Chinese and Rutgers scientists have discovered how aquatic plants cope with water pollution, a major ecological question that could help boost their use in wastewater treatment, biofuels, antibiotics and other applications. The study is in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers used a new DNA sequencing approach to study the genome […]
Provisioning Garden is the Newest Living Laboratory on the Cook Campus
Students returning to the George H. Cook Campus this fall were greeted with a new garden installed at the Cook Office Building (COB) across from the popular Skelly Field on Dudley Road. The Provisioning Garden showcases plants that contribute provisioning services to assist humans and wildlife in some way—as food, fuel, fiber, medicine, and habitat. […]
First sisters to become Army generals say it was ‘not a game of chance. It is hard work.’
By Marisa Iati One sister had wanted to be a soldier since she was young; the other planned to have a career in the Foreign Service. Both marked a milestone for the U.S. Army this summer: Maj. Gen. Maria Barrett and Brig. Gen. Paula Lodi (CC’90) are believed to be the first pair of sisters […]
Corn Plant with 29 Ears in South Jersey Verified by Rutgers for Guinness World Records
You never know what might “pop up” in your yard. This was the case for Matthew Jacovelli and his family in Deptford, NJ. Each year the Jacovelli’s feed the wildlife in their yard with store-bought animal feed. This year they purchased “Producer’s Pride” whole kernel corn to feed the squirrels. Like squirrels usually do, one […]
Scientists Discover Key Factors in How Some Algae Harness Solar Energy
Rutgers-led research could help lead to more efficient and affordable algal biofuels Scientists have discovered how diatoms – a type of alga that produce 20 percent of the Earth’s oxygen – harness solar energy for photosynthesis. The Rutgers University-led discovery, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could help lead to […]
4-H Student Ambassadors Transform Park in Bound Brook
4-H/Middle Earth Student Ambassadors for Community Health (SACH) unveiled Mariposa Park in Bound Brook, New Jersey during a grand re-opening celebration on August 3 with food, crafts, face painting, balloon tying, and live monarch butterflies. For the past year, the teen members of SACH shaped plans to create positive change and to promote unity in […]
Oceanography Interns Shine at Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Lab
The Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences runs an NSF-funded summer oceanography internship program called Research Internships in Oceanography (RIOS), which is currently guided by professor Josh Kohut. The program, which has hosted 183 undergraduates from all over the US for the past 15 years, hosts interns in the study of a range of topics, […]
Rutgers Distinguished Professor Yair Rosenthal Elected 2019 AGU Fellow
Rutgers distinguished professor Yair Rosenthal, a member of the faculty at Rutgers since 1997 with joint appointments in the departments of Marine and Coastal Sciences and Earth and Planetary Sciences, has been named a 2019 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). He joins 61 other colleagues who will be recognized for their “scientific eminence […]
Mega-Cloud from Canadian Wildfires Will Help Model Impacts of Nuclear War
British Columbia wildfires in 2017 created a massive cloud that circled the Northern Hemisphere Extreme wildfires in British Columbia, Canada, pumped so much smoke into the upper atmosphere in August 2017 that an enormous cloud circled most of the Northern Hemisphere – a finding in the journal Science that will help scientists model the climate […]
Excessive Alcohol Consumption May Alter DNA and Lead to Stronger Cravings
It’s no secret that excessive drinking is bad for your health. Now evidence indicates that it may even alter your DNA and lead to stronger alcohol cravings, according to a Rutgers study appearing in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. Researchers—led by Dipak K. Sarkar, distinguished professor and director of the endocrine program in the Department […]
