[Rutgers Food Innovation Center (FIC) recently completed a feasibility study for a business incubation program for the City of Paterson and another study for the City of Bridgeton designed for its FIC “graduate” clients. Business Facilities magazine covered these two projects in its July/August issue.] The City of Paterson is gearing up towards the launching […]
Archives for September 2016
‘Ghost Forests’ Appear As Rising Seas Kill Trees
Ben Horton, Jennifer Walker, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Humanity Driving ‘Unprecedented’ Marine Life Extinction
Malin Pinsky, Department of Ecology, Evolution & Natural Resources
Distinguished Prof. Donald Schaffner Weighs in on FDA Ban of 19 Chemicals Used in Antibacterial Soap
People who want to be germ-free often reach for antibacterial soap but the FDA says “squeaky clean” is good enough. The agency decided to ban these chemicals because it says they may cause more harm than good. Some data has suggested that long-term exposure to some of the active ingredients used in many antibacterial products could […]
The Truth Behind the Five-Second Rule Revealed
Donald Shaffner, Department of Food Science
IFNH’s Peggy Policastro and Sue Shapses of the Rutgers New Jersey Obesity Group Weigh in on New Jersey’s Obesity Epidemic
One quarter of all New Jersey residents are facing a health problem so severe, it’s been deemed an epidemic — obesity. It seems it’s not just the population that’s growing in the Garden State, but our waist size too. A new report, called The State of Obesity issued by the Trust for America’s Health and […]
The ‘five-second rule’ for eating food? Scientists just demonstrated how gross it is.
Donald Schaffner, Department of Food Science
What Does Science Say About the Five-Second Rule? It’s Complicated
Donald Schaffner, Department of Food Science
5-second rule no match for bacteria
Donald Schaffner, Department of Food Science
SEBS Office of International Programs Offers Scholarship Opportunities to Pursue Study Abroad Dreams
As a STEM student, it is often perceived as difficult, even impossible, to be able to study abroad, much less find the right program to stay on track to graduate on time. On top of academic requirements, study abroad programs for STEM students are often costly. In response to these concerns, the School of Environmental […]