Rutgers scientists have used a diagnostic technique for the first time in the opioid addiction field that they believe has the potential to determine which opioid-addicted patients are more likely to relapse.

A cardiac MRI of athletes who had COVID-19 is seven times more effective in detecting inflammation of the heart than symptom-based testing, according to a study by researchers at Rutgers and 12 other Big Ten programs.

Michael E. Zwick will be senior vice president for research at Rutgers University, effective September 1, President Jonathan Holloway and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Prabhas Moghe announced.

A Rutgers expert discusses how the legalization of cannabis could widen gaps in health and social equity for pregnant women, new mothers and their children.

A company founded by Rutgers School of Dental Medicine researcher received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to begin a phase I clinical trial to treat cancer patients with a therapy based on his discovery that a protein produced by an oral bacterium can kill leukemia and lymphoma cells.

Salamishah Tillet, Henry Rutgers Professor of African American Studies and Creative Writing and the associate director of the Price Institute at Rutgers University-Newark, has joined the class of 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellows.

Police officers hold more racialized views, believe that they should receive increased funding, and believe that they have the right to use physical force against citizens – drawing important contrasts with the general public on these issues – according to new Rutgers University–Camden research.

Rutgers professor David Greenberg named Cullman Fellow and awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to research for book on the late civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis.

Three dozen dwarf galaxies far from each other had a simultaneous “baby boom” of new stars, an unexpected discovery that challenges current theories on how galaxies grow and may enhance our understanding of the universe.

Middle-school aged children who use the internet, social media or video games recreationally for more than an hour each day during the school week have significantly lower grades and test scores, according to a study from the Center for Gambling Studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

Rutgers ranks among the biggest contributors to a historic crowdsourced computing effort to search for COVID-19 treatments.

Wild orangutans are known for their ability to survive food shortages, but scientists have made a surprising finding that highlights the need to protect the habitat of these critically endangered primates, which face rapid habitat destruction and threats linked to climate change.