Engineers, Life Scientist Team Up to Create “Precision Agriculture”
With the help of a nearly $300,000 NSF grant, NYIT faculty are developing a soil nutrient sensing system to enhance crop growth and reduce contamination from agricultural runoff.
News Brief: Dinosaurs Who Toot Their Own Horns
In an article on LiveScience, Assistant Professor Jason Bourke, Ph.D., details his new research examining how different species of duck-billed dinosaurs “tooted” different notes from their crests.
News Brief: Students Take First Place at MACUB Conference
Two NYIT students and an alumna won first place at the Metropolitan Association of College and University Biologists conference for their work with bacteriophages.
It’s Time to Eliminate Solitary Confinement for Juveniles
Putting juveniles in solitary confinement has damaging effects on their mental health. It’s time the practice is eliminated, argues Associate Professor Emily Restivo.
Student Takes First Place at Cybersecurity Conference
Computer science major Stephan Brown took first place at the Ninth Annual Cybersecurity Conference poster presentation.
Children Experience Concussions Longer Than Adults
A heads up for parents of young athletes: researchers at NYIT Center for Sports Medicine Concussion have found that children under 13 years old experience concussion symptoms three times longer than older teens and adults.
Owned: When Consumers Feel a Brand Is “Theirs”
According to Colleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., when consumers feel psychological ownership of a brand, they are happy to spend more for it; but businesses should be aware that these devoted customers also feel entitled to wield some control over the brand.
Architecture Students Find a Way to Cool Down a “Sunny” Part of Queens
A group of three architecture students presented their design solution for Sunnyside Yard, an active rail yard in Queens, during the Urban Design Climate Workshop held at NYIT-New York City (Manhattan) in August.
The Lab That Never Sleeps
Researchers in the Integrated Medical Systems Lab work year-round to develop novel medical devices to combat diseases and disorders.
Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs Are Getting Deadlier, But They Can Be Defeated — with Viruses
The best way to defeat killer bacteria? Give people harmless viruses says Assistant Professor Bryan Gibb, Ph.D., in an op-ed in Salon.
Throwing Light on STEM Innovation
NYIT researchers received a $426,621 grant from the National Science Foundation for a micro-computed tomography machine, which will allow them to explore the internal spaces and structures of specimen at the microscopic level.
Medical Students Get in the Game With Their New Teaching Tool
Nephro360, a new teaching tool developed by Assistant Professor Alexsandr Vasilyev and NYITCOM students Ivan Bandovic and Dylan Carmichael, uses virtual reality and gaming technologies to help students learn about the kidney.