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Brown researchers uncover the underlying genetics that make flies champion fliers

March 18, 2021

A complex network of wing, muscle and nervous system genes all contribute to flight performance, a new PLOS Genetics study shows.

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Virtual Brain Week will help schoolkids, home-bound attendees get out of their heads

March 12, 2021

This year’s cerebral celebration will bring a packed roster of researchers from Brown’s Carney Institute for Brain Science and beyond into classrooms and homes to expand knowledge about the brain.

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Brown researchers explore possibilities for an ultra-secure gun registry

March 11, 2021

Brown University computer scientists, working with a U.S. senator, have proposed a gun registry database that’s ultra-secure and decentralized, potentially easing concerns about privacy and federal overreach.

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With NASA eyeing return to the Moon, Brown students helping the agency deal with pesky lunar dust

March 5, 2021

With a new grant from NASA, a team of Brown and RISD students is developing a system that may help protect spacesuits from sticky and highly abrasive lunar dust.

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Humans control majority of freshwater ebb and flow on Earth, study finds

March 3, 2021

Satellite observations show that more than half of seasonal freshwater level changes on Earth happen in human-managed reservoirs, underscoring the profound impact humanity has on the global water cycle.

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Math, applied math scholars at Brown earn prestigious Simons Foundation fellowships

March 1, 2021

With yearlong sabbaticals to focus on research projects, Dan Abramovich, Hongjie Dong and Benoit Pausader will use the fellowships to advance their scholarship on cutting-edge mathematics.

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Researcher delves into the big world of tiny nanocrystals

March 1, 2021

In his lab at Brown, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ou Chen is turning tiny artificial particles into building blocks for energy harvesting, cancer detection and more.

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Brown's ICERM reimagines what mathematics can be

March 1, 2021

The Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics — one of just six U.S. mathematical institutes — takes novel approaches in discovery, research and presentation.

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Crisis and action: Brown researchers launch wide range of approaches to COVID-19 research

March 1, 2021

Called to action, students and faculty across disciplines worked to contribute to an expansive pool of COVID-19 research projects, from contact tracing apps to DIY ventilator designs.

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Apollo rock samples capture key moments in the Moon’s early history, study finds

February 24, 2021

A new analysis of samples brought back from the Moon to helps clear up questions about the isotopic composition of Moon’s interior.

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Mars rover touches down at Brown-discovered landing site

February 18, 2021

The Perseverance rover will look for signs of ancient life in Jezero crater, a spot Brown researchers have studied for years and championed during the landing site-selection process.

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Why even try? Using brain science to answer one of life’s biggest questions

February 15, 2021

A new study from a research team based at Brown University sheds light on the cognitive processes that occur when humans decide to exert mental effort.

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Neurons from patient blood cells enable researchers to test treatments for genetic brain disease

February 10, 2021

A team led by Brown University researchers reprogrammed patient blood cells into stem cells to test treatments for Christianson syndrome, finding that treatment responses varied according to the mutations present.

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To figure out how dinosaurs walked, start with how they didn’t

February 8, 2021

By analyzing limb poses from modern birds and alligators with innovative 3D imaging technology developed at Brown, scientists have developed a better way to infer how extinct animals might have moved from place to place.

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Tiny sensor technique reveals cellular forces involved in tissue generation

February 4, 2021

A team of Brown University researchers developed a technique that uses tiny polymer spheres to sense the forces at play as body tissue forms and grows.

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Thick lithosphere casts doubt on plate tectonics in Venus’s geologically recent past

January 28, 2021

A study of a giant impact crater on Venus suggests that its lithosphere was too thick to have had Earth-like plate tectonics, at least for much of the past billion years.

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New technique builds super-hard metals from nanoparticles

January 22, 2021

Brown University researchers have shown a way to make bulk metals by smashing tiny metal nanoparticles together, which allows for customized grain structures and improved mechanical and other properties.

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Researchers develop new graphene nanochannel water filters

January 21, 2021

Brown University researchers have shown that tiny channels between graphene sheets can be aligned in a way that makes them ideal for water filtration.

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Brown brain scientist wins early-career award from National Academy of Sciences

January 21, 2021

Michael J. Frank, a Brown professor who directs the Center for Computational Brain Science in the Carney Institute for Brain Science, was named one of two recipients of this year’s Troland Award.

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As the brain plans movements, the middle frontal gyrus is listening

January 12, 2021

A brain-computer interface study reveals one brain region’s surprising role in planning movements exclusively in response to sounds.

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Remote sensing data sheds light on when and how asteroid Ryugu lost its water

January 5, 2021

Rocks on Ryugu, a “rubble pile” near-Earth asteroid recently visited by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft, appear to have lost much of their water before they came together to form the asteroid, new research suggests.

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Researchers discover a new tool for reconstructing ancient sea ice to study climate change

January 4, 2021

A previously problematic molecule turns out to be a reliable proxy for reconstructing sea ice, a new study by Brown University researchers shows.

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14,000 loops around the Earth later, Brown student satellite ends its mission

December 31, 2020

The systems on the student-designed and -built EQUiSat functioned nearly flawlessly for over two years in the harshness of space before reentering Earth’s atmosphere on Dec. 26.

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$10 million federal grant expands research to protect against concussions

December 17, 2020

A multi-institution effort to better understand, diagnose and prevent concussions received a $10 million boost from the U.S. Office of Naval Research.

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Brown alumna selected for NASA’s new lunar exploration program

December 14, 2020

As one of 18 astronauts selected for NASA’s Artemis program, Brown Class of 1999 graduate and accomplished astronaut Jessica Meir has a chance to become the first woman to walk on the Moon.

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Research reveals how airflow inside a car may affect COVID-19 transmission risk

December 4, 2020

A new study uses computer simulations to track airflows inside a car’s passenger cabin, providing potential strategies — some of them counterintuitive — for reducing the risk of transmitting airborne diseases.

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NASA moves forward with water-seeking Moon mission

December 4, 2020

Two Brown University alumnae and a Brown professor will lead a small satellite mission to further investigate water on the surface of the Moon, which was first detected by Brown scientists in 2009.

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New remote sensing technique could bring key planetary mineral into focus

November 2, 2020

The mineral olivine, thought to be a major component inside all planetary bodies, holds secrets about the early formation of the solar system, and a team of Brown University researchers has a new way to study it remotely.

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Brown scientist to play key role in $10M study of cell structure in diseases, disorders and aging

October 15, 2020

Nicola Neretti to join a new five-year, $10 million research effort funded by the National Institutes of Health to investigate how changes in cell structure can affect health and disease.

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Researchers discuss BrainGate, restorative neurotechnology at Brown and beyond

October 14, 2020

In a conversation with leaders of Brown’s Carney Institute for Brain Science, two Brown neuroengineers explored how brain-computer interfaces promise to help restore movement in people with brain or spinal disorders.

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Working with NASA, Brown team teaches computers to look for new Mars craters

October 5, 2020

A Brown research scientist and two undergraduate students are working with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to spot fresh impact craters on Mars using artificial intelligence.

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Students help to devise ‘home labs’ for remote fluids course

September 24, 2020

An introductory fluid mechanics class in the School of Engineering couldn’t be taught in-person this fall, but a group of undergraduates worked over the summer to make sure hands-on lab experiments remain part of the course.

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Brown professor brings drone-based robotics class to area high schools

August 20, 2020

Computer science professor Stefanie Tellex is helping schools across Rhode Island implement a new curriculum in which students learn basic robotics by building their own autonomous drones.

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New catalyst efficiently turns carbon dioxide into useful fuels and chemicals

August 12, 2020

By efficiently converting CO2 into complex hydrocarbon products, a new catalyst developed by a team of Brown researchers could potentially aid in large-scale efforts to recycle excess carbon dioxide.

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Portia Tieze: Conducting science research from home in a pandemic

July 30, 2020

Novel coronavirus and its effect on University science laboratories has kept engineering student Portia Tieze from working on campus this summer — so she brought the lab to her apartment to continue her research.

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Computational brain science center at Brown to catalyze research, train students and scholars

July 24, 2020

The Center for Computational Brain Science at Brown’s Carney Institute for Brain Science will harness the University’s expertise in computation, cognition and systems neuroscience toward new brain health solutions.

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Brown professors, students make the case for diversity, equity in physics

July 23, 2020

In the wake of George Floyd’s brutal killing, physicists and students from Brown took to the web to discuss strategies for increasing diversity and inclusion in the physics community across the nation.

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Brown student startup seeks to revolutionize crop disease prevention

July 23, 2020

Cloud Agronomics — a student and alumni venture launched with support from the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship — uses hyperspectral imaging to detect crop-borne diseases that destabilize food supplies and cost farmers billions.

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At $23.7 million, largest NSF grant in university history to renew Brown’s math institute

July 13, 2020

The largest single National Science Foundation grant in Brown’s history will fund ICERM, Brown’s national mathematics institute, for the next five years.

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Burrowing crabs reshaping salt marshes, with climate change to blame

July 13, 2020

Given higher sea levels and softer soil in the wake of a shifting climate, Sesarma crabs, which have already decimated salt marshes in the Northeast, are now rising to prominence in southeastern marshes, a new study finds.

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Study reveals science behind traditional mezcal-making technique

July 7, 2020

Researchers reveal for the first time why bubbles are a good gauge of alcohol content in the traditional Mexican spirit.

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Different tracks, same dinosaurs: Brown researchers dig deeper into dinosaur movements

July 1, 2020

Using X-ray-based technology developed at Brown University, researchers uncover shared subsurface movement patterns between birds and dinosaurs, adding a new dimension of fossil track diversity.

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Researchers discover new boron-lanthanide nanostructure

June 25, 2020

A newly discovered nanocluster has a geometry that “has not been observed in chemistry heretofore,” the researchers say.

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Brown physicist earns prestigious Early Career Grant from U.S. Department of Energy

June 23, 2020

The five-year, $750,000 award will help Kemp Plumb study exotic states of matter that emerge in certain magnetic materials.

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Researchers make next-generation, high-toughness battery component

June 18, 2020

By combining a ceramic material with graphene, Brown University engineers have made what they say is the toughest solid electrolyte built to date.

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Research reveals how material defects influence melting process

June 15, 2020

A new study helps to reconcile a Nobel Prize-winning theory with experiments on how solids actually melt.

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Researchers develop ultra-sensitive device for detecting magnetic fields

June 8, 2020

The new magnetic sensor is inexpensive to make, works on minimal power and is 20 times more sensitive than many traditional sensors.

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Research reveals possibly active tectonic system on the Moon

April 30, 2020

Strange spots scattered across the Moon’s nearside where bedrock is conspicuously exposed are evidence of seismic activity set in motion 4.3 billion years ago that could be ongoing today, the researchers say.

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Researchers solve ‘link discovery’ problem for terahertz data networks

April 24, 2020

A team of researchers from Brown and Rice universities has demonstrated a way to help devices to find each other in the ultra-fast terahertz data networks of the future.

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Conversations on COVID: Tracing contacts while preserving privacy

April 16, 2020

Researchers including computer science professor Anna Lysyanskaya are working on a way to use cell phones to track people who may have been exposed to coronavirus — without revealing any personal information.

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