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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....
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Jensen's article in medRxiv titled, "Patterns of blunt and cigar use in the United States, 2015-2019." Concurrent cigar and blunt (i.e., replacing some or all of the tobacco within a cigar with cannabis) use is common within the United States...
Tech Can Help People Living with Dementia to Help Themselves, NJIT Expert Says.
People with mild dementia might live more independently if assistive technology could evolve in parallel with their progressing conditions, according to new research from Alisha Pradhan, assistant professor of informatics at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Pradhan...
Heart disease is killing Black women; 5 tips for preventing it.
Heart disease is largely preventable, experts say. Still, it’s the number one killer of Black women who sometimes lack access to health care and whose symptoms are often ignored. “The stark reality is more women die from heart disease than any other cause,” said Dr....