Pay-to-stay—the practice of charging people to pay for their own jail or prison confinement—is being enforced unfairly by using criminal, civil and administrative law

Darwin’s theory of evolution should be expanded to include DNA stability “energy code”, or “molecular Darwinism”

Standardizing fee-for-service payments and structuring negotiations between insurers and providers could make the US health care more affordable

Asthma Does Not Seem to Increase the Severity of COVID-19

FDA Grants Approval for First Saliva Based Coronavirus Test

Heat Stress May Affect More Than 1.2 Billion People Annually by 2100

Researchers have discovered the origins of the protein structures responsible for metabolism: simple molecules that powered early life on Earth and serve as chemical signals that NASA could use to search for life on other planets.

A new study, covering three interglacial periods within the past 450,000 years, found century-long disruptions of the North Atlantic Deep Water formation regardless of the degree of global warming, taking place in climate conditions similar to those we may soon face

A blood-sampling robot performed as well or better than people in the first human clinical trial of an automated blood drawing and testing device

Glaciers are melting underwater much faster than previously thought, according to a new study that used robotic kayaks for the first time to track meltwater as it spreads in the ocean.

Scientists have discovered that when a key protein needed to generate new brain cells during prenatal development and early childhood development is missing, part of the brain goes haywire – that can lead to long-term cognitive and movement behaviors characteristic of autism spectrum disorder.

Black teenagers experience daily racial discrimination, most frequently online, which can lead to negative mental health effects

Climate change is reshaping communities of fish and other sea life, according to a pioneering study on how ocean warming is affecting the mix of species

Both Democrat and Republican voters strongly support sex education in schools even though they disagree on other policies, suggests a new study (n=965), which found a strong majority of them support sex education and the continued funding by the government for teenage pregnancy prevention programs.

Poor Oral Health Linked to Cognitive Decline, Perceived Stress, Rutgers Studies Find

Memory loss, dementia an understudied yet widespread phenomenon among Chinese Americans

Depression Linked to Costly Chronic Medical Conditions and Disability Among Aging Minorities, Rutgers Studies Find

Terminally ill patients who request that physicians make decisions on their behalf are more likely to receive aggressive treatments in the weeks before they die, a new study reports.

The Rise and Fall of Recursive Digital Filters

People who regularly read with their toddlers are less likely to engage in harsh parenting and the children are less likely to be hyperactive or disruptive, a Rutgers-led study finds.

Striped maple trees can change sex from year to year, and male trees grow more but female trees are more likely to die

Researchers find possible new source of rare earth elements, phosphate rock waste, and an environmentally friendly way to get them out

A study has found people experience pain in different ways during non-suicidal self-injury: some experience little or no pain; however, others experience pain, which may be used to distract themselves from emotional distress.

Study finds that between 2009-2012, there was a 40% increase in the diagnosis of head and neck cancers among workers and volunteers who responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, pointing to newly emerging risks that require ongoing monitoring and treatment.

Fibromyalgia drug gabapentin can make sex less painful for women with provoked vulvodynia, a chronic pain syndrome that is characterized by symptoms such as stinging, burning, irritation…

Rutgers University Scientists Discover a Protein That May Slow Progression of Emphysema

Scientists have developed catalysts that can convert carbon dioxide – the main cause of global warming – into plastics, fabrics, resins and other products

Practical, Formal Techniques for Developing LLVM's Peephole Optimizations

Fighting mosquitoes in their backyard with scientists' help using an innovative mosquito control approach, residents in several Maryland neighborhoods reduced populations of invasive Asian tiger mosquitoes by an impressive 76%…

Researchers synthesized nanostructured silica particles containing payloads of antimicrobial agent, effective at killing 2 human bacterial pathogens

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