Experts Promise: New Effective Vaccines for Lyme Disease Are Coming
There is no effective vaccine currently available to prevent Lyme disease in humans. Experts from academia, government, and industry convened at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s…
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New Antibiotic in Discovered in Tropical Forest – May Leaded to a “Plant Probiotic”
Findings may lead to ‘plant probiotic’ and new antibiotics. Scientists from Rutgers University and around the world have discovered an antibiotic produced by a soil…
Global Climate Catastrophe If Nuclear War Between India and Pakistan
Rapidly expanding nuclear arsenals in Pakistan and India portend regional and global catastrophe. With ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan raising concerns about the possibility…
Study Shows More Than 100 Million Dead If India and Pakistan Wage Nuclear War
Nuclear war between India and Pakistan could kill millions worldwide. Mass starvation may occur with less sunlight reaching Earth’s surface. More than 100 million people…
India-Pakistan Nuclear War Could Kill 125 Million, Threaten Global Starvation
A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could, over the span of less than a week, kill 50-125 million people—more than the death toll during…
Key Theory on Earth’s Climate May Be Wrong
Rutgers-led study casts doubt on Himalayan rock weathering hypothesis. A key theory that attributes the climate evolution of the earth to the breakdown of Himalayan…
Rutgers Study Finds Increase in Off-Label Medication Orders for Children
U.S. physicians are increasingly ordering medications for children for conditions that are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, according to a Rutgers study….
Rutgers Study: Nuclear Winter Would Threaten Nearly Everyone on Earth
Second study of its kind confirms extreme impacts from US vs. Russia nuclear war. If the United States and Russia waged an all-out nuclear war,…
Scientists Discover Why Brown Fat Is Good and How It Can Fight Diabetes and Obesity
Study may help lead to drugs aimed at diabetes and obesity. Rutgers researchers and other scientists have discovered how brown fat, also known as brown…
Researchers Discover Cause of Asthmatic Lung Spasms
By creating a microdevice that mimics lung function on single-cell levels, researchers at Rutgers, Yale, and Johns Hopkins have learned more about asthmatic trigger response,…
Scientists Find Evidence Of A Protein That Existed When Life Began
How did life arise on Earth? Rutgers researchers have found among the first and perhaps only hard evidence that simple protein catalysts – essential for…
Engineers Create 3D-Printed Smart Gel That Walks Underwater, Moves Objects
Rutgers University-New Brunswick engineers have created a 3D-printed smart gel that walks underwater and grabs objects and moves them. The watery creation could lead to…
First-of-Its Kind Seismic Study Challenges Concepts of Geology
Slowly but steadily, an enormous mass of warm rock is rising beneath part of New England, although a major volcanic eruption isn’t likely for millions…
Research Shows Age and Gut Bacteria Contribute to MS Disease Progression
New research from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School suggests that gut bacteria at young age can contribute to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) disease onset and…
New Stem Cell Innovation Could Someday Help Treat Parkinson’s
A team of researchers from Rutgers and Stanford have created a new way to inject healthy human nerve cells into the brain that could someday…
Rutgers Study Shows Previous Climate Change Was Caused by the Ocean and the Atmosphere
New research from Rutgers University provides a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of climate change, revealing that circulation of the ocean plays an important role…
New Frog Species Discovered Living in New York and New Jersey
The yet unnamed amphibian was discovered by a team of researchers in the ponds and marshes of Staten Island, mainland New York, and New Jersey….