Q&A: How to choose the perfect Christmas tree
If you are heading to a farm or the local lot this weekend to pick out your perfect Christmas tree, Timothy Waller, an evergreen researcher, has some advice for you.
If you are heading to a farm or the local lot this weekend to pick out your perfect Christmas tree, Timothy Waller, an evergreen researcher, has some advice for you.
Plants & Animals
Dec 4, 2023
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For years, Rutgers ecologist Brooke Maslo has studied how to redesign flood-prone landscapes so they can best protect the communities they border from the ravages of swollen brooks and rivers and rising seas.
Environment
Nov 16, 2023
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COVID-19 upended lives worldwide, impacting hopes and dreams as well as disrupting goals.
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2023
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For hundreds of years, business owners engaged in New Jersey's commercial fisheries industry have weathered adversity, from coastal storms to species shifts. Recognizing this resilience, and acknowledging the challenges posed ...
Ecology
Oct 19, 2023
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Rutgers researchers have developed an analytical tool for spotting and omitting stray DNA and RNA that contaminate genetic analyses of single-celled organisms.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 9, 2023
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A new study by the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at Rutgers assesses the degree to which firearm owners in each state differ from one another with respect to firearm ownership, exposure and use.
Social Sciences
Oct 6, 2023
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A technology being studied to curb climate change—one that could be put in place in one or two decades if work on the technology began now—would affect food productivity in parts of Earth in dramatically different ways, ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 5, 2023
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Keeping up with the Joneses—social envy—can push people toward things they might otherwise avoid, like buying a car they can't afford or building an extension they don't need.
Social Sciences
Sep 25, 2023
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Researchers have long suspected that neighborhoods can be a source of risk or protection for child well-being. A new Rutgers study supports this assumption and finds that when parents feel higher levels of stress or hopelessness ...
Social Sciences
Sep 20, 2023
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At a time when politics and science are at odds with the truth, conspiracy theories are on the rise and misinformation is rampant, Rutgers researchers say facts do matter and explain why beliefs are more rational than they ...
Social Sciences
Sep 18, 2023
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