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Research & Innovation

Engineers Develop a Smart Shoe That Could Help Track Changes in How People Walk

A Rutgers prototype, which needs no batteries, counts steps, estimates calories burned and tracks movement with 95.4% accuracy .

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Research & Innovation

Rutgers-Newark Study Finds Brighter Street Lighting Temporarily Reduced Violent Crime by Almost Half

Violent crime levels plummeted in the areas where enhanced LED lighting was installed but the results dissipated over time, leading researchers to conclude that additional community-based efforts were needed to sustain the impact.

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Research & Innovation

Rutgers Cancer Institute Scientist Awarded $3.5 Million Grant to Explore if Gut Bacteria Influences Breast Cancer

Researchers will use stool samples collected from more than 18,000 healthy women years before a breast cancer diagnosis to search for new clues to prevention. 

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Research & Innovation

Contaminated Soil Poses Hidden Lead Threat Inside Homes

Partnering with community scientists, Rutgers researchers found that lead contamination in soil can create hazardous indoor conditions even in houses without lead paint.

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Research & Innovation

2026 Rutgers Research and Innovation Annual Impact Report

The Office for Research at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has released its Rutgers Research and Innovation Annual Impact Report for fiscal year 2026, highlighting another year of remarkable achievement across the university.

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Research & Innovation

Rutgers and Weill Cornell Medicine Win $3 Million to Study HIV’s Toll on the Brain

As many as half of all people with HIV have neurological impairment despite life-saving drugs. A new center will look for biomarkers that explain why.

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Research & Innovation

Researcher Is Awarded a Federal Grant to Help Win the War on Bugs

Jennifer S. Sun, an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at Rutgers, will study how microbes influence insect chemosensory behavior.

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Research & Innovation

Dads of Daughters May Be More Attentive Partners

Researchers at Rutgers Business School find that fathers of girls demonstrate higher levels of commitment and intimacy toward the mother.

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Research & Innovation

Perinatal Depression and Infant Mortality

Rutgers researchers examined more than 414,000 births in New Jersey and found a consistent association between maternal depressive symptoms and infant mortality.

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Research & Innovation

New Jersey’s Hidden Dams Come to Light

To many homebuyers, a pond is a picturesque asset. But if it is held back by a dam, the property may also carry legal and financial responsibilities that can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Research & Innovation

How Better Data Could Help Arts Prescription Programs Reach More People

Rutgers-led research highlights how arts and culture can serve as a social driver of health while providing a roadmap for scaling such prescription programs nationwide.

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Research & Innovation

Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health to Launch Innovation Hub, Powered by Amazon Web Services

The collaboration establishes one of the nation's first technology innovation hubs that brings together a medical school, academic health system and cloud technology leader to advance patient care and medical education.

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