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The unions representing faculty and staff at Rutgers University will begin a strike
A strike by the faculty of Rutgers University in the US has been called after the university failed to reach an agreement with its bargaining committee on wages, benefits and work conditions. The university’s professors, lecturers, graduate and undergraduate students have been on strike since April. However, most classes at Rutgers will continue despite the…
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The Great Carbon Con is coming to an end
Melissa Aronczyk, an economics professor at Rutgers University, has said that when the fossil fuel industry comes up with solutions, it is the “greatest potential for conflict of interest”. She added that reducing the burning of fossil fuels is one way to address climate change. “It’s important to think about…what they say the problem is,”…
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The Great Depression shaped the people’s genes.
The world’s first-ever genome-wide association study, led by the Yottabyte Epigenome Research Group at Rutgers University, found a link between the Yottabyte Epigenome and Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and leukaemia. It also found a link between the Yottabyte Epigenome pattern and higher rates of disease and deaths in people with diabetes and leukaemia.
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You’re here because the WIRED tested miracle Hangover Cures.
While the ancient Greeks believed that eating cabbage could cure a hangover, the Romans thought that a food of fried canaries would do the trick, according to Dr John Brick, former Chief of Research at the Center of Alcohol Studies, Education and Training Division at Rutgers University in New Jersey, who authored ‘The Doctor’s Hangover…