<p>Brown unveils novel wireless brain sensor</p>

February 28, 2013
<p>In a significant advance for brain-machine interfaces, engineers at Brown University have developed a novel wireless, broadband, rechargeable, fully implantable brain sensor that has performed well in animal models for more than a year. They describe the result in the <em>Journal of Neural Engineering</em> and at a conference this week.</p>
Taubman Center Public Opinion Survey

<p>Poll: R.I. supports same-sex marriage</p>

February 28, 2013
<p>A new statewide public opinion survey conducted by the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University finds strong support for same-sex marriage in Rhode Island. Voters continue to worry about the state’s economy and express little confidence that state government officials will make the right decisions for Rhode Island’s future.</p>

<p>Brown researchers build robotic bat wing</p>

February 20, 2013
<p>The strong, flapping flight of bats offers great possibilities for the design of small aircraft, among other applications. By building a robotic bat wing, Brown researchers have uncovered flight secrets of real bats: the function of ligaments, the elasticity of skin, the structural support of musculature, skeletal flexibility, upstroke, downstroke.</p>
Media Advisory

<p>Brown students to host R.I. Fiscal Summit</p>

February 20, 2013
<p>Brown University student group Common Sense Action will host the Rhode Island Fiscal Summit on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at noon in Alumnae Hall on the Brown campus. The event, which will address the fiscal challenges facing the United States, includes a panel discussion by local public leaders and a keynote address by Stephen Rattner, former counselor to the U.S. secretary of the treasury.</p>
A long distance call

<p>Astronaut’s kids see dad’s office from Ladd</p>

February 20, 2013
<p>Space Station Commander Kevin Ford exchanged Valentine’s Day greetings with his adult kids Heidi and Anthony — he speeding by about 220 miles above Providence and they watching him fly past from Brown’s Ladd Observatory.</p>
2013 AAAS Annual Meeting

<p>At AAAS: Resilience of coastal communities</p>

February 18, 2013
<p>Preserving the vitality of the coastal marine environment requires more than environmental action. Fishermen and other dwellers in the coastal region are part of the ecology. Their goals, resilience, and interactions with the environment must be understood in developing an effective policy approach to environmental preservation and adaptation.</p>
2013 AAAS Annual Meeting

<p>Training speech networks to treat aphasia</p>

February 16, 2013
<p>Decades of research have helped scientists like Sheila Blumstein of Brown University understand how the brain produces speech. At the AAAS conference in Boston Feb. 16, 2013, she will speak about her efforts to translate those basic findings into a therapy for patients with aphasia.</p>

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