For many years, scientists believed that the adult human heart could not replace muscle cells lost during a heart attack. When blood flow to part of the heart is blocked, oxygen-starved cardiomyocytes, the cells responsible for contraction, die.
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As a Chemical Biology major, I picked up Bonnie Garmus’ Lessons in Chemistry expecting a story about science. I didn’t expect it to be a story about loss, or one of the most encouraging books I’ve read in a long time.
This summer, a common salad ingredient became the center of a major foodborne illness outbreak across the United States. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) linked thousands of cases of cyclosporiasis to iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico and processed by Taylor Farms of Mexico.
Richard Carlson’s Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff… and It’s All Small Stuff is the perfect book to kick off a brand-new school year.
The Stevens women’s and men’s fencing teams competed at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Championships on Saturday, March 7. The teams faced Division One and Division Three Programs, including competition from the University of North Carolina, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and NJIT.
Humans today may actually be sleeping a reasonable number of hours, but scientists warn that our internal clocks are increasingly out of sync with the world.
Women athletes are significantly more likely than men to suffer tears of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), a small but crucial structure in the knee whose failure can derail months of a person’s life.
The Stevens fencing teams battled hard at the Eric Sollee Invitational on Saturday, January 31, 2026, at Brandeis University. After a strong performance, the men’s team fell to Boston College, Brandeis, MIT, NJIT, and NYU.
Tiny traces of chemicals in the breath are beginning to reveal big secrets about the gut. New research suggests that by “sniffing” these molecules, clinicians may someday diagnose microbiome-related diseases quickly and non-invasively, especially in children.
In September of 2025, President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared that women should avoid Tylenol during pregnancy due to a link between the drug and autism.