Ask a child if he would rather do physical therapy or play with a remote control car and the answer will be obvious. But now researchers at Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design have designed a way for him to do both, by creating toys specially developed for children with neuromuscular diseases. ...
A tiny particle makes its way into the bloodstream and latches onto a newly dividing cancerous cell. The particle is specially designed to show up on a diagnostic scan, allowing doctors to easily locate the growing tumor. The particle may even have its own set of cancer-fighting drugs, which it could ...
You're driving on the highway and suddenly a car comes whipping out of the lane next to you, forcing you to slam on the brakes. Do you think, "Oh well, the driver must be in hurry"? Or do you flash him a strategic hand gesture and scream some choice phrases?
In the near future, doctors may be able to use tiny particles to speed up bone growth, re-attach torn ligaments and even sense and transmit information about bacterial infections.
Modeling random motion may sound like an oxymoron. But Associate Professor of Physics Jay Tang is using the predictability of randomness to explain the movement of bacteria swimming in water. His work could have implications in public health or environmental studies.
Are religious people more or less likely to be depressed than nonreligious people? The answer, according to a new study, is both.
Could a shift in newspaper endorsements have changed the outcome of the 2000 or 2004 election? What could it do this year?
Brown researchers published a study in January that found a connection between cell phones and facial rashes. The study was published in Canadian Medical Association Journal and conducted by a PLME student John Luo '09 and Dr. Lionel Bercovitch P'00 P'02 P'08 a dermatologist at Health Services and the ...
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