Today, I launch my new website. Connected with that is a sentiment with which many of my brothers and sisters in journalism will agree: Being a journalist in…
Newark’s fiber optic gambit aims to boost opportunities for citizens and business Newark is betting its economic — and civic — future on bundles of optical fiber and…
In her quest to become a tech entrepreneur, Stacy Chin has been an ace at tackling thorny intellectual challenges, mastering everything from molecules to manufacturing. But the 28-year-old…
Coleen Murphy is no daydreamer. Yet, this practical-minded biologist possesses the boldest of visions, one she insists is rooted in solid science. It may be technologically possible, she…
Targets individuals, tagging high polluters everywhere Just months before world leaders are scheduled to meet to devise a new international treaty on climate change, a research team led…
Princeton University’s Peter and Rosemary Grant, whose legendary explorations on the bleak Galapagos island of Daphne Major over nearly four decades have produced an array of dazzling insights…
Within its shell, Rutgers botanists see a world of possibility The senior botanist had some advice for the budding scientist. “Pick a species to study, preferably one that…
The Aids virus is a quick-change artist that copies itself at lighting speed. But a team of scientists at Rutgers believes it can outsmart the killer. To change…
Experts hope cutting-edge treatments will block the need and end the drive for the ‘rush’ PHOTOS BY JON NASO/THE STAR-LEDGER Caption: In a Baltimore detox program using buprenorphine,…
The effort to bring genetically engineered crop to developing countries takes a tangled path Photo by JON NASO/THE STAR-LEDGER Caption: Angelina tries to soothe her 2-year-old son, Anthony,…