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Star-shaped gold nanoparticles, coated with a semiconductor, can produce hydrogen from water over four times more efficiently than other methods – opening the door to improved storage of solar energy and other advances that could boost renewable energy use and combat climate change, according to Rutgers University–New Brunswick researchers.

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When Jimmy Carter was diagnosed with end-stage metastatic melanoma in 2015, he began taking a drug developed in part using 3D molecular data. Insights like these into drug discovery and other fields of scientific research are possible using the 140,000-plus 3D molecular structures made freely available in the RCSB Protein Data Bank at Rutgers- New Brunswick. Every year, more than 1 million researchers worldwide tap into RCSB Protein Data Bank resources online.

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Are e-cigarettes an important smoking cessation tool or an emerging public health concern? Olivia Wackowski, an assistant professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health, talks about her research into tobacco communication, product and risk perceptions and product use trends that have been critical to informing regulations in this Q&A.

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During a class when Anthony Sacchetti plans to talk about hay quality, he can end up instead giving an impromptu lesson in how to clean and doctor a horse’s foot, working with Gus, a 27-year old Paint gelding being treated for a hoof abscess. That is the unpredictability of teaching students how to handle and care for horses at the Rutgers Farm.

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This summer Arsany Makkar fulfilled his dream to climb Mount Kilimanjaro with the help of Choose a Challenge, a European-based travel organization that connects college students with international development agencies in need of funds and volunteers. The African adventure took Makkar, a student in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, up the tallest freestanding mountain in the world and renewed his commitment to public health.

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Rutgers alumnus Eyal Simchi, a 2007 graduate of Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, became an internet star after a video of him performing magic tricks for a young patient was viewed more than 30 million times on social media. He didn't expect the worldwide response but hopes that it might change children's perception of going to the dentist from scary to positive. 

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The days are longer, the schedules lighter and many members of the Rutgers community have summer reading on their minds. Rutgers Today wondered what books made faculty and staff members' must-read lists for the next few months. Check out some of the answers.

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James Simon, professor of plant biology in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, and his colleagues, created four new varieties of basil that have the aroma and flavor we expect minus the downy mildew that sends the plants to the trash. The seeds are on sale to commercial farmers to grow a more hearty variety of the popular herb.