Discovering a New Way to Measure Poverty.

How can researchers measure poverty and understand local development needs in places where conventional data collection is difficult or impossible? To overcome this obstacle, Rutgers researchers have for the first time used georeferenced content from Twitter (now...

Rutgers’ Protein Data Bank Powers a New Era in Structural Biology.

The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, a global scientific resource based at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, has become the foundation for a new era of discovery, one that promises to reshape how scientists understand the inner...

How Nature Can Make Urban Dwellers Healthier.

A study by Rutgers ecologist Myla Aronson and colleagues has found “overwhelming” evidence that increasing biodiversity in cities – establishing parks, installing native plants and encouraging sustainable landscaping – can significantly improve human...

How Better Software Choices Could Cut U.S. Health Care Costs.

Denied insurance claims are among the biggest challenges facing the U.S. health care system – driving up costs and leaving providers with billions in unpaid bills. Hilal Atasoy, an associate professor at the Rutgers Business School, thinks she’s uncovered an elegant...