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Study discovers potential target for treating aggressive cancer cells

October 21, 2020

New research by a team at Brown University finds that special filaments called vimentin may be key to the spread of some aggressive, chemo-resistant cancer cells.

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News and Events

Early-career biostatistics scholar from Brown wins prestigious Packard fellowship

October 15, 2020

Brown School of Public Health faculty member Lorin Crawford will receive $875,000 over five years to pursue research in statistics, genomics and applied mathematics.

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Science and Technology

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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Environment

Researchers step toward understanding how toxic PFAS chemicals spread from release sites

October 15, 2020

New lab studies are helping researchers to better understand how so called “forever chemicals” behave in soil and water, which can help in understanding how these contaminants spread.

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Science and Technology

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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Health and Medicine

Tuned lighting helps nursing home residents get better sleep, study finds

October 6, 2020

A study led by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health found that using tuned LED lighting cut in half the number of sleep disturbances among older residents in long-term care.

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Health and Medicine

When disasters strike, nursing home residents face considerable risk

October 6, 2020

With a focus on nursing home deaths after Hurricane Irma in 2017, study finds the effects of natural and other disasters on long-term care populations are vastly underestimated.

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Science and Technology

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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News and Events

Brown researchers to help build telescope to study exoplanet atmospheres

October 1, 2020

With a new grant from NASA, Brown physicist Gregory Tucker and a team of students will help to build a telescope that can study the atmospheres of distant planets.

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Health and Medicine

Firearm injuries cost a health insurer $8.2 to $41.2 million to treat, study finds

September 28, 2020

Using insurance claim data from five states, a team of researchers led by Brown University physician-scholar Megan Ranney found that health care costs skyrocket in the six months after a firearm injury.

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Health and Medicine

Brown establishes new Cancer Center dedicated to research, clinical developments

September 22, 2020

An outgrowth of the Joint Program in Cancer Biology established by Brown and Lifespan, the center will focus efforts on world-class research, developing new therapeutics and addressing patients’ unique needs.

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Health and Medicine

COVID-19 Biobank at Brown and Lifespan fuels critical research amid pandemic

September 15, 2020

A bank of biological samples created by medical scholars and clinicians could help Brown researchers answer pressing questions about diagnosing and treating COVID-19.

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News and Events

Brown professor wins prestigious Fulbright award

September 2, 2020

Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Assistant Provost for Sustainability Stephen Porder will study and teach in Paris next year as a De Tocqueville Distinguished Chair.

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Health and Medicine

Imaging rapid drug effects in the human brain

August 25, 2020

Brown University researchers outline a method of showing how drugs affect the brain within minutes to hours of being taken.

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Science and Technology

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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Science and Technology

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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Stay-at-home orders significantly associated with reduced spread of COVID-19, study finds

August 12, 2020

As COVID-19 swept across the nation, most states went into lockdown — new research and state-by-state data suggests that stay-at-home orders helped slow the pandemic significantly.

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Health and Medicine

Quality of care at rural hospitals may not differ as much as reported, study suggests

August 10, 2020

A Brown University School of Public Health research team found that differences in diagnosis coding practices has resulted in artificially inflated mortality rate comparisons to other hospitals.

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Health and Medicine

Inconsistent EPA regulations increase lead poisoning risk to kids, study finds

August 6, 2020

As new lead protection rules from the Environmental Protection Agency move toward finalization, research shows that tens of thousands of children are at increased risk under the current set of inconsistent standards.

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Social Sciences

Anti-climate action statements get more visibility in news coverage, study finds

July 27, 2020

Analysis by assistant professor of environment and society and sociology at Brown found that press releases expressing opposition to climate action were twice as likely to receive news coverage as those supporting action.

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Science and Technology

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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Health and Medicine

$6.2 million grant renews Alcohol Research Center on HIV funding for five years

July 22, 2020

The grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism will fund the center, based at Brown’s School of Public Health, as researchers work to reduce the impact of alcohol misuse on the HIV epidemic.

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Health and Medicine

Expanded access to treatment in prisons and jails can reduce opioid overdose deaths by 31.6%, study finds

July 22, 2020

Using a microsimulation model, researchers at Brown predicted the number of opioid-related overdose deaths related to three different treatment options over the course of 8 years.

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Health and Medicine

Brown to fund biomedical technologies with commercial potential, patient benefits

July 20, 2020

Brown Biomedical Innovations to Impact awards projects focused on analyzing infant cries for signs of opioid withdrawal, developing a malaria vaccine and accelerating medical solutions into commercial technologies.

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Health and Medicine

Study helps to settle debate on roles of REM and non-REM sleep in visual learning

July 20, 2020

A study by a team of Brown University researchers sheds new light on the complementary roles of REM and non-REM sleep in visual perceptual learning.

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News and Events

Brown faculty members earn prominent awards, distinctions

July 14, 2020

In recent months, prestigious national and international organizations have recognized Brown faculty for their research, scholarship and leadership.

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Science and Technology

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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Science and Technology

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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Social Sciences

Voter protection led to steep drop in racially biased arrests in late 20th century, study finds

July 7, 2020

Using voting records and arrest data from before and after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a Brown economist found that increased enfranchisement led to fewer arrests for Black Americans.

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Health and Medicine

Drug treatment could improve effectiveness of immunotherapy for cancer patients

July 7, 2020

The MDM2 gene promotes tumor growth and interferes with immunotherapy in some cancer patients — a new study from a Brown University research team suggests that an MDM2-inhibiting drug could help address this problem.

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Science and Technology

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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Health and Medicine

Emergency physician shows everyday readers why ‘Sex Matters’ in health care

June 26, 2020

Dr. Alyson McGregor, cofounder of the Division of Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine at Brown, discusses the difference sex makes in medical research and care in her new book, “Sex Matters.”

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Health and Medicine

Scientists devise new ‘bar code’ method to identify critical cell types in the brain

June 25, 2020

A discovery by researchers at Brown’s Center for Translational Neuroscience could pave the way for future studies aimed at developing solutions to ALS and other vexing neuromuscular diseases.

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Science and Technology

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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Science and Technology

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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Science and Technology

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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Social Sciences

Report exposes persistent income, race gaps in college graduation, even with strong K-12 education

June 18, 2020

Researchers at Brown and Harvard found that Massachusetts children of all racial and economic backgrounds are more likely than ever before to enroll in college — but wealthy, white students are still far more likely to receive a college degree.

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Science and Technology

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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Health and Medicine

Past stressful experiences do not create resilience to future trauma, new study finds

June 11, 2020

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, new research finds that past stressors and traumatic events increase vulnerability to mental illnesses, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD).

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News and Events

Open Graduate Education Scholars push academic boundaries through their scholarship

June 10, 2020

The 10 newest members of the Brown University Graduate School’s open education program will customize their Ph.D. studies by seeking a master’s degree in a secondary field.

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Science and Technology

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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News and Events

Topological waves may help in understanding plasma systems

May 14, 2020

A research team has predicted the presence of “topologically protected” electromagnetic waves that propagate on the surface of plasmas, which may help in designing new plasma systems like fusion reactors.

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Health and Medicine

Study finds low proportion of individuals with autism receive recommended genetic tests

May 13, 2020

Tests can identify or rule out abnormalities, but a study from the R.I. Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment finds that most people with autism spectrum disorder don’t receive them.

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Environment

Brown scholar will use Carnegie fellowship to explore nature, politics in the Yukon

May 12, 2020

The fellowship will allow Bathsheba Demuth, an environmental historian, to use the Yukon watershed as a case study for how different societies manage, protect and plunder their natural resources.

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News and Events

Brown junior wins prestigious Udall Scholarship for environmental science

May 8, 2020

As a Udall Scholar, Melissa Lopez will examine ways to predict — and prevent — the effects of climate change upon city environments.

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Social Sciences

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown economist, colleagues develop real-time economic tracker

May 7, 2020

The research team Opportunity Insights, co-directed by Professor of Economics John Friedman, developed a tool to help policymakers and nonprofits respond to rapid economic shifts during the global health crisis.

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News and Events

Brown research teams mobilize to investigate COVID-19 solutions

May 6, 2020

Brown’s new COVID-19 Research Seed Fund is supporting 15 teams of faculty researchers who are working rapidly to develop solutions that could impact the world’s response to the pandemic.

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News and Events

Arctic ‘shorefast’ sea ice threatened by climate change, study finds

May 4, 2020

A new study shows that coastal sea ice used by Arctic residents for hunting and fishing will be reduced as the planet warms.

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Social Sciences

Anxiety impairs judgment in social situations, study finds

May 1, 2020

A new study by three Brown researchers found that those who report symptoms of anxiety have a harder time walking away from people who become increasingly untrustworthy.

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Health and Medicine

School of Public Health celebrates high-impact student research online

April 30, 2020

With students studying remotely as a result of COVID-19, Brown’s School of Public Health created a platform for students to share poster presentations on their research virtually.

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