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Extraordinary Cavefish Discovery in China

Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Daphne Soares and colleagues on an international team of researchers, the Chinese Cavefish Working Group, have rediscovered living specimens of a fish inhabiting a subterranean river in south China after...

NJIT Alum Addresses Health Care Needs of the LGBTQ Community

Wednesday, June 14, 2017
We chat with an industrious NJIT alum and his inspiring adviser about a service they’ve cooked up to help combat one of the biggest issues facing the LGBTQ community: health care discrimination.
S.R. Nandakumar, winner of an IBM Ph.D. fellowship

NJIT Graduate Student Wins IBM Fellowship to Develop Brain-Inspired Computing Systems

Thursday, April 27, 2017
S. R. Nandakumar, a graduate student in electrical engineering, has won a coveted IBM Ph.D.
Efforts to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels are advancing on various fronts. Such initiatives include researching more efficient production of gaseous hydrogen fuel by using solar energy to break water down into its components of hydrogen and oxygen.

A More Than 100% Quantum Step Toward Producing Hydrogen Fuel

Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Efforts to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels are advancing on various significant fronts. Such initiatives include research focused on more efficient production of gaseous hydrogen fuel by using solar energy to break water down into its...

The Institute for Brain and Neuroscience Research: Meeting Challenges of Understanding and Healing

Tuesday, April 25, 2017
In recent years, research into the myriad complexities of the brain and neurophysiology has gained momentum at NJIT across diverse disciplines, including biology, biomedical engineering, mathematical sciences and computing.
Explosive solar events such as flares and coronal mass ejections can disrupt terrestrial communications and power infrastructure in addition to other effects.

Putting Students Closer to Explosive Solar Events

Thursday, April 6, 2017
NJIT has a long-established reputation as a leader in researching phenomena originating on the star closest to Earth — the Sun.
Ph.D. student Andrey Stejko speaking about his heliophysics research at SC16. The image on the screen is a detailed computer-generated visualization of the Sun’s magnetic field.

Taking a High-Res 3D Look at the Sun

Thursday, January 26, 2017
Taking a High-Res 3D Look at the Sun
Technician in protective suit

Contaminants in Water: Challenges of Detection and Removal

Tuesday, January 17, 2017
The first Technology and Society Forum of 2017 will focus on a major threat to public health and the ecosystem — contamination in various bodies of water in New Jersey and elsewhere in the nation. 
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Is the Cooperative Economy Next in a Post-Consumer World?

Thursday, January 12, 2017
For a significant part of the 20th century, the Manufacturing Economy generated unprecedented material prosperity in the United States.
Casey Diekman

Delving Deeper into the Circadian Rhythms of Life

Thursday, January 12, 2017
The circadian rhythms that harmonize our behavior with the daily cycle of light and dark, and with seasonal change, are among the most powerful physiological forces that we experience each day — forces that are experienced not only by other...