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Research at Rutgers

Research at Rutgers

As New Jersey’s premier public research university, Rutgers creates new knowledge, fueling economic progress, improving lives, and enriching our humanity. Autism. The ocean floor. Walt Whitman. Islamic art. DNA. Airport security. Supply chain management. Transportation safety. We explore it all, bound only by the reach of human imagination.

When one thinks of our nation’s most ambitious goals for turning research into ideas, products, and practices that take us all to new heights, one thinks of America’s great research universities. Rutgers is one of these greats. Rutgers is the only public university in New Jersey in the Association of American Universities (AAU), a group comprising North America’s 61 leading research universities. Rutgers and Princeton are New Jersey’s only AAU members. Graduate and undergraduate students at Rutgers join in the pursuit of meaningful, original research, guided by faculty for whom discovery is a lifelong passion.

 
New Center Studies the Machinery of the Body

Proteomics Building

With the opening of a state-of-the-art proteomics center on the Busch Campus, Rutgers will continue to lead in the study of the structures, functions, and interactions of proteins, “the building blocks of life.” Learn more.

Rutgers Spinoff Makes Newsweek 10 Big Green Ideas List

Newsweek magazine features a Rutgers spinoff company in its 2010 list of 10 Big Green Ideas. Axion International’s construction products, made from 100 percent recycled plastics, are based on Rutgers-developed technology. Learn more.

Research Highlight

Exploding Stars and Stripes

Exploding Stars and Stripes

Rutgers researchers, closely observing an exploded star, have detected a pattern of X-ray “stripes” that could explain how cosmic rays are produced. Learn more.

Sponsored Research Exceeds $433 Million

In fiscal year 2010, more than $433.9 million of research at Rutgers was sponsored by the federal government, state government, corporations, and foundations, providing research experiences for undergraduates, supporting graduate assistants and postdoctoral researchers, and bringing state–of–the–art equipment and facilities to our campuses.

What Is an AAU Institution?

Rutgers is one of the nation’s leading comprehensive public research universities and the only public university in New Jersey in the Association of American Universities (AAU). AAU institutions are North America’s 61 leading research universities, recognized for the quality and scope of their research and educational programs. Rutgers and Princeton are New Jersey’s only AAU institutions.

What Is a Land-Grant Institution?

America’s land-grant institutions were created by the Morrill Act of 1862 to serve the states and their citizens by more widely disseminating practical knowledge developed at key institutions of higher learning. From an early emphasis on agriculture and the mechanical arts, today the nation’s 76 land-grant institutions have expanded their mission to include a broad range of teaching, research, and service activities. As New Jersey’s land-grant institution, Rutgers is in the company of other land-grants such as Cornell, MIT, Ohio State, and Penn State.

Rutgers Cell Biologist Pinpoints How RNA Viruses Copy Themselves

RNA virusNihal Altan-Bonnet, Rutgers–Newark assistant professor of cell biology, and her research team have made a significant new discovery about RNA (ribonucleic acid) viruses and how they replicate themselves. The findings open several possibilities for preventing the spread of various viral infections and also may help to shed new light on the regulation of RNA synthesis at the cellular level and how some cancers develop. Learn more.