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Simulated 'Frankenfish Brain-Swaps' Reveal Senses Control Body Movement

Monday, March 23, 2020
Plenty of fictional works like Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein have explored the idea of swapping out a brain from one individual and transferring it into a completely different body. However, a team of biologists and engineers has now used a...
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Faculty-Student Team Explores Social Security Benefit Valuation and Risk

Monday, March 2, 2020
Social Security benefits continue to make up a substantial portion of most Americans’ retirement portfolios. With many people depending on this program during their golden years, understanding the associated value and risks of future Social...
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NJIT Researchers Ready Follow-Up Investigation Bound for Int'l Space Station

Thursday, February 20, 2020
NJIT researchers will look to continue a successful string of space-bound studies at the International Space Station (ISS) when a new payload of experimental samples launches to the station with the SpaceX CRS-20 commercial cargo resupply mission...

Bridging Arts and Community: NJIT Launches Hub for Creative Placemaking

Wednesday, February 5, 2020
NJIT has announced the launch of a new initiative dedicated to the growing professional practice of creative placemaking — a field that places arts and culture at the center of community, social and economic development. 

Q&A With American Chemical Society President Luis Echegoyen

Monday, February 3, 2020
On Feb. 5, NJIT will welcome Luis Echegoyen, 2020 president of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the largest scientific society in the world. 

Researchers Rank "Smartest" Schools of Fish When It Comes to Travel Formations

Tuesday, January 28, 2020
The concert of motion that fish schools are famous for isn’t merely an elaborate display of synchronized swimming.

NJIT Scientists Measure the Evolving Energy of a Solar Flare's Explosive First Minutes

Thursday, January 16, 2020
Toward the end of 2017, a massive new region of magnetic field erupted on the Sun’s surface next to an existing sunspot.

Discovery Reveals How Remora Fishes Know When to Hitch a Ride Aboard Their Hosts

Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Remoras are among the most successful marine hitchhikers, thanks to powerful suction discs that allow them to stay tightly fastened to the bodies of sharks, whales and other hosts despite incredible drag forces while traveling through the ocean...
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Researchers Take Exploration of Key "Building Block" Particles Into Space

Monday, January 6, 2020
Jan. 6, 2020 -- As part of SpaceX’s CRS-19 resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched Dec.

NJIT to Launch New Programs in Cell and Gene Therapy

Wednesday, December 11, 2019
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in collaboration with New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation, has announced it will soon offer both a Professional Science Masters (PSM) degree program and professional graduate...