Researchers from Brown University and the University of California have shown that the epigenetic profiles of breast tumors are related to patient diet and alcohol use as well as tumor size.
(Distributed July 29, 2010)
University President Ruth J. Simmons has sent a letter to the Brown University community informing them of the death of Paige Hicks, a member of the Class of 2011. Hicks died in a bicycling accident near Martin, S.D., on July 20th.
(Distributed July 22, 2010)
A team of archaeologists led by Stephen Houston has discovered a royal tomb in Guatemala, filled with materials that have been preserved for approximately 1,600 years.
(Distributed July 16, 2010)
Hospice care, certified and reimbursed by Medicare, offers specialized end-of-life care in the nursing-home setting. A new study finds that the average length of hospice stays is growing and has doubled in 10 years. A reimbursement policy based on when more hospice care occurs — usually at the beginning and end of a hospice stay — could result in more efficient payment for hospice care than the same daily rate regardless of length of stay.
(Distributed July 9, 2010)
A research team led by Brown University has documented dozens of channels carved by melted water from glaciers located in the midlatitude region of Mars. The glaciofluvial valleys were carved in Mars’ most recent epoch, the team reports, supporting the idea that the Red Planet was home to diverse watery environments in its recent past. Results are published in Icarus.
(Distributed June 23, 2010)
Carbon dioxide is the missing ingredient in explaining the advent of Ice Ages in the Northern Hemisphere and why those cold epochs have caused changes in the tropics for the past 2.7 million years. In a paper in Science, Brown University geologist Timothy Herbert and others analyzed ocean sediment cores and found a definitive link between the Ice Ages and ocean surface temperatures in the tropics. They believe carbon dioxide explains the link.
(Distributed June 17, 2010)
