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MARCH 3, 2026

HCSLA Researchers Take Visitors on AI Exploration: From Space Weather Forecasting to Ethical AI

If you wanted to see how AI and research across the humanities and sciences are reshaping each other in real time, NJIT’s Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts (HCSLA) offered a front-row seat...
MARCH 3, 2026

NJIT Physicists Trace Sun’s Magnetic Engine, 200,000 Kilometers Below Surface

In an analysis of nearly three decades of solar acoustic data, NJIT physicists report evidence that the solar dynamo — the magnetic engine powering the Sun’s 11-year cycles and eruptive events — opera...
JANUARY 1, 2026

NJIT Researchers Discover Long-Hidden Source of Gamma Rays Unleashed by Solar Flares

Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth’s nearest star produces its most violent eruptions.In findings published in Nature Astronomy, scientis...
NOVEMBER 11, 2025

NJIT Scientists Track Recent Solar Flare Disruptions in Earth’s Ionosphere

As this month’s string of powerful X-class solar flares sparked brilliant aurorae that lit up skies across an unusually wide swath of the globe — from northern Europe to Florida — researchers at NJIT’...
OCTOBER 10, 2025

NJIT Researchers, Ham Radio Operators Partner to Track Impact of Space Weather

Researchers from four universities, including New Jersey Institute of Technology, are expanding a network of ham radio operators in North America to better track how the earth’s upper atmosphere is im...