Don Schaffner – Department of Food Science
Archives for March 2020
You can’t kill the coronavirus. That’s OK.
Siobain Duffy – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Making Health and Nutrition a Priority During the Coronavirus Pandemic
There is little doubt that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is affecting every aspect of our lives—from virtual classrooms to telecommuting to early restaurant closing times to outright quarantines. Observing public health measures and reducing exposure to the virus are required to slow the spread of this disease. No one knows how long these virus safety […]
Climate Change Could Threaten Sea Snails in Mid-Atlantic Waters
Common whelk live in one of the fastest-warming marine areas, Rutgers-led study says Climate change could threaten the survival and development of common whelk – a type of sea snail – in the mid-Atlantic region, according to a study led by scientists at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. The common, or waved, whelk (Buccinum undatum) is an […]
Kill the virus in your home
Siobain Duffy, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources;
Donald Schaffner – Department of Food Science
High Heat, Humidity Could Affect More Than 1.2 Billion People by End of Century
Robert Kopp – Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Order take-out but do it safely, Rutgers food safety expert says
Donald Schaffner – Department of Food Science
Rutgers NJAES plant diagnostic, soil testing services still processing samples
Rutgers Plant Diagnostic and Soil Testing Laboriatories
Scientists Have Discovered the Origins of the Building Blocks of Life
Rutgers researchers retraced the evolution of enzymes over billions of years Rutgers researchers have discovered the origins of the protein structures responsible for metabolism: simple molecules that powered early life on Earth and serve as chemical signals that NASA could use to search for life on other planets. Their study, which predicts what the earliest […]
How to disinfect groceries from coronavirus? Don’t leave them outside, N.J. experts warn.
Donald Schaffner – Department of Food Science, Rutgers Cooperative Extension