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Imagine smart materials that can morph from being stiff as wood to as soft as a sponge – and also change shape. Rutgers University-New Brunswick engineers have created flexible, lightweight materials with 4D printing that could lead to better shock absorption, morphing airplane or drone wings, soft robotics and tiny implantable biomedical devices. Their research is published in the journal Materials Horizons.  

African Americans with severe depression are more likely to be misdiagnosed as having schizophrenia than white patients, according to a study coauthored by Michael Gara, a professor of psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and a faculty member at Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care. Read the release and story in The Philadelphia Inquirer to learn more about the study that builds on years of evidence suggesting racial biases affect the types of mental-health diagnoses African American patients receive. 

A new model for intensive care, developed by Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health System, can help identify preventable – and previously overlooked – factors that often send chronically ill patients to the intensive care unit.

When you flush the toilet, you probably don’t think about the traces of the medicine and personal care products in your body that are winding up in sewage treatment plants, streams, rivers, lakes, bays and the ocean. But Rutgers scientists have found that bacteria in sewage treatment plants may be creating new contaminants that have not been evaluated for potential risks and may affect aquatic environments, according to a study in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.  

Formerly incarcerated men – especially men of color – who received social, community and spiritual support had better mental health and a more successful reentry back into society than those who did not, according to a study led by Pamela Valera, assistant professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health. 

With the filing two weeks away, the new rules created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 may leave many New Jersey taxpayers scratching their heads. In this Q&A, Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick professor Jay Soled reveals wins and losses to expect this year. 

Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders tapped Rutgers alumna Analilia Mejia as his 2020 national political director. Find out what this activist, mother and three-time graduate who holds a bachelor's degree and two master's degrees from Rutgers-New Brunswick, says prepared her the most to take on this high-powered position.  

Memory and learning improved in older overweight women who took more than the recommended daily dose of vitamin D, according to a new Rutgers-led study. But read why Sue Shapses, a professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and senior author, says the higher dosage can also increase the risk of falling and fractures because of a slower than normal reaction time.

 

                      

Likely, neither can your neighbors. About 30 percent of adults in the Garden State report having problems sleeping, according a recent poll by Rutgers Center for State Health Policy. Learn more about the findings that suggest a large number of people in the state suffer from chronic sleep problems and find out why it matters to your health.

The National Institutes of Health awarded a Rutgers-led team $29 million to translate clinical research into patient care and treatment more quickly. Learn more about how the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science, which includes Princeton University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, will use the funding to move research discoveries into clinical practice and improve health care in the state.

Rutgers introduces its new course on African, Latin American, and Native American philosophy to expand the philosophy canon to include voices that focus on new and emerging issues such as immigration, cultural appropriation and the #MeToo movement. Created by associate professor Alex Guerrero, find out how his course will help attract a more diverse group of students who may become the philosophers of tomorrow.