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The Creation of Knowledge. Creating knowledge and transmitting it to present and future generations is the very essence of a research university. Rutgers students, both undergraduate and graduate, are exploring the human experience and the natural universe, and opening doors to new discoveries. They are following paths that prepare them to become tomorrow's innovators and leaders.

Research in the News

  • Rutgers, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Researchers Find Culprit in Mysterious Phytoplankton Death

    Discovery may hold implications for cancer research

    A collaboration between Rutgers marine biologists and a marine chemist from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution produces new information about the death of programmed death of phytoplankton

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  • Partying with the Dead

    Day of the Dead Celebrations Get New Life

    The Day of the Dead celebrations, once limited to certain parts of Latin America, have established themselves in North America -- and gotten a new lease on life in their home countries, as well.

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  • A Serious Question: Why Do We Laugh?

    We laugh because we think the joke is true, and this helps us recognize others in our tribe.

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  • Project L/EARN Preps Students for Grad School, Careers as Health Researchers

    Project L/EARN enables sophomores and juniors from underrepresented populations to explore graduate training and career opportunities in health, mental health and health policy research.

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  • Army Tank Rides on Rutgers Recycled Plastic

    New business opportunity for a technology that helps save the environment while renewing the country’s transportation infrastructure

    It’s strong enough to carry automobiles, trucks, and even freight trains. Now, a Rutgers-developed “lumber” made from recycled plastic is bearing its toughest load ever – a 70-ton Army tank.

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  • Alcohol, Pregnancy and Brain Cell Death

    NIH awards Rutgers researcher $3.5 million to explore molecular basis of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

    Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can leave a child with permanent cognitive, emotional and medical impairments which can stem from the destruction of certain neurons that are particularly susceptible to damage during early development.

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  • Rutgers' Cultural Anthropologists Tie Global Processes to Everyday Lives

    Global processes affect everyone, from street vendors in Bolivia to farmers in Zimbabwe and Peruvian immigrants in Maryland. Cultural anthropologists study how those processes play themselves out in individual lives, and also how individuals impact those processes.

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