Early in their careers Brown University Professors Vincent Mor and James Morone each had formative experiences in which they recognized the importance of the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine). Now they have been elected members of the organization they’ve long admired.
Members of more than 1,300 Brown families gathered in galleries, lecture halls, performance spaces and the football stadium to get a taste of what their students experience. President Paxson set the stage with a keynote address outlining the University’s vision for the future.
The European Court of Justice has struck down the so-called Safe Harbor agreement, which allowed U.S. companies to skirt many European data privacy laws. Computer scientist Anna Lysyanskaya says now is a good time for companies to start using cryptographic methods that enable them to do business without collecting customers’ private information.
Within a giant impact basin near the Moon’s south pole, there sits a large mound of mysterious origin. Research by Brown University geologists suggests that the mound was formed by unique volcanic processes set in motion by the impact that formed the basin.
Brown University researchers have developed a method for detecting single nucleotide mutations directly in the RNA of HIV, including mutations that make it resistant to some drugs. In lab tests, the single-step system performed more quickly and with better sensitivity than standard technologies.
Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt and closest dwarf planet to Earth, had been remarkable for its plain surface. New research suggests that most of the material that has struck Ceres in high-speed collisions has stuck — billions of years worth of meteorite material.
The burgeoning field of optogenetics makes it possible for scientists to control brain activity using pulses of light. Now, Brown University researchers have developed an optogenetic device which opens the possibility of bidirectional communication with the brain — stimulating neural microcircuits while while monitoring changes in neural activity.
Our cells contain proteins, essential to functions like protein creation and DNA repair but also involved in forms of ALS and cancer, that never take a characteristic shape, a new study shows. Instead it’s how they become huddled with each other into droplets that matters. Scientists may therefore have to understand the code that determines their huddling to prevent disease.
Bootstrap is a curriculum that helps kids learn algebra as they program their own video games. A new $1.5-million grant from the National Science Foundation will help researchers refine the curriculum and train more teachers to use it.
Slavoj Žižek, the renowned Slovenian cultural theorist and philosopher, will deliver the Roger B. Henkle Memorial Lecture, at Brown University on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. His talk begins at 5:30 p.m. in Salomon Center for Teaching, De Ciccio Family Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
