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Rutgers University–Camden Professor Aims to Help Find Alternatives to Opioids for Pain Relief

Researcher Nathan Fried aims to reduce chronic pain patients’ reliance on opioids by finding a nonaddictive treatment. Watch the video.

The Connection between Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Rutgers visiting scientist Jennifer Francis was the first to identify the consequences of shrinking Arctic sea ice.

We Are Not Hardwired to Go to War

There is no scientific proof that war is ingrained in human nature, according to a Rutgers University–Newark study.