Though Ebola has dominated mainstream media attention recently, the total number of infectious disease outbreaks worldwide has been climbing since 1980, according to a new study published by Brown researchers in the current issue of the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Though the rate of ...
Practices of mindfulness, such as meditation, may affect more than just the mind. According to a recent study conducted by University researchers, these activities may also potentially benefit cardiovascular health. Headed by Eric Loucks, assistant professor of epidemiology, the research team measured ...
The immune system may be more versatile than scientists once thought, according to a new study by Brown researchers. Scientists usually separate the immune system into two branches. Innate immunity rapidly targets a wide variety of pathogens by unleashing natural killer cells and innate cytokines — ...
This profile is part of a series focused on Brown faculty and students engaged in science and research, with the purpose of highlighting and making more accessible the work being pursued at all levels across disciplines. Astrophysics has a “one-two punch” — it’s beautiful and it also lends ...
As registration for spring semester courses approaches and students plan their academic futures, those in some concentrations face an additional choice: A.B. or Sc.B.? Those interested in studying applied mathematics, astronomy, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, cognitive science, computer science, ...
Smoking during pregnancy can render newborn babies less able to produce a physiological response necessary to cope with daily stressors, according to a new study by Brown researchers. The research team, made up of psychiatrists and behavioral scientists from Alpert Medical School and Miriam Hospital, ...
Countries where citizens speak gendered languages — in which nouns are masculine or feminine — display a higher rate of gender inequality than countries with languages that do not ascribe gender to nouns, said Jennifer Prewitt-Freilino, the only full-time psychology professor at the Rhode Island ...
Phyllis Dennery will become the chair of pediatrics at the Alpert Medical School and pediatrician-in-chief and medical director at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in April, the University and Lifespan announced this month. Dennery is currently the chief of the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Services ...
“Science is driven by human beings and their strengths and weaknesses,” renowned scientist Erling Norrby told a nearly full Sidney Frank 220 Friday afternoon. Norrby, a virologist who has served on the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, and is now Lord Chamberlain in Waiting at the Royal ...
This profile is part of a new series focused on Brown faculty and students engaged in science and research, with the purpose of highlighting and making more accessible the work being pursued at all levels across disciplines. Noah Fields ’17 is out to test a hypothesis: “I think that children can ...
Though hopping is the kangaroo’s trademark feature, a prehistoric family of kangaroos may have once walked on two feet, according to a new study by Professor of Biology Christine Janis. Janis has been looking at bones all her life. Growing up, she was always picking them up and playing with them ...
Accommodations, security and policing stood out as major concerns in refugee camps in Jordan, according to a recent research article by Sarah Tobin, the incoming associate director of the Middle East Studies program. Published Oct. 14 in the journal the Middle East Research and Information Project, ...
In 2002, a group of six women started gathering to discuss their careers in the sciences, covering topics from office dynamics to balancing postdoctoral research with child rearing. That informal network, co-founded by a Brown faculty member and an alum, has evolved into a primarily electronic community ...
“Most importantly, I gained hope,” Ivonne Muganyizi ’15 said of her experience at the New England Fall Zone Conference of the National Society for Black Engineers held in Smith-Buonnano Hall Saturday. The conference, organized by the Brown NSBE chapter, brought together college and high school ...
Recycled rainwater and gender divides in education took center stage Sept. 26 and Oct. 10 as the Brown-India Initiative undergraduate and graduate fellows gave presentations on their summer projects. The panels were held in the McKinney Conference Room at the Watson Institute for International Studies. The ...
This profile is part of a new series focused on Brown faculty and students engaged in science and research, with the purpose of highlighting and making more accessible the work being pursued at all levels across disciplines. John Stein PhD’95 P’13, senior lecturer in neuroscience, said it was during ...
The Brown Institute for Brain Sciences has surpassed the halfway mark of its $50 million fundraising goal outlined in 2012 as part of a plan authorized by then-Provost Mark Schlissel. BIBS has hired four new faculty members and has plans to recruit two more over the coming year — one in cognitive ...
Plants from more genetically diverse regions are more likely to become invasive species in new environments, according to a new study conducted by Dov Sax, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and Jason Fridley, associate professor of biology at Syracuse University. Published Oct. ...
Researchers increase speed of bone production by sorting fat A team of Brown researchers, led by Hetal Marble GS, recently developed a new system for sorting fat tissue based on cells’ ability to become bone, according to a University press release. The team also applied to patent this new method. Fat ...
Postmenopausal women who live close to major roadways may suffer from high blood pressure more than do women in less-trafficked areas, according to the findings of a new study that included University faculty and a Brown graduate student among its many authors. The study was published Oct. 1 in the ...
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