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Helping Veterans Transition to Civilian Life

The director of peer support network Vets4Warriors discusses challenges veterans face after leaving service - and how the public can help

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Inner Ear Stem Cells May Someday Restore Hearing

Want to restore hearing by injecting stem cells into the inner ear? Well, that can be a double-edged sword. Inner ear stem cells can be converted to auditory neurons that could reverse deafness, but...

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Climate Report: Get Ready for More Surprises in Warming Climate

The Climate Science Special Report, released last week by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, details the science behind global warming and its current and potential impacts on the American...

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How to Control Traffic on Cellular Highways

Inside cells, protein "motors" act like trucks on tiny cellular highways to deliver life-sustaining cargoes. Now a team led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers has discovered how cells...

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Four Rutgers Professors Named Fellows of AAAS

Four Rutgers University professors have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed by their peers for scientifically or socially...

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Rutgers-New Brunswick Chancellor, Other University Leaders Join...

More than 20 leaders at Rutgers University, including Rutgers University-New Brunswick Chancellor Deba Dutta, will join Governor-elect Philip D. Murphy's Transition2018 committees to undertake policy...

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Mass of Warm Rock Rising Beneath New England, Rutgers Study Suggests

Slowly but steadily, an enormous mass of warm rock is rising beneath part of New England, although a major volcanic eruption isn't likely for millions of years, a Rutgers University-led study suggests....

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Speaking Up Against Bigotry Can Reduce Bad Behavior

If you're sitting around the holiday table and one of your curmudgeonly uncles says something unintentionally bigoted, your inclination may be to ask for more mashed potatoes and get on with the feast....

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Going to Extremes: Juliane Gross Gets Ready to Hunt for Meteorites in Antarctica

There are out-of-the-way places. There are remote places. Then there are places like the Trans-Antarctic Mountains, where the nearest human being - possibly, the nearest living organism - is at least...

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Rutgers Physics Shows Have Thrilled Thousands for 20 Years

Rutgers University-New Brunswick Professor Mark Croft began giving physics demonstrations for students and outside groups 40 years ago, but the demos required lots of heavy lifting and he later stopped...

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Faster, More Accurate Cancer Detection Using Nanoparticles, Rutgers-Led Study...

Using light-emitting nanoparticles, Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists have invented a highly effective method to detect tiny tumors and track their spread, potentially leading to earlier...

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Sea-Level Rise Projections Made Hazy By Antarctic Instability

It may take until the 2060s to know how much the sea level will rise by the end of this century, according to a new Rutgers University-New Brunswick-led analysis. The study is the first to link global...

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Rutgers Expert Available to Comment on Bitcoin Security, Privacy, Ease of Use

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Net Neutrality: The Importance of Open and Equal Access to the Internet

Nearly three years after the Federal Communications Commission approved "open internet" rules aimed at ensuring fair access to the web, the FCC reversed the decision last month, saying it was...

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Epileptic Seizures and Depression May Share a Common Genetic Cause, Study...

From the time of Hippocrates, physicians have suspected a link between epilepsy and depression. Now, for the first time, scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Columbia University have...

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Bitcoin Risks: What You Should Know About the Volatile Digital Currency

If you own Bitcoin or want to invest in the mercurial digital currency, which soared to more than $19,000 before plunging in value, watch out, a Rutgers University-New Brunswick professor says....

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A Call to Action to Decrease Maternal Mortality Rates

A campaign by Rutgers University and the Tara Hansen Foundation prompts New Jersey to designate January 23 of each year as Maternal Health Awareness Day

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Meet "Alesi," a 13-Million-Year-Old Ancestor, at Rutgers Geology Museum This...

About 13 million years ago, a distant ancestor of modern apes and humans suffered an untimely death on the arid landscape of northern Kenya. Last year, a Rutgers scientist helped bring its tiny skull...

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Climate Engineering, Once Started, Would Have Severe Impacts if Stopped

Facing a climate crisis, we may someday spray sulfur dioxide into the upper atmosphere to form a cloud that cools the Earth, but suddenly stopping the spraying would have a severe global impact on...

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Rutgers Scientists Discover 'Legos of Life'

Rutgers scientists have found the "Legos of life" - four core chemical structures that can be stacked together to build the myriad proteins inside every organism - after smashing and dissecting nearly...

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