in a field known as cloaking, which can help make underwater objects appear invisible. He has created a model for directing sounds waves to go around — instead of colliding with — an object, hiding it from detection. Research applications could lead to improved acoustic technology, including enhanced imaging under water, and biomedical applications, such as clearer imaging of tissue.
Trinidad Rico came to Rutgers as director of Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies, a one-of-a-kind program in the United States that she is developing to compete worldwide. Read the latest in a series profiling new faculty across the university to learn more about Rico, an assistant professor in the Department of Art History at Rutgers-New Brunswick and a leading voice in an emerging field.
The Rutgers University Libraries have digitized an invaluable collection of 1,250 coins from the ancient Roman Republic. The goal of the project – completed through a partnership of classical scholarship and super high-resolution photography – was to make multi-angle views of these coins available for study while protecting the originals.
Members of the Rutgers community came together virtually Wednesday to support the areas at Rutgers that are most meaningful to them, ranging from scholarships that change students’ lives to research that changes the world for the better. The daylong giving event has been extended through Thursday in order to allow all those who would like to participate the opportunity to do so.
Homeland security and law enforcement officials will come together with religious leaders and leading academic researchers March 27 during a daylong symposium to explore how to combat a resurgence of hate while protecting free speech. Read our Q&A with John Farmer Jr., director of the Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience, about why this is a pivotal moment for Rutgers to host this discussion.
What is it like for medical school students at that anxiety-inducing moment when they are handed the envelope that reveals where they will begin their careers as physicians? Watch our video to witness the experience unfold for one student and read our story to learn about some of the other new residents who will be moving on from New Jersey Medical School in Newark and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 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.
Jeff Broggi, associate dean of students for Rutgers-New Brunswick, is willing to go the extra mile, or in this case, plunge 30-feet into a swimming pool, to help undergraduates facing unexpected hardships. Watch our video and read the story for more on what inspired Broggi to participate in the annual tower jump to raise awareness about the Emergency Assistance Fund.
Tree care workers have one of the most dangerous jobs in America. As climate change increases the risk to trees from severe storms, insects, diseases, drought and fire, a Rutgers study highlights the need for improved safety in tree care operations.