Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello – Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Your Houseplants Have Some Powerful Health Benefits
Gary L. Altman – Rutgers Cooperative Extensioni
Here’s How to Keep Your Phone Clean — But Keep Washing Your Hands, Too
Donald Schaffner – Department of Food Science
Glaciers Are Melting Underwater. It’s Worse Than Previously Thought
Rebecca Jackson – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Global Sea Levels Could Rise by Much More Than Previously Predicted, According to New Study
Robert Kopp – Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
There’s a New Antibiotic You Should Know About
Richard H. Ebright – Waksman Institute
Washing Hands In Cold Water Works As Well As Hot Against Germs
Donald Schaffer – Department of Food Science and Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Why We’re Not Prepared for The Coming Decades of Sea Level Rise
Sea levels rose faster in the 1900s than in any of time over the previous 2,800 years, and will continue to rise at record rates without drastic cuts to carbon emissions, according to new research published in the journal PNAS… “We’re living in a very unusual time that we have not experience for at least the last 2,800 years,” says study co-author Benjamin Horton, a professor at Rutgers University.
15 Million-Year-Old Flower Found ‘Perfectly Preserved’ in Amber
Researchers have discovered a new flower species that has been “perfectly preserved” in amber, much like in the dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park… Rutgers botany professor Lena Struwe named the species Strychnos electri after the Greek word for amber. “Strychnos electri has likely been extinct for a long time,” she said in a statement. “But many new species living and, unfortunately, soon-to-be-extinct species are discovered by scientists every year.”
