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BY TRACEY REGAN | SEPTEMBER 9, 2025

NJIT, with $5M from the NSF, Will Develop Robotic System to Speed Disaster Recovery

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been awarded a cooperative agreement worth $5 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation to develop a self-assembling robotic conveyor system to improve the rebuilding of infrastructure,...

BY | AUGUST 8, 2025

Simulations Unlock Secrets of Blood Vessel Growth

This story is republished from NSF Access Science Stories, and is authored by Kimberly Mann Bruch, SDSC, and co-authored by Jack Imel, University of Alaska...

BY | JULY 7, 2025

AI Breakthrough at NJIT Unlocks 'New' Materials to Replace Lithium-Ion Batteries

Researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have used artificial intelligence to tackle a critical problem facing the future of energy storage: finding affordable, sustainable alternatives to lithium-ion batteries.

BY ANDREW MCMAINS | MAY 5, 2025

Be True to Yourself & Make a Difference, Speakers Tell NJIT's Class of 2025

Persevere, be authentic, remain flexible and make a difference in the world, speakers told the Class of 2025 at New Jersey Institute of Technology’s undergraduate commencement.

BY TRACEY REGAN | APRIL 4, 2025

Modeling the Body's Tiniest Operations in Vivid 3D

Threaded throughout the body are networks of capillaries so miniscule that red blood cells must contort to squeeze through them one at a time. It is this world that Peter Balogh brings to dynamic, 3D life on computer screens.