Academics have escaped the ivory tower and are using research findings in attempts to better the world. A recent report from the Science Coalition, an advocacy group of research universities including Brown, highlighted nearly 200 startup companies that were directly inspired by academic research. ...
Human odometer Humans continually estimate distances — whether while guessing if there is enough time to cross the street before a car passes by, calculating how far a Frisbee should be thrown or pondering how long it will take to walk to the mall. The internal human odometer was the subject of ...
In the wake of the World Series, many hopeful young players will head to the batting cages to emulate the swings of major leaguers with one key difference: They will use metal, not wooden bats. But according to a new biomechanics study conducted in part by University researchers, the performance of ...
A research experiment taking place one mile below Earth’s surface is on track to discovering dark matter, largely thanks to Brown researchers. Though dark matter has yet to be detected by researchers, it is believed to constitute 85 percent of the universe’s total matter, said Richard Gaitskell, ...
Rhode Island became one of eight states to sign an initiative promoting the use of electric vehicles in the pursuit of greener transportation and cleaner air Oct. 24. The initiative includes adding more charging stations and creating incentives for consumers to purchase electric cars, such as carpool ...
Children who receive welfare may have better educational, economic and health outcomes later in life, said Anna Aizer, associate professor of economics and public policy, at a lecture at the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions Tuesday afternoon. Aizer began the presentation, ...
Nanoparticle research may spur development of alternative fuels University researchers have found that gold nanoparticles can help convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, according to a University press release. The research was led by Professor of Chemistry Shouheng Sun and Wenlei Zhu GS, a ...
A computer game developed to help children learn to control their peanut allergies is being tested in a pilot trial led by Elizabeth McQuaid, research associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the Alpert Medical School and a staff psychologist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. The project ...
“I’m not looking for the prima donnas,” said Lynn Rothschild, an adjunct professor of molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry and astrobiologist/evolutionary biologist at NASA Ames who helped advise this year’s Stanford-Brown iGEM, or International Genetically Engineered Machine, group. ...
Administrators, faculty members and students are working to address the underrepresentation of students from certain minority groups in science, technology, engineering and mathematics — known as STEM fields — by expanding initiatives to address inequalities in students’ pre-college preparation ...
University professors lauded a federal initiative to fund brain research aims to improve treatment for a variety of neurological and psychiatric conditions that was announced last week. Funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the initiative will allocate more than $70 million over ...
Underrepresented minority students in science, technology, engineering and math — known as STEM fields — named lack of preparation, stereotyping and unsupportive learning environments as the three major challenges they face. “As a collective, this is a struggle,” said Jamelle Watson-Daniels ...
When neuroscientist Sheila Nirenberg received a call from a mysterious number a month ago, she did not expect to hear from the MacArthur Foundation, announcing she’d won the prestigious $625,000 MacArthur Fellowship. “I thought the call was from a guy I’d gone on a date with,” said Nirenberg, ...
Link between HIV and HPV risk confirmed in men While the link between human papillomavirus infection and human immunodeficiency virus has been studied in females in the past, a new study by University researchers in the Department of Epidemiology has found this link in males as well. Examining data ...
Humans and rats have cognitive similarities when reacting to their own errors, according to new research conducted at Brown and Yale. The findings could help further research aiming to treat problems involving a brain mechanism known as adaptive control, the authors wrote in the study, published in ...
Paralyzed individuals who feel trapped in their bodies may soon have the opportunity to communicate more easily, thanks to a new non-profit organization inspired by University research. The organization SpeakYourMind was founded earlier this year by Dan Bacher, a researcher on the University’s BrainGate ...
While ethnic and racial groups that have historically comprised a minority of the U.S. population are growing in size and influence, they remain underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics both nationally and at Brown. Administrators and higher education experts ...
The $1 million Moshe Mirilashvili Memorial Fund Breakthrough Research and Innovation in Neurotechnology Prize was awarded to BrainGate researchers for their creation of a brain-computer interface that could aid people with paralysis. Israeli President Shimon Peres presented the award to Professor of ...
Kevin Robinson has been knocked unconscious 30 times and received more than 100 concussions in his 23-year career as a professional BMX rider. “Nobody’s ever taken (head injury) seriously,” he said in a lecture Thursday at the Alpert Medical School entitled “Diagnosed with a Concussion, Now ...
At the Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee in California — made famous in Mark Twain’s short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” — three researchers discovered potential flaws in the study of the maximal jumping performance of bullfrogs, lending insight into why Jubilee ...
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