N.J. Legislature Close To Giving Garden State an Official Microbe With Local Roots Originally heard on All Things Considered New Jersey is on its way to becoming only the second state to declare an official state microbe. The candidate bacteria, Streptomyces griseus, is commonly found in soil. AILSA CHANG, HOST: New Jersey – you just […]
Research
Move over, birds. New Jersey considers naming a ‘state microbe.’
Selman Waksman, Albert Schatz, Elizabeth Bugie, Max Haggblom – School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Adding Up the Cost of Climate Change in Lost Lives
Robert Kopp – Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
The Scream: What Were Those Colorful, Wavy Clouds in Edvard Munch’s Famous Painting?
Rutgers and UK scientists suggest “mother-of-pearl” clouds inspired the Norwegian artist What inspired the iconic red-and-yellow sky in The Scream, the painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch that sold for a record $119.9 million in 2012? Some say it was a volcanic sunset after the 1883 Krakatau eruption. Others think the wavy sky shows a […]
Rutgers Discovery That Changed the World May Become New Jersey’s State Microbe
Pending bill would honor bacterium that helps to cure tuberculosis A soil-based bacterium called Streptomyces griseus could become New Jersey’s official state microbe 75 years after Rutgers University–New Brunswick scientists discovered its ability to cure tuberculosis. The 1943 discovery at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station defined Rutgers’ role as a leader in antibiotic research […]
Bacteria discovered in N.J. saved millions and could soon be our official state microbe
Selman Waksman, Albert Schatz
Meet the bacteria that could become New Jersey’s official state microbe
Doug Eveleigh, Max Häggblom – Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Meet the bacteria that could become New Jersey’s official state microbe
Doug Eveleigh, Max Haggblom – Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Dina Fonseca and Team Develop a New Technique for Stinkbug Surveillance
New method that tests for insect DNA on farm produce could “revolutionize” agricultural pest surveillance If a farmer can grow it, a brown marmorated stinkbug can destroy it. However, by the time farmers notice an infestation, they are nearly powerless to halt it. But there is hope: Borrowing techniques from aquatic science, researchers have discovered […]
Solar-Powered Slugs Hide Wild Secrets–But They’re Vanishing
Debashi Bhattacharya – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
