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People suffering from opioid addiction and chronic pain may have fewer cravings and less pain if they use both mindfulness techniques and medication for opioid dependence, according to Rutgers and other researchers.
Democrats and Republicans disagree on many policies but not on sex education for teenagers, according to a national survey led by Leslie M. Kantor at the Rutgers School of Public Health finds. Read about a topic that bridges partisan divides. Learn more.
Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day? That is the question more communities are considering as the legacy of Christopher Columbus gets closer scrunity raising questions about the monuments, statues, buildings, streets and towns that carry his name. Find out what two Rutgers-New Brunswick experts on Native Americans have to say in this Q&A and article from NJ.com.
The Rutgers study looked at the sleeping patterns of 32 women and their children ages, 15 months to 5 years, who were enrolled in a program for families at or below the poverty line in Newark, New Jersey.
Not wearing helmets contributes to traumatic injuries in off-road vehicle crashes in urban areas, but motorcycle use is still deadlier, according to a Rutgers researcher
What are you actually getting from technology and what is it doing for your life? Can artificial intelligence replace artists and reconfigure what we view as art? Can art be used as a tool to combat social and environmental issues?
Inspired by the Zimmerli Art Museum’s Dimensionism: Modern Art in the Age of Einstein exhibit, Rutgers scholars in philosophy, mathematics, computer science, engineering and other disciplines recently posed these questions during Interdisciplinary Dimensions: A Rutgers Symposium. The event was part of an ongoing series of seminars by Rutgers physicists, engineers, astronomers and other faculty on the nexus between art and science.
Mothers who drink moderate to high levels of alcohol during pregnancy may be changing their babies’ DNA, according to a study led by Dipak K. Sarkar, director of the Endocrine Program in the Department of Animal Sciences at Rutgers-New Brunswick. Read about the findings that may make it easier to test children for prenatal alcohol exposure and enable early diagnosis and intervention.
Gary Brackett doesn't believe in making excuses. The Scarlet Knights 2001 walk-on became an MVP and team captain, went on to play nine seasons in the NFL – leading the Indianapolis Colts to a 2007 Super Bowl victory – despite heartbreaking personal tragedies. Read his story, the latest in our series celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of college football.
Find out how the growing diversity in the classroom at Rutgers became the foundation human ecology professor Peter Guarnaccia's new book that examines how immigrant students preserve their family’s culture, while simultaneously adapting to culture in the United States to get into college.
Scientists from Rutgers University and around the world have discovered an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium from a Mexican tropical forest that may help lead to a “plant probiotic,” more robust plants and other antibiotics.