Rutgers Health researchers find that tiny plastic particles increase the absorption of environmental arsenic and pesticides in lettuce and human intestinal cells, raising new safety concerns about plastic pollution.
Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that will help predict endangered whale habitat, guiding ships along the Atlantic coast to avoid them. The tool is designed to prevent deadly accidents and inform conservation strategies and responsible ocean development.
A startup company formed based on technology developed at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, seeks to use artificial intelligence and automation to help researchers advance their work and make breakthrough discoveries.
A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth’s formation as previously thought, an insight that bears directly on the question of when life originated on the planet.
Findings shed light on the dual-sided experiences of people using lisdexamfetamine, highlighting the perceived benefits and challenges of the drug.
Tobacco sales to underage consumers remains high despite federal legislation prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to anyone under 21, according to researchers at Rutgers Health and Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
A Rutgers Health study may help explain why some people are more susceptible to developing drinking problems.
The challenge posed by organizers of the XPRIZE Rainforest competition to the international scientific community was formidable: devise a way to document the biodiversity within a remote Amazonian rainforest without stepping foot within, design a tent-size, portable laboratory that includes miniature versions of the advanced equipment necessary to conduct rapid genetic analysis, and complete the field work, analysis and written summary in 72 hours.
Joel Caplan, a School of Criminal Justice professor whose pioneering data-based work has reduced crime in Newark and other cities, has been named Rutgers-Newark Senior Vice Chancellor for Research & Collaboration.
The prevalence of diagnosed disorders from recurrent use of sedative, hypnotic, and antianxiety medications in adolescents and young adults has increased sharply since 2001, according to Rutgers Health researchers.
Antonina Mitrofanova, an associate professor in the Department of Health Informatics and associate dean for research at the Rutgers School of Health Professions, has been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) – the highest honor granted by the U.S. government to early-career scientists and engineers.