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Meeting the Demand: Honors Scholars Produce Hundreds of Personal Protective Equipment

Thursday, April 9, 2020
It all started with an email sent by NJIT/Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC) alumnus, Biren Bhatt, M.D., to Louis Hamilton, ADHC dean, as the coronavirus pandemic was spreading with lightning speed...

Simulated 'Frankenfish Brain-Swaps' Reveal Senses Control Body Movement

Monday, March 23, 2020
Plenty of fictional works like Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein have explored the idea of swapping out a brain from one individual and transferring it into a completely different body. However, a team of biologists and engineers has now used a...

Princeton Review Ranks NJIT Among Top Schools with 'the Best ROI'

Tuesday, February 4, 2020
New Jersey Institute of Technology is one of the nation’s best colleges for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation and at an affordable price, according to The Princeton Review®.

Biological Sciences Faculty Member Brooke Flammang Featured in Scientific American Podcast

Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Federated Department of Biological Sciences faculty member Brooke Flammang was featured on an episode of the podcast "60-Second Science" hosted by Scientific American. Dr.

Discovery Reveals How Remora Fishes Know When to Hitch a Ride Aboard Their Hosts

Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Remoras are among the most successful marine hitchhikers, thanks to powerful suction discs that allow them to stay tightly fastened to the bodies of sharks, whales and other hosts despite incredible drag forces while traveling through the ocean...

CSI: NJIT On the Scene, Young Investigators Train Up in Crime Scene Forensics

Monday, December 9, 2019
Where were you the night of Nov. 26th?

NJIT Opens State-of-the-Art Nanoelectronics Fabrication Facility

Thursday, December 5, 2019
Sagnik Basuray is developing a device the size of a dollar coin that will detect cancer biomarkers in patients in remission by sampling a tiny drop of blood with a dip stick. His sensor is groundbreaking not only in its simplicity, but also in...

Students Win Awards at Entomological Society of America Meeting

Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Three students within the Federated Department of Biological Sciences spanning NJIT and Rutgers–Newark recieved President's Prize awards for their presentations at the Entomological Society of America conference in St. Louis last week.

16-Million-Year-Old Fossil Shows Springtails Hitchhiking on Winged Termite

Monday, November 25, 2019
When trying to better the odds for survival, a major dilemma that many animals face is dispersal — being able to pick up and leave to occupy new lands, find fresh resources and mates, and avoid intraspecies competition in times of overpopulation...

NJIT's Brooke Flammang Wins 2019 Young Investigator Award

Monday, November 11, 2019
Brooke Flammang, assistant professor of biological sciences at NJIT, has been named winner of the 2019 Steven Vogel Young Investigator Award by the scientific journal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.