University faculty and students traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia last weekend for the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Annual Meeting. Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology Heather Leslie participated in a symposium on marine conservation and management ...
The University is considering revising its conflict of interest policy for research in light of increased collaboration between University researchers and private companies.
A naked man passionately embraces a naked woman in a photograph. How does that make viewers feel? And how long does it take them to register their reactions? Females will take longer, according to a new study, because women are less in touch with their bodies.
The man charged with killing 27-year-old Tam Tran GS in a May 2010 two-car accident was sentenced to a 5 1/2-year prison term this week, according to the Associated Press.
Two hundred and fifty million years ago an egg-laying mammal-like reptile the size of a German shepherd dominated land ecosystems. "It doesn't really look like the guy you would bet on for being the champion survivor," said Jessica Whiteside, assistant professor of geological sciences.
"Mars and the moon are lifeboats if anything catastrophic happens on Earth," said Max Song '14. But packing for the move would require Hermione's bottomless bag — there's not much room in the trunk of the spacecraft — or the next best thing: synthetic biology. Instead of packing impossible amounts ...
New research on the solar system's smallest and innermost planet could help scientists understand Earth's history. Six percent of Mercury — the equivalent of 60 percent of the continental U.S. — is covered with volcanic plains, providing evidence of how the planet and possibly others were ...
Fall brings out the beauty of trees. But in many cities, including Providence, there is not enough foliage to compete with the concrete and asphalt.
"We cannot eat a lollipop longer than us," and our cells face similar limitations, according to an author of a recent paper that found that cells often try to engulf objects too large for them when they mistake them for more bite-sized nanomaterials.
President Ruth Simmons will keep her promise to give every member of the class of 2015 a hug, she said at her welcome speech on the Main Green Sunday. As she has done in the past, Simmons addressed her oration to the "most beautiful class to ever enter Brown."
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