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2012-11-08 12:18
Brown University’s Superfund Research Program is assisting the Fisherville Redevelopment Company by providing analytical information to assess (bio)remediation efforts at the Fisherville Mill NPL site (Grafton, MA). A short video of the...
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2012-11-02 09:13
Ingesting silver — in antimicrobial health tonics or for extensive medical treatments involving silver — can cause argyria, condition in which the skin turns grayish-blue. Brown researchers have discovered how that happens. The process is...
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2012-10-25 17:03
Cited as the largest grant to Brown, at $2.9 million, our SRP received noteworthy recognition in the Brown Daily Herald (Vol...
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2012-10-18 15:58
Doctoral student David Ciplet has been named a 2012 Switzer Environmental Fellow by the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. This year, the Switzer Foundation...
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2012-10-16 15:58
Through its Research Translation Core (RTC), the Brown University Superfund Research Program (SRP) joined a transdisciplinary effort to test the Eco-Machine, the only bioremediation unit in the country that uses fungi, plants, and animals to...
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2012-10-09 21:17
The AIChE Transport and Energy Processes Division presented James Rice with the “Best Paper Presentation” Award for his talk, “Aqueous Solubility of Binary and Multicomponent, Tarlike PAH Mixturesm” at the 2012 American Institute of Chemical...
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2011-12-19 16:06
Joe Calo, leader of Project 5, and his collaborators have developed a system that cleanly and efficiently removes trace heavy metals from water. In experiments, the researchers showed the system reduced cadmium, copper, and nickel concentrations...
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2011-11-28 10:51
Monique Perron’s poster Comparison of Passive Samplers for Monitoring Dissolved Organic Contaminants in Water Column Deployments was presented at The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America 32nd Annual...
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2011-11-17 16:12
The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Women in Safety Engineering (WISE) Common Interest Group has honored 100 women from around the world for making a difference in safety, health and the environment (SH&E). Marcella (Marcy...