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Released: 21-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT
NJIT Biologist Awarded $680,000 Federal Grant to Save North-Atlantic Right Whale
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Brooke Flammang, a biologist at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has been awarded nearly $680,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of a growing nationwide effort to save the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis).

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Released: 11-Jul-2024 11:05 AM EDT
AI, Relying on Hardware Support, Could Improve by Thinking for Itself
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

People keep finding novel uses for generative artificial intelligence, the latest being that it can learn to design specialized hardware to make itself work faster.

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Released: 11-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Novel Pre-Treatment Process Enhances PFAS Removal from Drinking Water
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

In a groundbreaking effort to tackle the pervasive issue of PFAS contamination in drinking water, a research team at New Jersey Institute of Technology has received funding from the Bureau of Reclamation's Desalination and Water Purification Research program.

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Released: 18-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Researchers Shed Light on Cause of 'Happy Hypoxia' in COVID-19 Patients
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

While many serious cases of COVID-19 are marked by respiratory distress and dangerously low blood oxygen levels — a condition referred to as hypoxia — the occurrence of “silent or happy hypoxia” affecting a subset of patients has puzzled experts since the pandemic's onset.

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Released: 13-Jun-2024 6:05 PM EDT
AI-Powered Exoskeleton Enhances Human Locomotion, Helps Restores Mobility
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

A team of researchers have demonstrated a new method that leverages AI and computer simulations to train robotic exoskeletons that can help users save energy while walking, running, and climbing stairs.

Released: 13-Jun-2024 6:05 PM EDT
AI-Powered Exoskeleton Enhances Human Locomotion, Helps Restores Mobility
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

A team of researchers have demonstrated a new method that leverages AI and computer simulations to train robotic exoskeletons that can help users save energy while walking, running, and climbing stairs.

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Released: 13-Jun-2024 5:05 PM EDT
NJIT Researcher Michael Houle Proves Theory for Detecting Data Anomalies
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

In data analysis, it’s the outlier information that is usually the most interesting, yet sometimes that information goes unrecognized by the most common evaluation methods because they make inaccurate assumptions.

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Released: 17-May-2024 1:05 PM EDT
NJIT Engineers Muffle Invading Pathogens with a 'Molecular Mask'
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

Vaccines remain the gold standard of protection against dangerous pathogens, but take considerable time and vast resources to develop. Rapidly mutating viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 can blunt their effectiveness and even render them obsolete.

   
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Released: 17-May-2024 1:05 PM EDT
NJIT Research Team Discovering How Fluids Behave in Nanopores with NSF Grant
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

A research team from New Jersey Institute of Technology is uncovering mysteries surrounding fluids in nanoporous materials, and has been recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support this research.

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Released: 17-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
NJIT Researcher: Neural Networks Can Mediate Between Download Size and Quality
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

Application data requirements vs. available network bandwidth has been the ongoing Battle of the Information Age, but now it appears that a truce is within reach, based on new research from NJIT Associate Professor Jacob Chakareski.

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Released: 30-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Undergrad's Research Journey from Colombia to NJIT Sparks Goldwater Success
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

Danna Valentina Sanchez Hernandez '25 took a big leap leaving her home country of Colombia to pursue her undergrad studies in the U.S., but that journey is paying off at NJIT — her research exploring the fluid dynamics and locomotion of marine life has recently led to a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.

   
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Released: 26-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
AI-Powered Surgical Training Program Provides Real-Time Feedback and Instruction
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

Practice makes perfect, and a new system being tested and perfected that enables surgical trainees to obtain cutting-edge instruction in real-time, all through a new artificial intelligence program. As medical students conduct surgical exercises, the AI software scans a live video feed and provides immediate, personalized feedback.The solution is among the first generation of AI teachers giving real-time feedback and may pioneer the use of similar instructional technology in other industries, including additional areas of healthcare and medicine.

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Released: 23-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
NJIT Marketing Experts Measure Brain Waves and Skin Current to Predict Emotions
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

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.

     
Released: 13-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
NJIT Researchers Unveil Method to Detect 'Forever Chemicals' in Under 3 Minutes
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

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.

Released: 25-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Researchers establish brain pathway linking motivation, addiction and disease
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

New findings published in the journal Nature Neuroscience have shed light on a mysterious pathway between the reward center of the brain that is key to how we form habits, known as the basal ganglia, and another anatomically distinct region where nearly three-quarters of the brain’s neurons reside and assist in motor learning, known as the cerebellum.

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Released: 23-Oct-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Researchers capture first images of a radio 'ring of fire' solar eclipse
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (NJIT-CSTR) have captured the Oct. 14 solar eclipse in a way never seen before — recording the first radio images of an annular eclipse’s famous “ring of fire” effect.

Newswise: Forest resilience linked with higher mortality risk in western US, study finds
Released: 5-Dec-2022 7:25 PM EST
Forest resilience linked with higher mortality risk in western US, study finds
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

A forest’s resilience, or ability to absorb environmental disturbances, has long been thought to be a boost for its odds of survival against the looming threat of climate change.

Newswise: Mixed Reality Could Be the Future of High-Tech Coaching in Team Sports
Released: 16-Jun-2022 5:25 PM EDT
Mixed Reality Could Be the Future of High-Tech Coaching in Team Sports
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

Every pitcher believes he has enough gas for one more strike-out, but an invention from NJIT Associate Professor Tao Han might forever change that old stare-down between players and coaches on the mound.

Released: 1-Jun-2021 2:40 PM EDT
Duetting songbirds 'mute' the musical mind of their partner to stay in sync
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

Art Garfunkel once described his legendary musical chemistry with Paul Simon, "We meet somewhere in the air through the vocal cords ... ." But a new study of duetting songbirds from Ecuador, the plain-tail wren (Pheugopedius euophrys), has offered another tune explaining the mysterious connection between successful performing duos.

Released: 9-Dec-2020 4:10 PM EST
'Spooky Interactions', shocking adaptations discovered in electric fish of Brazil's Amazon
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

A study of weakly electric fishes from a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon Basin has not only offered a unique window into how an incredibly rare fish has adapted to life in caves over tens of thousands of years, it has also revealed for the first time that electric fish are able to interact with each other over longer distances than known possible in a way similar to AM radio.



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