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Smart Microrobots Learn How to Swim and Navigate with Artificial Intelligence

Thursday, August 4, 2022

Researchers from Santa Clara University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and the University of Hong Kong have been able to successfully teach microrobots how to swim via deep reinforcement learning, marking a substantial leap in the...

NJIT Researchers Unveil Particle Accelerator Region Inside a Solar Flare

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Solar flares are among the most violent explosions in our solar system, but despite their immense energy — equivalent to a hundred billion atomic bombs detonating at once — physicists still haven’t been able to answer exactly how these sudden...

NJIT's Award-Winning Grads Reflect on Successes, Share Future Plans

Monday, May 23, 2022

Alongside the wave of excitement at Commencement 2022, NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts recently decorated their star students at its annual ...

College of Science and Liberal Arts Celebrates 40 Years at 2022 Awards Ceremony

Monday, May 9, 2022

On May 4, celebratory glasses were raised at the signature year-end awards ceremony for NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA), where the incredible milestone of the college’s 40th anniversary served...

NJIT Physicist Wins NSF CAREER Award to Explore Explosive Solar Connection

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Satoshi Inoue, assistant professor of physics and member of the Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR) at NJIT, is investigating a mysterious connection between two of space’s most powerful explosions as part of a new CAREER award from the...

NSF Appoints NJIT's Wenda Cao to Its Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee

Monday, February 7, 2022

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has appointed Wenda Cao, physics professor and director of the Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) of NJIT’s Center for...

New Study Challenges Core Understanding of How Efficient Solar Flares Release Their Energy

Thursday, January 27, 2022

New findings published Jan.

NJIT Joins NASA-Funded Project Where You Can Be a "Solar Jet Hunter"

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Scientists at NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR) are joining a new research project, led by researchers at the University of Minnesota (UMN) with support from NASA, which will give volunteering citizen-scientists the chance to...

NJIT Awarded NSF Grant to Open Undergrad Space Weather Research Program

Thursday, October 28, 2021

With a new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), NJIT’s internationally-recognized Institute for Space Weather Sciences (ISWS) will now host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program site — offering unique summer...

Big Bear Solar Observatory Becomes Home to NSF's SOLIS Telescope

Thursday, July 22, 2021

NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research and National Solar Observatory announce construction to bring NSF’s SOLIS facility to Big Bear Solar Observatory, paving the way for decades of richer observations of the Sun and explosive space...