Physics students across the world learn about different types of particles, from matter particles to force-carrying particles. But now, these aspiring physicists may have to learn about a new type of particle: fractional excitons.
New study from Warren Alpert finds increased spinal fractures in the aging population.
The next time you’re planning on going for a run, check more than just the weather — the air quality might affect your performance too.
Over the past two years, H5N1 bird flu has been found to infect mammals more extensively. Although there has yet to be evidence of human-to-human transmission, Brown public health experts and researchers emphasize the importance of authorities taking action as the potential for bird flu to mutate ...
The lecture revolved around Basamajian's ethnographic fieldwork in Ohio, where she dove into the politics of abortion care.
From an orbit of over 186,000 miles from Earth, to Utah’s Great Salt Lake Desert, to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, to College Hill: That’s the path that samples from the asteroid Bennu, weighing less than a paperclip, have taken to arrive to researchers at Brown.
At an October rally, now-president-elect Donald Trump said that he would let Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has gained notoriety for his anti-vaccine views, embrace of raw milk, skepticism of HIV/AIDS and wish to remove fluoride from water, “go wild on health.” Last Thursday, Trump nominated Kennedy ...
The Warren Alpert Medical School held its 18th annual Academic Symposium Wednesday afternoon. The symposium was the largest in the event’s history with over 140 student research posters presented.
Reduced protein intake is correlated with longer lifespans in animals, but the reasons why have eluded researchers.
The United States spent over $22 billion on military aid to Israel and related operations between Oct. 7 of last year and Sept. 30, 2024, according to a research article released by the Costs of War project at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.
With 140,000 neurons, 50 million synapses and over 100,000 cell label annotations, the fruit fly brain has been mapped and published in a series of papers written by scientists worldwide, including contributors at Brown. It’s a marked advancement in neuroscience that researchers say will improve our ...
Kyron Medical is focusing on reducing physician burnout caused by excessive administrative tasks.
On Monday, the National Academy of Medicine announced 100 newly elected members. Jennifer Nuzzo MA’23, director of Brown’s Pandemic Center, made the list.
Why does a person choose to use an addictive substance? What are the consequences of their decisions? And how, if necessary, can researchers intervene?
The Brown University School of Public Health recently received a $3.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to launch a new center focused on the impact of climate change on aging communities.
Dean Zweiman ’27 was studying for an engineering midterm in his Wayland dorm when the all-caps text popped up on his phone: “WHY IS THE SKY RED.” It was Thursday night, just after 7 p.m., and the sky was, in fact, red.
For the next two months, the moon will have a temporary companion in its orbit around the Earth.
John Robert Cobb was a renowned orthopedic surgeon who left an indelible mark on the field of spine surgery, thanks to his contributions to scoliosis research. He defined the Cobb angle, medicine’s most widely referenced measurement of spinal deformity. He also graduated from Brown University in 1925 ...
Over 50 years ago, NASA put a man on the moon — and now they want to do it again. But to ensure the safety of their crew, they will need a better understanding of its topography. A new collaboration between a Brown professor and an alum might just be the missing piece.
Each spring, many Brown students choose to make their time in Providence a year-long affair, staying over the summer to work with a professor on an Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award.
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