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From 3D Bioprinting to Disease Tracking, NJIT Showcases its Groundbreaking Labs.
Throughout the year, NJIT researchers focus on unsolved problems in areas such as medical science, energy sustainability and cybersecurity and test new methods to tackle them. Each spring, at the annual Research Institutes, Centers and Laboratories Showcase, they step...
Scientists Discover Immune Cell Networks Driving Deadly Lung Disease.
Rutgers Health researchers have discovered that networks of misplaced immune cells drive an aggressive lung disease, potentially opening a path to new treatments for a condition that kills 80% of patients within a decade. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) scars lung...
Special Type of Fat Tissue Could Help Maintain Exercise Capacity in Aging.
Rutgers Health researchers have made discoveries about brown fat that may open a new path to helping people stay physically fit as they age. A team from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School found that mice lacking a specific gene developed an unusually potent form of...
Fruit Fly Research Led NJIT Scientists and Edison Teens to Better AI Habits on Supercomputers.
A competition to compare the brains of male vs. female fruit flies led New Jersey Institute of Technology researchers and two high school students to a second-place finish in the latest edition of the FlyWire Data Challenge, but more importantly the team learned new...
Biologist Pabitra Sahoo and His Research Team Unlock Clues to Repairing Damaged Nerves.
Each year, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), millions of people in the U.S. are affected by spinal cord and traumatic brain Injuries, along with neuro-developmental and -degenerative diseases such as ADHD, autism, cerebral palsy, Alzheimer's...
For Cancer Patients, Oncologists Often Have the Final Word.
For terminally ill cancer patients, the final days of life are immensely personal, having the choice to continue cancer treatments, or to stop treatments and prioritize a more comfortable passing. What a patient wants, however, isn’t always what they receive,...
Rutgers Startup Seeks to Tap the Power of AI to Become the First Commercial “Self-Driving Lab”.
A startup company formed based on technology developed at Rutgers seeks to use artificial intelligence and automation to help researchers advance their work faster and make breakthrough discoveries. “Currently in labs, a scientist follows the conventional scientific...
The 10 Popular Health Trends You Shouldn’t Try in 2025.
What’s considered healthy (or not!) changes every few years when it comes to diet and wellness. Some trends, such as choosing non-alcoholic drinks or boosting your protein intake (mentioned here, in our biggest diet and nutrition trends for 2025), are good for you....