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Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick are working to measure pain more accurately beyond the single, subjective question patients are often asked: “On a scale of 1 to 10, how bad is your pain?” In their new study, published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, the researchers suggest a more precise way to quantify this discomfort by tracking tiny facial micromovement spikes. These rapid, high-speed motor fluctuations—too subtle for the human eye to notice—offer objective clues to what an individual is experiencing, particularly when they cannot articulate their level of distress.
A Rutgers-led study offers a hopeful twist on a classic game theory problem. Scientists have long used this idea to understand everything from microbes sharing resources to human societies negotiating peace. The takeaway message? In the evolutionary race, cheaters win. A new study led by Rutgers physicist Alexandre Morozov turns that assumption upside down. His research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that cooperation can emerge naturally without special rules or genetic ties.