A pair of new studies led by researchers at the Rutgers Center for Vector Biology use genetic data to help trace the potential routes of introduction of the invasive (ALT), Haemaphysalis longicornis, into the United States, and to identify potential vaccine targets within the tick that can be exploited to protect vulnerable livestock populations. While […]
UN Panel Selects Three Rutgers Researchers as Lead Authors on Next Global Climate Report
A United Nations-affiliated science panel has named three Rutgers scientists as lead authors on a report that will serve as the next worldwide assessment of climate change. Rutgers University-New Brunswick faculty members Robert Kopp, Pamela McElwee and Kevon Rhiney were selected to contribute to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Seventh Assessment Report. The reports produced by the […]
Call For Urgent, Coordinated Global Action To Safeguard Microbial Heritage
A letter published today by co-author Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, the Henry Rutgers Professor of Microbiome and Health in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology in the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, in Nature Microbiology highlights how human activities are rapidly transforming global microbial ecosystems, with major consequences for health, agriculture, and the environment. Dominguez-Bellow […]
Researchers Track How Iron Deficiency Disrupts Photosynthesis in Crucial Ocean Algae
The next time you breathe, consider this: photosynthesis of algae, powered by iron dust in the ocean, made it possible. Now, a new Rutgers University study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences pulls back the curtain on this vital process. Iron is a critical micronutrient for marine phytoplankton, the microscopic algae that form the foundation […]
Rutgers Immersive Learning through Science Storytelling Lab Fosters Student Success and Interdisciplinary Partnerships
The Rutgers Immersive Learning through Science Storytelling Lab in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences supports students from a wide variety of majors to partner with Rutgers researchers in the co-creation of compelling video narratives that communicate science as journeys of discovery for peer and public audiences. The lab’s innovative pedagogical model was recently […]
Rutgers Researchers Chart Next Steps for Developing Lateral Flow COVID-19-Type Tests to Monitor Coral Health
In a recent review in the journal BioEssays, Rutgers researchers described the next steps needed to produce affordable, field-portable diagnostic tests to deliver coral health monitoring tools to local communities. The latest collaborative effort brought together coral restoration practitioners, which included the Coral Restoration Foundation, academic researchers at Rutgers, small business owner, CapitalCorals Research & […]
New Catalyst Breakthrough Could Make Clean Ammonia Easier to Produce
Producing ammonia—a key ingredient in fertilizer and a promising hydrogen energy carrier—traditionally requires lots of energy and fossil fuels. But a new study offers a more efficient, greener method for making ammonia using only nitrogen from the air and water, with help from electricity. Huixin He, associate professor in the School of Arts and Sciences, […]
RUCOOL Researchers Find Decades of Warming and Salinity Changes in the Caribbean Sea
A new study led by Rutgers researchers reports long-term warming and shifts in salinity in the Caribbean Through‑Flow (CTF), a major ocean current that connects the tropics to the North Atlantic. The findings, published in Nature Scientific Reports, suggest that ongoing changes in this region may play a role in influencing broader ocean and climate […]
Rutgers Professor Kay Bidle Selected as an ARIS Inaugural 2025 Research Fellow
Kay Bidle, professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences (DMCS), has been selected for the Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society’s ARIS inaugural 2025 Research Fellowship. Created to support notable researchers who are equally invested in their research and its impacts, the ARIS Research Fellowship focuses on how researchers can increase their capacity to […]
A Global Microbiome Preservation Effort Enters Its Growth Phase
A global effort to create a “microbial Noah’s Ark” to preserve the world’s diverse collection of healthy microbes before they disappear is now entering an active growth phase. In a perspective article published in Nature Communications, a team of 25 scientists involved in the formation of the Microbiota Vault Initiative reported their successes and also laid out an ethical framework […]
