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Voice Assistants 'Like Us' Affect How Users Process Misinformation, Study Suggests

Thursday, December 21, 2023
Voice assistants like Amazon Alexa and Apple Siri now have the ears of an estimated 142 million users in the United States, but just how much we trust and listen...

NJIT Center to Help NJ and NY Clean Up Environmentally and Be Energy Efficient

Thursday, December 21, 2023
The Center for Community Systems at New Jersey Institute of Technology is partnering with the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico to help communities improve their environmental conditions and become more energy efficient.

NJIT Design Professor Providing Expertise, From NSF to Department of Homeland Security

Wednesday, December 20, 2023
At the intersection of academia and innovation, Assistant Professor Mathew Schwartz at NJIT's Hillier College of Architecture and Design is involved in a diverse set of projects, from spearheading a National Science Foundation initiative to...

$740K Grant Will Develop Trustworthy Federated Learning for Generative AI

Monday, December 18, 2023
Associate Professor Hai Phan in Ying Wu College of Computing’s Department of Data Science has been awarded a $740,000 grant through the Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council (QRDI) to develop a trustworthy federated learning (FL)...

NJIT Researcher Examines Birds' Vocal Development With Virtual Tutors

Monday, December 11, 2023
In the highly social world of the zebra finch, every male has a unique song: a brief motif resembling the squeak of a mechanical toy that he chirps, often in rapid succession, in courtship and communal gatherings. These songs are not innate.

Scientists Build Tiny Biological Robots From Human Cells

Thursday, November 30, 2023
Researchers have created tiny biological robots that they call Anthrobots from human tracheal cells that can move across a surface and have been found to encourage the growth of neurons across a region of damage in a lab dish. 

NJIT Scientists Uncover Aurora-Like Radio Emission Above a Sunspot

Monday, November 13, 2023
In a study published in Nature Astronomy, astronomers from New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (NJIT-CSTR) have detailed radio...

Researchers Find Ethical Risks Where Mixed-Reality Gaming Meets AI

Monday, November 6, 2023
Researchers at NJIT and Universidad Carlos III of Madrid wanted to know if mixed-reality games could be improved by handing control to artificial intelligence software in the form of conversational language applications — it turns out they can,...

Computing Resilience in an Era of Uncertainty

Monday, November 6, 2023
In an era of frequent, powerful storms, fast-spreading wildfires and global pandemics, communities are discovering their vulnerabilities when they can least afford it.

A Fly Fisherman Diagnoses Maladies on a Beloved River

Friday, November 3, 2023
Wading into a parched stretch of the Pequannock River, Taylor VanGrouw got a jarring reminder of the fragility of New Jersey’s smaller waterways: a brown trout stranded in a shallow pool, too lethargic to swim away as he approached.