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Archives for February 2017
Is winter ending soon?
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist
Roger Locandro: A Teacher for Life
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared Explorations, Spring 2016. Roger ‘Doc’ Locandro retired in 1999 after 38 years on the faculty of the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources. But there are still alumni who recall his effective teaching style and lasting influence. “When I think of being a Rutgers University student, Roger ‘Doc’ […]
How evolution alters biological invasions
Peter J.Morin – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Cara A. Faillace – Doctoral Student
Price of Rutgers Science Renovation Rises by $3 Million
Peter Messing – Waksman Institute for Microbiology
Rutgers sowing seeds for a tastier, tangier tomato
Thomas – Department of Plant Biology
Cindy Rovins – NJAES
Richard W. VanVranken – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Stew of contaminants found in Hackensack riverbed tests
Beth Ravit – Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability
In Order to Understand the Danger Posed by Sea-Level Rise, We Need to Look to the Past
Benjamin Horton – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Sea-level change in Southeast Asia 6,000 years ago has implications for today
Benjamin Horton – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Robert Kopp – Rutgers Energy Institute
Mother’s Milk: Connected to Development in Mammals
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Explorations, Spring 2016. According to professor of animal sciences Carol Bagnell, milk serves as a conduit for delivery of developmental signals from mother to offspring in a lactocrine manner. Lactocrine—a term she coined with colleague Frank Bartol of Auburn University—refers to the transmission of milk-borne bioactive factors from […]