In a recent study, University researchers used a tadpole model to better understand the effects valproic acid — an anti-epilepsy drug commonly known as VPA — has on neurodevelopment and behavior. VPA has long been known to have deleterious effects on fetuses, such as increasing the risk for developing ...
This article is the second in an ongoing series, Science at the Cinema, that explores research and researchers portrayed in film. “Interstellar,” the story of a perilous space journey, is a must-see film for its grand visual effects and far out ideas that bend space, time and the filmgoer’s mind. The ...
Last summer, I spent my days knee-deep in mud, traipsing around doggedly through the marsh. Here I am with a lovely pair of Sesarma reticulata, or purple marsh crabs. They probably would have pried off a good chunk of my nose if I had let them get any closer to my face. Incidentally, if left to their ...
A program run by University researchers aims to quickly identify and provide comprehensive treatment for medically underserved patients who are chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus, according to a new study published in the Feb. 14 issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Hepatitis ...
A newly developed DNA “cage” allows scientists to more easily and quickly identify specific portions of a DNA strand. The cage — which traps a single DNA strand — acts as a tiny test tube in which scientists can perform biochemical experiments to determine whether the strand contains a particular ...
Though humanities concentrators account for just over 15 percent of the student body, they have traditionally seen low representation in the applicant pool for Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards. Of the applicants for 2014 summer UTRAs, 8 percent were humanities concentrators, while 11 percent ...
University researchers who study Northwest Africa 7034 — an estimated 2-billion-year-old meteorite found in the Moroccan desert in 2011 — have concluded that it is likely representative of most of the rocks comprising Mars’ crust. The paper, which will appear in the May 15 edition of the journal ...
In the arts, we are all learners,” said Lisa Wong, pediatrician, musician and author of “Scales to Scalpels: Doctors Who Practice the Healing Arts of Music and Medicine,” addressing the symbiotic relationship between medicine and the arts in a lecture Wednesday in Pembroke Hall. “Musicians ...
A new University physical therapy initiative is set to be founded after the awarding of a $2.5 million grant from the Foundation for Physical Therapy. The initiative — called the Center on Health Services Training and Research — will provide funding for new studies and the training of physical therapy ...
Superfoods, such as blueberries, kale and chia seeds, have become a nutritional craze over the past few years — one that has even touched ground on campus. Some nutrition pundits have praised their alleged health benefits, but the truth behind these claims has sometimes been seen as scientifically ...
This article is the first in an ongoing series, Science at the Cinema, that explores research and researchers portrayed in film. “The Imitation Game,” nominated for eight Academy Awards, details the accomplishments and pitfalls of Alan Turing, a British mathematician, and his most notable creation ...
The documentary “The Human Face of Big Data,” screened Wednesday in Salomon 001, “strikes a balance of all the good that can happen with the data that we collect and the evil content that could happen as well,” said David Sherry, chief information security officer for Computing and Information ...
As shopping period came to a close Wednesday evening, so ended a two-week span of myriad educational choices for students — choices that can be both empowering and overwhelming. While the open curriculum affords a unique type of academic liberty to students, the underlying empirical merits and drawbacks ...
A paper authored by University researchers and published in this month’s issue of the journal Cognition examines the relationship between social psychology and cognition. “Although social psychology has been studying cognitive processing for about 50 years, there are still a lot of questions about ...
Children with mental health disorders — particularly depression, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — are three times more likely to be identified as a bully, according to a recent study by University researchers in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. The study shows that nearly ...
The Ocean State is blowing the nation away, as it was recently ranked the state with the most marijuana use. According to the latest statistics from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 13 percent of Rhode Island citizens over the age of 12 have used marijuana in the past month — almost double ...
Study shows drug use and impulsivity related in prison population A new study by University researchers examines the link between impulsive behavior and drug use in prison inmates. The research team, composed of public health and psychology professors who focus on addiction, recruited 242 adult inmates ...
Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences Sheila Blumstein, who served in administrative roles including interim president, will enter a phased retirement effective July 1, Chair of the CLPS department William Heindel announced in an email to a CLPS listserv earlier this month. Blumstein ...
When physicians order certain medical tests or procedures to be done for a patient, they have the option to self-refer patients back to their own office. These self-referrals are widely viewed as financially motivated and self-serving, yet loopholes in the law allow their continuation. A recent paper ...
Even during rest, the brain is always actively balancing its cycles of activation and deactivation, a new study by University researchers suggests. A team of neuroscientists explored how multiple inhibitory cells remain active to offset excitatory cells, even when the brain is in a calm and sedated ...
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