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World’s island conifers threatened with extinction from climate change

July 15, 2019

By estimating climate conditions in which conifer species could thrive if they needed to, a new study identifies which species are at extinction risk due to climate change.

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Students, faculty at IBES take on sustainability topics with radio segments, podcast

July 15, 2019

In “Possibly,” available online and airing on the Public’s Radio every Tuesday, Brown undergraduates track down answers to Rhode Islanders’ questions about sustainability.

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Caught in the act: Images capture molecular motions in real time

July 11, 2019

Researchers have shot a “movie” of subtle molecular motions in unprecedented detail, shedding light on previously unseen chemical dynamics.

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Molecular thumb drives: Researchers store digital images in metabolite molecules

July 3, 2019

In a step toward molecular storage systems that could hold vast amounts of data in tiny spaces, Brown University researchers have shown it’s possible to store image files in solutions of common biological small molecules.

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Brown faculty, students to lead community celebration of Moon landing anniversary

July 3, 2019

A monthlong events series, free and open to the public, will celebrate 50 years since the first Moon landing and Rhode Island’s contributions to space exploration.

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Research reveals exotic quantum states in double-layer graphene

June 25, 2019

A new study reveals a suite of quantum Hall states that have not been seen previously, shedding new light on the nature of electron interactions in quantum systems and establishing a potential new platform for future quantum computers.

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NSF CAREER awards to advance promising research by four Brown faculty members

June 5, 2019

The awards for early-career faculty will support research in computer networking, algebraic geometry, neurodegenerative diseases and robotics.

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Student-designed sundial sculpture dedicated during Commencement and Reunion

May 25, 2019

As alumni returned to campus and thousands of new graduates prepared to receive their degrees and begin the next chapter of their lives, the Brown community dedicated a student-designed sundial sculpture named ‘Infinite Possibility.’

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Strange Martian mineral deposit likely sourced from volcanic explosions

May 22, 2019

In a finding that is soon to be ground-truthed by NASA’s next Mars rover, Brown University researchers show that a Martian mineral deposit was likely formed by ashfall from ancient volcanic explosions.

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Brown undergraduate researcher teaches robots handwriting and drawing

May 15, 2019

Working with a Brown University faculty member, an undergraduate student developed an algorithm that enables robots to reproduce human-like pen strokes just by looking at images of handwriting or sketches.

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Sundial installation represents ‘Infinite Possibility’

May 8, 2019

A student-designed sundial in the shape of a Mobius strip will mark the position of the noontime sun throughout the year on the plaza in front of Brown’s Engineering Research Center.

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Study reveals final fate of levitating Leidenfrost droplets

May 6, 2019

The research shows why levitating droplets on hot surfaces eventually explode if they start out large enough.

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Researchers outline how humans reduce uncertainty in social situations

April 22, 2019

A team of Brown University scientists proposed a psychological model of three interrelated ways people reduce uncertainty in social situations.

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Repelling charges prevent Cooper pairs from ‘island hopping’ in insulating state

April 22, 2019

New research shows how Cooper pairs — quasiparticles that make superconductivity possible — can also play an opposite role in an exotic type of insulating materials known as Cooper pair insulators.

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Catfish use complex coordination to catch prey

April 16, 2019

Using a powerful X-ray imaging system, Brown University scientists found that catfish move joints throughout their head in a concerted manner to suck in their prey.

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Robot Block Party to feature the latest in robotics from Brown and other partners

April 9, 2019

From preschoolers to professors, thousands of attendees are expected on Saturday, April 13, to check out robotic technologies developed in the Ocean State and beyond.

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Brown professor to co-lead international research on subsurface environments

April 8, 2019

The biosphere that exists below Earth’s surface dwarfs the surface biome, and a new collaboration co-led by Jack Mustard will work to better understand what’s underground.

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Communication theorist cheers ‘Lunar Library’ to be delivered to the Moon

April 4, 2019

Brown engineering professor Chris Rose thinks the tiny data disks with volumes of human knowledge currently flying to the Moon on the Beresheet spacecraft are a great way to communicate across time and space.

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Brown professor helps select landing site for private mission to the Moon

April 4, 2019

The Israeli firm SpaceIL turned to Brown’s Jim Head for help in selecting a landing site for what is expected in the coming weeks to become the first private spacecraft to land on the Moon.

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Dynamic hydrogel used to make ‘soft robot’ components and LEGO-like building blocks

March 21, 2019

A new type of hydrogel material developed by Brown University researchers could soon make assembling complex microfluidic or soft robotic devices as simple as putting together a LEGO set.

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‘Mutation hotspot’ allows common fungus to adapt to different host environments

February 28, 2019

A new study finds that samples of Candida albicans from patients frequently lack one copy of a vital master regulator, which gives them flexibility to lose the other copy and adapt to different environments.

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Brown students team with space exploration company on Moon mission planning

February 25, 2019

Students in a planetary science course at Brown are helping a private space company plan a Moon mission, a collaborative effort that has caught the eyes of top NASA officials.

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New study reveals the ‘Hidden Figures’ of computational biology

February 7, 2019

Many women made significant contributions to population genetics as programmers but were not recognized as authors.

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Research details sticky situations at the nanoscale

February 7, 2019

In a finding that will be useful in nanoscale engineering, Brown University researchers have shown that miniscule differences in the roughness of surfaces can have important effects on how they stick together.

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HIV drug could treat Alzheimer’s, age-associated disorders

February 6, 2019

Research led by Brown found that blocking retrotransposon activity with a generic HIV/AIDS medication significantly reduces age-related inflammation in old mice and senescent human cells, providing hope for treating age-associated disorders.

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Graphene crinkles can be used as ‘molecular zippers’

January 31, 2019

New research shows that electrically charged crinkles in layered graphene can be useful in the directed self- assembly of molecules.

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Two former NASA astronauts to headline Brown space exploration conference

January 25, 2019

Brown’s annual Space Horizons conference is a brainstorming session on what’s next in space exploration; presentations by former astronauts are free and open to the public.

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Researchers detect age-related differences in DNA from blood

December 21, 2018

The DNA markers from the blood of healthy centenarians are more similar to those of people in their 20s than people in their 70s.

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Chemists create new quasicrystal material from nanoparticle building blocks

December 20, 2018

Brown University researchers have discovered a new type of quasicrystal, a class of materials whose existence was thought to be impossible until the 1980s.

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Massive new dark matter detector gets its ‘eyes’

December 17, 2018

Brown University researchers have assembled two massive arrays of photomultiplier tubes, powerful light sensors that will serve as the "eyes" for the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter detector, which will start its search for dark matter particles in 2020.

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Brown to launch expansion in computer science teaching, research

November 29, 2018

An expansion titled “CS with Impact” will grow Brown's computer science department significantly, bolstering teaching and research efforts as student enrollment skyrockets.

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For Mars 2020 rover mission, NASA selects landing site championed by Brown researchers

November 21, 2018

NASA announced this week that the Mars 2020 will look for signs of past life in Jezero crater, a spot that Brown researchers have been studying for more than a decade.

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Researchers create new ‘smart’ material with potential biomedical, environmental uses

November 21, 2018

By combining seaweed-derived alginate with the nanomaterial graphene oxide, Brown University researchers have developed a new material that’s durable and can respond dynamically to its environment.

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Mars moon got its grooves from rolling stones, study suggests

November 20, 2018

Computer models developed by Brown University researchers shine a light on the origin of the Mars moon Phobos’ distinctive grooves.

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Spaced-out nanotwins make for stronger metals

November 2, 2018

New research shows that metals can be made dramatically stronger by varying the amount of space between nanoscale boundaries in the metal’s atomic lattice.

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Just a few drinks can change how memories are formed

October 25, 2018

Researchers at Brown found that alcohol hijacks a conserved memory pathway in the brain and changes which versions of genes are made, forming the cravings that fuel addiction.

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Study exposes security vulnerabilities in terahertz data links

October 15, 2018

Scientists have assumed that future terahertz data links would have an inherent immunity to eavesdropping, but new research shows that’s not necessarily the case.

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Neuron death in ALS more complex than previously thought

October 9, 2018

Brown researchers find that different ALS-affected neurons degrade for different reasons in worm models.

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Ancient Mars had right conditions for underground life, new research suggests

September 24, 2018

A new study shows that the breakdown of water molecules trapped in ancient Martian rocks likely produced enough chemical energy to sustain microorganisms for hundreds of millions of years beneath the Red Planet’s surface.

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Brown awarded $3.5M to speed up atomic-scale computer simulations

September 20, 2018

A Brown-led research team will develop machine-learning software to accelerate the supercomputer simulations used to design new materials and direct key chemical reactions.

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New nanoparticle superstructures made from pyramid-shaped building blocks

September 19, 2018

In research that may help bridge the divide between the nano and the macro, Brown University chemists have used pyramid-shaped nanoparticles to create what might be the most complex macroscale superstructure ever assembled.

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Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider find key Higgs decay process

August 28, 2018

Brown University researchers at the LHC made important contributions to a finding that reveals the fate of the majority of Higgs particles.

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Brown establishes new research partnership with NIST

August 21, 2018

The National Institute of Standards and Technology will provide funding for Brown researchers working in the physical sciences to collaborate with NIST researchers and access NIST’s specialized labs.

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Researchers discover exposed ice deposits on Moon’s surface

August 21, 2018

The deposits, found near the Moon’s north and south poles, could be a potential resource for future lunar exploration.

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Undergraduate team helps to develop drone-based intro robotics course

August 17, 2018

With the help of a Brown summer research grant, a team of undergraduates is helping to develop a course that uses simple drones as a gateway into autonomous robotics.

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Research reveals molecular details of sperm-egg fusion

August 7, 2018

By revealing the structure of proteins that enable sperm and egg to fuse to form zygotes in plant and protozoan species, the new study may aid in discovering the fusion process for humans, which remains a mystery.

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Azeeza Hasan: Democratizing the stock market

July 31, 2018

At NASDAQ’s Global Technology Center, the rising Brown junior and applied mathematics concentrator is working with nine other students to create streamlined, smarter online marketplaces.

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Research identifies key weakness in modern computer vision systems

July 30, 2018

In a finding that could point the way toward better computer vision systems, Brown University researchers show why computers are so bad at seeing when one thing is not like another.

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World’s leading dark matter physicists convene at Brown

July 26, 2018

At the 12th annual Identification of Dark Matter Conference being held this week at Brown, physicists are working to understand the missing mass of the universe.

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Research robots sometimes left unsecured on the internet, study finds

July 24, 2018

A scan of the global internet found robots in labs around the world exposed users across the web, which could allow hackers to control them remotely.

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