Public officials designing seawalls, levees and other safeguards against rising seas can save money if their solutions are flexible, adapting to sea-level increases over time, according to an analysis by scientists at Rutgers and Princeton universities.
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, with outbreaks continuing to emerge globally and domestically.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, improved its standing in the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents rankings, moving up five spots to come in 68th in the world and 42nd among U.S. institutions in the 2024 list.
For the past several years, Vitaly Podzorov, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, voluntarily has worked as part of a research integrity community to detect signs of potential scientific misconduct in peer-reviewed research papers.
The Camden Study, a pregnancy cohort of 4,765 women recruited between 1985 and 2006 from one of America’s poorest cities, has found new life at Rutgers University – where it promises to unlock critical insights into maternal and child health for researchers worldwide.
Findings from a Rutgers Health study could help improve mother-infant bonding, successful breastfeeding, and mental health.
Assistant professor Pabitra Sahoo and his research team, of Rutgers University–Newark's Department of Biological Sciences, have made a breakthrough, using a peptide (or small protein fragment) to help nerve cells in both the peripheral and central nervous systems regenerate and heal.
People with disabilities have more difficulty accessing health care and more negative interactions with health care providers than people without disabilities, according to a Rutgers Health study.
Unlike white fat, which stores energy, brown fat burns calories and helps regulate body temperature.
Lo Re was president of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology in 2022 and is the Regional Editor for the America’s for Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety, the group’s official journal.
Two Rutgers University–Newark (RU-N) researchers recently won a $250,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to continue a program to increase the number of Black, Latinx and Indigenous students earning degrees in the geosciences at the Rutgers’ Newark and New Brunswick campuses, and to help them enter graduate school and/or successful careers in the field.
Rutgers Health researchers find that the diagnostic tools can be unreliable, particularly for Black patients.