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

In the first study to evaluate YouTube videos on facial plastic surgery procedures, Rutgers University researchers found most are misleading marketing campaigns posted by non-qualified medical professionals.

After 10 years of research, a Rutgers-led team of scientists has identified two molecules that protect nerve cells after a traumatic brain injury and could lead to new drug treatments

Fish are migrating more than 40 miles per decade as the oceans heat up, pushing populations into fisheries where other countries have exclusive rights and setting the stage for an era of surging international conflict…

Every 405,000 years, gravitational tugs from Jupiter and Venus slightly elongate Earth’s orbit, an amazingly consistent pattern that has influenced our planet’s climate for at least 215 million years

The sea slug, Elysia chlorotica, is able to become plant-like and survive solely on photosynthesis, which is highly unusual for an animal, by ingesting millions of green-colored plastids…

Field corn, genetically modified to produce a toxin that kills its most persistent pest, also benefits nearby, unmodified crops vulnerable to the same pest, according to a recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Scientists have linked the frequency of extreme winter weather in the United States to Arctic temperatures

Selfies Drive Self-Image and May Lead Many to Seek Plastic Surgery - Researchers develop a new mathematical model to explain how smartphones act as “portable funhouse mirrors”

A study has found Inherited IQ can increase in early childhood

Speaking Up Against Bigotry Can Reduce Bad Behavior - "Don’t let racist comments pass this holiday season, Rutgers psychologists say"

Rutgers scientists have found an efficient way to enhance the nutritional value of corn – the world’s largest commodity crop – by inserting a bacterial gene from E Coli, that causes corn to produce a key nutrient called methionine…

Acting Like a Muscle, Nano-Sized Device Lifts 165 Times its Own Weight

What Is Mathematics and What Should It Be?

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