Researchers observe heat exchange in an exotic material
April 17, 2017
The research, co-authored by a Brown University physicist and published in the journal Nature, may help in the development of quantum computers.
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Assay of nearly 5,000 mutations reveals roots of genetic splicing errors
April 17, 2017
Brown biologists have developed a new system, described in Nature Genetics, that identified and tracked hundreds of genetic variations that alter the way DNA is spliced when cells make proteins, often leading to disease.
Brown to waive application fee for low-income students
April 14, 2017
Beginning with the class entering in fall 2018, eligible prospective students will no longer need to request application fee waivers personally.
Early school starts pit teens in a conflict between society, biology
April 12, 2017
At an April conference in Washington, D.C., Brown University Professor Mary Carskadon will describe decades of research that explain why adolescent biology makes the 7:30 a.m. school bell so problematic.
Brown’s president named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 11, 2017
Christina Paxson, Brown’s 19th president and an economics and public health scholar, has been elected a member of one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies.
Brown professor wins Guggenheim fellowship to advance research on Italian fascism
April 11, 2017
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded a 2017 fellowship to Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg for a book project that explores how land reclamation projects in the 1930s helped generate public support for Benito Mussolini’s regime.
ICERM wins new grant from Simons Foundation
April 11, 2017
The funding, totaling nearly $1 million, will expand the institute’s research workshop programming.
Stress flips cocaine relapse to ‘on’; research switches it back to ‘off’
April 11, 2017
Even a single, brief stress can induce days of relapse to cocaine-seeking among rats, but a new study shows how the tendency to relapse persists and how to shut it down, suggesting a new pathway for developing addiction treatment medications.
Rousseff sees anti-democratic trend in the weakening of Brazil’s social safety net
April 10, 2017
The former president of Brazil spoke about prioritizing the fight against poverty during her administration and how income inequality threatens democracy.
Students cite research opportunities at Brown as key to winning prestigious NSF fellowships
April 10, 2017
The highly competitive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships provide a stipend and cover tuition for three years of graduate school.