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AI-Powered Surgical Training Program Provides Real-Time Feedback and Instruction

Monday, February 26, 2024
Practice makes perfect, and a new system being tested and perfected enables surgical trainees to obtain cutting-edge instruction in real-time through a new artificial intelligence program.

NJIT Launches Center for Translational Research

Monday, February 26, 2024
With the recent launch of its Center for Translational Research, NJIT is promising to quicken the pace of converting lab research into beneficial, market-ready products and services.

NJIT Marketing Experts Measure Brain Waves and Skin Current to Predict Emotions

Friday, February 23, 2024
Machines still can’t think, but now they can validate your feelings, based on new research from New Jersey Institute of Technology Assistant Professor Jorge Fresneda.

Ingenuity of NJIT's Budding Engineers Spotlighted at NCE Showcase

Friday, February 23, 2024
Recently, the ingenuity of Newark College of Engineering’s brightest first-year students was on full display at the 2024 NCE First Year Engineering Design Showcase.

Economics of Recycling: New Futures for Old Plastics

Tuesday, February 20, 2024
In the 1967 film “The Graduate,” the protagonist is advised by a family friend to pursue a career with a great future: “plastics.” Decades later, as waste from the now ubiquitous material fills landfills, leaches microparticles and clutters...
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NJIT Researchers Unveil Method to Detect 'Forever Chemicals' in Under 3 Minutes

Thursday, February 8, 2024
Researchers report one of the fastest and most sensitive approaches yet for detecting toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) accumulating in the environment, which are linked to health risks ranging from cancers to birth defects....

NJIT's Simulated Power Grid Helps Engineers Plan for Car Chargers and Wind Farms

Friday, January 26, 2024
Increases in electric car sales and offshore wind farm construction are poised to both tax and bolster the American power transmission grid, so researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology are building a grid simulator to help industry...

Researchers Establish Brain Pathway Linking Motivation, Addiction and Disease

Thursday, January 25, 2024
Over 86 billion neurons are in the human brain, roughly 450,000 of which generate dopamine — a powerful neurotransmitter that drives motivated behavior, learning and habit formation.

NJIT Awarded $6 Million from the National Science Foundation to Commercialize Campus Inventions

Wednesday, January 24, 2024
NJIT has secured a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to translate science and engineering discoveries into market-ready technologies that will improve quality of life in areas ranging from health care, to sustainable...

National Science Foundation Funds NJIT Professor Investigating Next-Gen Energy Storage

Friday, January 5, 2024
From laptops to cars, society has come to rely on rechargeable batteries — and the demand is only growing. This surge means researchers are racing to figure out the most efficient ways to manage this type of energy storage.