Brown celebrates launch of Watson Institute expansion
October 21, 2017
Members of the Brown community gathered amid the in-progress construction of additional facilities that will help Watson expand its teaching, research and partnerships.
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Let the move-in begin: Engineering Research Center opens its doors
October 20, 2017
With high-tech spaces for 15 faculty research groups and more than 100 research associates and graduate students, the building is designed to encourage the kind of interdisciplinary research for which Brown is known.
Terahertz spectroscopy goes nano
October 19, 2017
Brown University researchers have improved the resolution of terahertz emission spectroscopy — a technique used to study a wide variety of materials — by 1,000-fold, making the technique useful at the nanoscale.
An academic and economic powerhouse — Brown moves into South Street Landing
October 19, 2017
After years of private-public partnership to transform the long-vacant former South Street Power Station into a mixed-used development, Brown’s relocation of 400 staff members brings new vibrancy to its Jewelry District campus.
Research demonstrates method to alter coherence of light
October 18, 2017
In a finding that could have broad applications in optical devices, Brown University researchers have shown that they can transform incoherent light to almost fully coherent and vice versa.
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Global calcium consumption appears low, especially in Asia
October 18, 2017
A new systematic review of global daily calcium consumption suggests substantial regional differences — it’s lowest in East Asia and highest in Northern Europe.
Study shows how water could have flowed on ‘cold and icy’ ancient Mars
October 17, 2017
Research by planetary scientists at Brown University finds that periodic melting of ice sheets on a cold early Mars would have created enough water to carve the ancient valleys and lakebeds seen on the planet today.
Lessons from a legend: Abdul-Jabbar on a life of activism
October 16, 2017
From his childhood in Harlem, to his stardom in the NBA, to the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stressed the importance of identity and activism in a speech at Brown University.
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Research explains lack of evidence for some health care treatments
October 16, 2017
A new book co-authored by Brown public policy professor maps out how the status quo trumps science in American health care.