January 27, 2022 – A Rutgers study has detected tiny airborne particles containing RNA from the SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, both inside and outside of the rooms in which infected people were self-isolating at home. This finding suggests that airborne transmission beyond the isolation rooms in homes may pose a risk of infection to other […]
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Young teens should only use recreational internet and video games one hour daily
May 24, 2021 – Middle-school aged children who use the internet, social media or video games recreationally for more than an hour each day during the school week have significantly lower grades and test scores, according to a study from the Center for Gambling Studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. The findings appear in the journal Computers in Human […]
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Structural Racism and Anti-LGBTQ Policies Lead to Worse Health Among Black Sexual Minority Men
April 12, 2021 – Eliminating racist and anti-LGBTQ policies is essential to improving the health of Black gay, bisexual and other sexual minority men, according to a Rutgers-led research team. The study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, examined the impact that U.S. state-level structural racism and anti-LGBTQ policies have on the psychological and […]
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New report analyzes new and dangerous trends of disinformation in wake of U.S. Capitol attack
March 29, 2021 – The aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol has led to the emergence of a new broad, anti-government conspiracy theory spreading on social media that is dovetailing with anti-vaccination and anti-public health extremism, according to a new report by Rutgers’ Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience. The report, […]
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“Ghost Forests” Expanding Along Northeast U.S. Coast
March 16, 2021 – Why are “ghost forests” filled with dead trees expanding along the mid-Atlantic and southern New England coast? Higher groundwater levels linked to sea-level rise and increased flooding from storm surges and very high tides are likely the most important factors, according to a Rutgers study on the impacts of climate change that […]
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Preschoolers Continue to Lose Learning Opportunities from Pandemic
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ February 24, 2021 – Children from 3 to 5 years of age have lost important learning opportunities due to the pandemic, according to a nationwide survey by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. Preschool enrollment rates were down nearly a quarter across the […]
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RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers School of Public Health Lead Pledge Declaring that Racism is a Public Health Crisis
New Brunswick & Newark, NJ, January 18, 221 – In recognition of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and 402 years of racism in the country, RWJBarnabas Health and the Rutgers School of Public Health join others around the nation to declare that racism is a public health crisis and that Black Lives Matter. In […]
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Mathematicians Seek to Unravel Mysteries Hinted at by M. C. Escher
November 30, 2020 – The artist M. C. Escher brought complex mathematical ideas to life through dizzying illustrations like Circle Limit IV (Heaven and Hell), in which angels and demons soar through an infinite, bowl-shaped space. Their winged bodies form a pattern that mathematicians call a lattice. In December, a Rutgers University-New Brunswick mathematician will co-host […]
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Study: U.S. should look at how other high-income countries regulate health care costs
November 22, 2020 – Structuring negotiations between insurers and providers, standardizing fee-for-service payments and negotiating prices can lower the United States’ health care spending by slowing the rate at which healthcare prices increase, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published in the journal Health Affairs, examined how other high-income countries that use a fee-for-service model […]
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What is a Superspreader Event
October 12, 2020 – After President Donald Trump contracted COVID-19 and 34 people connected to the White House were infected, Dr. Anthony Fauci has called a Rose Garden ceremony introducing U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a coronavirus “superspreader” event. Perry N. Halkitis, Dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health, discusses what we […]
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As domestic violence spikes, many victims and their children have nowhere to live
September 14, 2020 – COVID-19 has left many victims of domestic violence facing difficulties feeding their children and accessing services for safe housing, transportation and childcare once they leave shelters, according to a Rutgers study published in the journal Violence Against Women. “Many survivors exiting domestic violence shelters are reporting difficulties in accessing resources within the […]
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Smartphones Are Lowering Student’s Grades, Study Finds
August 18, 2020 — The ease of finding information on the internet is hurting students’ long-term retention and resulting in lower grades on exams, according to a Rutgers University–New Brunswick study. The study, published in the journal Educational Psychology, found that smartphones seem to be the culprit. Students who received higher homework but lower exam scores — […]
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Seafood Products Made From Cells Should be Labeled as Cell-Based
Companies seeking to commercialize seafood products made from the cells of fish or shellfish should use the term “cell-based” on product labels, according to a Rutgers study – the first of its kind – in the Journal of Food Science. Both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture require food products to […]
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Children Face Risk for Severe Complications and Death from COVID-19
May 11, 2020 – Children, teens and young adults are at greater risk for severe complications from COVID-19 than previously thought and those with underlying health conditions are at even greater risk, according to a study coauthored by a Rutgers researcher. The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, is the first to describe the characteristics of […]
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Report: Home Health Aides Scraping By on Low Wages During Pandemic
PISCATAWAY, N.J. March 31, 2020 – New Jersey’s home health aides are caring for seniors and people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, while earning an average salary of just $25,000 per year, according to a report released today by the Center for Women and Work at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations. Since home […]
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Scientists Have Discovered the Origins of the Building Blocks of Life
March 17, 2020 – Rutgers researchers have discovered the origins of the protein structures responsible for metabolism: simple molecules that powered early life on Earth and serve as chemical signals that NASA could use to search for life on other planets. Their study, which predicts what the earliest proteins looked like 3.5 billion to 2.5 […]
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Police use of fatal force is identified as a leading cause of death in young men
Aug. 6, 2019 – Police violence is a leading cause of death of young men in the United States with black men 2.5 times more likely to be killed by law enforcement over their lifetime than white men, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published in PNAS, examined fatality risks during police encounters – […]
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Climate change threatens commercial fishers from Maine to North Carolina
June 17, 2019 – Most fishing communities from North Carolina to Maine are projected to face declining fishing options unless they adapt to climate change by catching different species or fishing in different areas, according to a study in the journal Nature Climate Change. Some Maine fishing communities were at greatest risk of losing their […]
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Study: We Are Not Hardwired to Go to War
Dec. 7, 2018 – Is it in our nature to go to war? Should we just accept the fact that humans have this innate tendency and are hardwired to kill members of other groups? No, says R. Brian Ferguson, professor of anthropology at Rutgers University-Newark. There is no scientific proof that we have an inherent propensity […]
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More Persistent Weather Patterns in U.S. Linked to Arctic Warming
Sept. 26, 2018 – Persistent weather conditions, including dry and wet spells, generally have increased in the United States, perhaps due to rapid Arctic warming, according to a Rutgers-led study. Persistent weather conditions can lead to weather extremes such as drought, heat waves, prolonged cold and storms that can cost millions of dollars in damage […]