Ancient global cooling gave rise to modern ecosystems
September 26, 2016
Sea surface temperatures dipped dramatically during a period from 7 million to 5.4 million years ago, a time of massive global ecological change.
Pluto’s ‘heart’ sheds light on a possible buried ocean
September 23, 2016
A giant asteroid impact in the dwarf planet’s past offers new insights into the possibility of an ocean beneath its surface.
Experiment looks back to when the universe’s lights came on
September 20, 2016
A Brown University physicist is part of an international experiment, newly funded by the National Science Foundation, to learn more about the first stars and galaxies.
Researchers make better sense of incoherent light
September 14, 2016
A technique called plasmonic interferometry helps to detect spatial coherence in ‘incoherent’ light.
Profiles in Summer Research: Sophia Gluskin-Braun
August 26, 2016
With a passion for problem-solving, the engineering concentrator is focused on the fundamentals of light and playing a role in promising research on next-generation solar cells.
For planetary science students, a summer of science in space with NASA
August 24, 2016
For Brown planetary science graduate students, a “mission-planning bootcamp” at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena offers an insider’s view of how to conduct research in space.
Questions for Brendan Hassett
Mathematicians, police join forces on the mathematics of crime
August 19, 2016
Researchers used real data from the City of Providence to look for interesting trends and patterns that might help police analyze criminal activity.
Questions for Jim Russell
Declining fishery production in critical African lake pinned to climate change
August 5, 2016
Warming water over the past 150 years is causing declining fish stocks in Lake Tanganyika, a large freshwater lake that supplies food for millions of Africans.
Researchers image brain cells’ reactions to concussive trauma
August 2, 2016
Using a laboratory device that can deliver concussive impacts to cell cultures and image the aftermath in real time, researchers from Brown are gaining new insight into how brain cells react to trauma.
Process could make key biodegradable polymer stronger and longer-lasting
July 25, 2016
The creation of a new polymer morphology in a material called PLA could lead to better medical implants and drug-delivery devices.