Scientists have taken an Ikea dog bowl, leather dye, surgical tape, yeast and sugar and built a better bed bug trap. Changlu Wang, a Rutgers University entomologist, started to battle Cimex lectularius in 2006, and has a patent pending on a type of lur…
Archives for August 2013
Maine’s lobster bubble is threatening to burst, thanks to global warming and Canada
Alarmingly low prices are pushing the US state of Maine’s famed lobster industry to the brink of collapse. The cause? The menacing double-whammy of climate change and…Canadians. The first might sound familiar. Last year, shockingly warm seas caused a…
Glimpse of History: New Jersey has a ‘steak’ in beef production
It was noted in a May 1, 1952, edition of the Fords Beacon that "New Jersey is rapidly forging ahead in beef cattle circles even in the eyes of Texas cattlemen; this fact was brought out at the recent Shadow Isle Farm sale at Red Bank where one-thi…
New Jersey peaches: Delicious and nutritious
There’s still plenty of summer left and one of the season’s sweetest treats is ready for pickin’. Rutgers University professor emeritus and stone fruit specialist Jerry Frecon said peaches are low in calories, high in fiber, contain no fat and are sodi…
Got Bed Bugs? Use This New, Cheaper, More Effective, DIY, Low-Cost Trap To Find Out
What has six legs, lives on blood, and strikes fear into the hearts of mattress-owners everywhere? According to the National Pest Management Association, bed bug infestations peak during the summer months, and some 99.6% of exterminators have seen at l…
New Bed Bug Trap Lures Bloodsuckers
East Coast urbanites – especially those in New York City – are all too familiar with seeing warning labels on curbed furniture and wrapped mattresses to know that the scourge of bed bugs is never to be underestimated. Helping fight the good fight again…
We all must confront the ferocious destructive power of nuclear energy
For decades, nuclear weapons and nuclear power generation have generally been treated as separate issues. But is this the right approach?…A recent study by Alan Robock, an environmental scientist at Rutgers University, and others showed that a region…
Rutgers Professor Honored as a 2013 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
A Rutgers University professor has been selected a 2013 AGU Fellow. A Rutgers University professor has been named a 2013 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the University announced on Monday. Barbara Turpin is a distinguished professor in the De…
Rutgers researcher explores cooling atmosphere of Southeast U.S.
On most days Ann Marie Carlton [assistant professor, atmospheric chemistry] rides her purple Trek 7000 bicycle to and from work at Rutgers where she teaches atmospheric chemistry and air quality modeling. During her stress-free, 2.5-mile tree…
Master Farmers tour Franklin farm growing beef, peppers, sunflowers and herbs [photos]
A group of around 50 "cream of the crop" farmers, those given the designation Master Farmer, saw sampling of agri-business in Hunterdon and Morris counties Saturday, Aug. 3, during the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Master Farmer Tour. It included the Rutge…
