Terahertz waves, operating at a much higher frequency than microwaves, could one day be used to carry data many times faster than today’s cellular and Wi-Fi networks. More work needs to be done before terahertz technology is deployed, but a Brown-led research team has made progress on one important part: multiplexing and de-multiplexing a terahertz stream.
Several national and international rankings have recognized Brown as being a top university, including the just-released U.S. News & World report list of “America’s Best Colleges,” which placed Brown 14th among the Best National Universities. Brown was also recognized on other surveys for its academic strength, undergraduate teaching, financial aid, life-after-college preparation, and student offerings.
On Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, political and community leaders will join researchers from Brown University and the Rhode Island Public Health Institute to launch “Food on the Move Rhode Island,” a program that will bring affordable healthy fruits and vegetables to low-income, underserved residents in neighborhoods across the state including Providence, Woonsocket, Central Falls, Pawtucket, West Warwick, and South County.
A Social Security program that supports low-income children with disabilities is not overserving the estimated need, but may be underserving it. Those are main conclusions from a new Institute of Medicine report and accompanying editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association co-authored by Brown University epidemiologist Stephen Buka.
Brown University has announced a new unified policy on issues of sexual violence, harassment and misconduct and new procedures for filing, investigating, and resolving complaints.
Psychologists have hypothesized that when we try to understand the scenery we see, we begin by assessing some pre-ordained priorities. A new study questions that idea by providing evidence that people simply make the easiest distinctions first.
Obstructive sleep apnea may be underdiagnosed in postmenopausal women. A new study strongly associates the condition’s traditional risk factors with nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting), suggesting that it may be an additional screening factor for doctors to consider.
Tricia Rose, professor of Africana studies and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, will deliver the 252nd Opening Convocation address to the campus community, including undergraduate, graduate, and medical school students who are beginning their studies at Brown this fall. The ceremony begins at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, on the College Green.
An international team of researchers has found direct chemical evidence that the fossilized remains of a bird-like dinosaur still harbor melanosomes and the pigment they produced. Their study reinforces the idea that scientists can discern the coloration of long-lost animals.
A new study looked at the effect of light exposure at night — like that from phones or tablets — on the biology of teen sleep. The researchers found that children in early to middle puberty were especially vulnerable to suppression of a hormone key to sleep timing.
