Inventions, Startups, & Commercialization

A hypothesis by Rutgers Health researchers suggests a common stimulant could protect infants from sudden death.

Rutgers researcher finds widespread reports of service sector employees feeling overheated and regularly experiencing indoor conditions exceeding 80 degrees.

Scientists know the stomach talks to the brain, but two new studies from Rutgers Health researchers suggest the conversation is really a tug-of-war, with one side urging another bite, the other signaling “enough.”

New Jersey Medical School study finds metabolic stress drives antibiotic tolerance and speeds resistance.

A team led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick engineers has developed a portable device capable of detecting rare genetic mutations from a single drop of blood.

Researchers led by a Rutgers University-New Brunswick astrophysicist, who looked deeply into space at a period known as “Cosmic Noon” about 2 billion to 3 billion years after the Big Bang, have found that a special class of galaxies were busy experiencing their first major burst of star formation.

Amid the callous clutter of today’s world, one may be hard pressed to find tangible sources of compassion and kindness. The Compassion and Well-Being Lab at Rutgers–Camden, led by Assistant Professor of Psychology Yoona Kang and an interdisciplinary team of graduate researchers, is working to change that.

In a discovery three decades in the making, scientists at Rutgers and Brookhaven National Laboratory have acquired detailed knowledge about the internal structures and mode of regulation for a specialized protein and are proceeding to develop tools that can capitalize on its ability to help plants combat a wide range of diseases.

David Case, a theoretical and computational chemist at Rutgers University-New Brunswick who has earned international recognition for work that has included making it easier and faster for scientists to develop drugs, has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences.