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Forest Resilience Linked with Higher Mortality Risk in Western U.S., Study Finds

Monday, December 5, 2022
A forest’s resilience, or ability to absorb environmental disturbances, has long been thought to be a boost for its odds of survival against the looming threat of climate change.But a new study suggests that for some Western U.S. forests...
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NJIT Coalition Earns Federal and State Grant to Develop Economic Strategy for Airport City Newark

Thursday, December 1, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has received a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Authority (USEDA) to support the transformation of an underserved area into an economic development hub based around Newark Liberty International...

An NJIT Water Treatment Specialist Wins an Edison Patent Award

Monday, November 28, 2022
In daily battles with pathogens, legacy chemicals from long disappeared factories and a growing array of micropollutants, water treatment systems are often handicapped by clogged membrane filters. Replacing them regularly is both laborious and...

Oldest Army Ant Ever Discovered Reveals Iconic Predator Once Raided Europe

Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Their nomadic lifestyle and ravenous raiding have taken army ants (Dorylinae) to most continents on Earth, but a rare fossil discovery is now offering first evidence that the infamous predators once swarmed a land they are strikingly absent from...

For 4th Straight Year, NJIT Professor Makes Global List of Highly Cited Researchers

Tuesday, November 22, 2022
A research paper on metal carbides and nitrides is paying dividends for NJIT’s Meng-Qiang Zhao — eight years after it was published.

NJIT Biologist Among Semifinalists in $10M XPRIZE Rainforest Competition

Monday, November 14, 2022
A U.S.-based team of scientists joined by NJIT biologist Eric Fortune is inching closer to the $10 million XPRIZE Rainforest Competition’s grand prize for improving our understanding of rainforest ecosystems, having recently been named...

DOE Grant Will Recalibrate Current Climate Change Data

Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Professors Aritra Dasgupta and Chase Wu from the Department of Data Science in NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing are developing software to take more advantage of simulation data used to study climate science through a...

NJIT Researchers Awarded $620k Grant to Study Climate Change Impact of Soot

Friday, November 4, 2022
NJIT researchers have received a $620,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to advance our understanding of the way in which soot particles from combustion of fossil fuels are driving climate change in the Earth’s atmosphere.

NJ Research Institutions Host Symposium to Tackle Climate Change and Planetary, Human Health

Thursday, November 3, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rutgers, Princeton and Stevens Institute of Technology joined to present respective research projects and explore potential areas of collaboration related to climate change, planetary and human health that...

An Engineer and a Mathematician Win Honors at NJIT's 2022 Excellence in Research Ceremony

Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Engineer Michel Boufadel, one of the world’s chief experts on oil spills and a frequent consultant on cleanups, is the winner of the Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Award for 2022.