Clinical trial approved by the FDA starting in February A Rutgers scientist has invented an early treatment for COVID-19 to prevent severe complications and hospitalizations in patients with prediabetes and diabetes by increasing beneficial bacteria in the gut and reducing organisms that cause coronavirus. The treatment – created by researcher Liping Zhao – was given […]
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Deadly White-Nose Syndrome Changed Genes in Surviving Bats
Study has big implications for management of bat populations. Scientists have found genetic differences between bats killed by white-nose syndrome and bats that survived, suggesting that survivors rapidly evolve to resist the fungal disease, according to a Rutgers-led study with big implications for deciding how to safeguard bat populations. White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats in […]
Impending Winter Storm Could Lead To Record Monthly Snow Totals For Tri-State Area
Dave Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist
Important Climate Change Mystery Solved by Scientists
Revised Holocene temperature record affirms role of greenhouse gases in recent millennia. Scientists have resolved a key climate change mystery, showing that the annual global temperature today is the warmest of the past 10,000 years – contrary to recent research, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Nature. The long-standing mystery is called the “Holocene temperature […]
Bingru Huang Creates and Serves as Editor-in-Chief of New Journal, “Grass Research”
Bingru Huang, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Plant Biology, was invited by the publisher, Maximum Academic Press, to create a new journal called Grass Research and serve as its editor-in-chief. The inaugural issue was published in January 2021 and included an editorial by Huang titled, “Grass Research for a Productive, Healthy and Sustainable Society.” […]
Rutgers Co-sponsors Global Microbiome Network First Latin American Symposium
The first Global Microbiome Network Symposium was launched by Rutgers University, Peruvian Universities Cayetano Heredia, and Universidad Catolica and the Microbiota Vault – a global non-profit initiative to conserve long-term health for humanity. The virtual symposium, held January 15-17, brought together local and foreign scientists that lead the fields of microbiology, anthropology, ethics, public health and bioinformatics, to teach, learn and discuss the importance of conservation efforts on […]
Recent blockbuster snow totals along East Coast may be tied to climate change
Dave Robinson – New Jersey state climatologist
The coronavirus is mutating–but what determines how quickly?
Siobain Duffy – Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Black History Month: Albert Ayeni – Journey from Nigeria to the U.S.
February marks the start of Black History Month, among the most widely recognized heritage months in the cultural calendar of the U.S. It serves as a time in which the contributions of African Americans are celebrated and moreso in recent times, the continued struggle for racial justice in America is highlighted. To celebrate Black History Month in 2021, […]
