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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. 

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)...