World’s most sensitive dark matter detector completes search
July 21, 2016
At a conference in the United Kingdom, scientists with the LUX dark matter experiment present results from the detector’s final 20-month run.
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Asteroid that formed Moon’s Imbrium Basin may have been protoplanet-sized
July 20, 2016
The research, published in Nature, has implications for our understanding of the early solar system.
For frozen embryos in dispute, scholars propose guidelines
July 18, 2016
In a new paper, two scholars — one medical, one legal — propose a set of practical guidelines to prevent the bitter arguments over frozen embryos that have confounded U.S. courts.
GAGA may be the secret of the sexes — at least in insects
July 14, 2016
Without simple repeating sequences of the DNA “letters” GA on the X chromosome, distinct genders could never have evolved, at least in flies and mosquitoes.
Rhode Island childcare centers using federal nutrition subsidy served healthier food
July 14, 2016
A new analysis of survey responses from more than 100 child daycare center directors suggests that stronger nutritional guidelines, like those enforced by a federal food subsidy program for low-income kids, lead to healthier meals.
Tiny ‘racetracks’ show how bacteria get organized
July 13, 2016
The new research sheds light on the surprisingly complex collective movements of bacteria in confined spaces.
Alpert Medical School, Hope Hospice extend affiliation
July 12, 2016
A new five-year agreement continues the formal educational partnership between the Alpert Medical School and Hope Hospice & Palliative Care.
Study explains how a protein deficiency causes spinal muscular atrophy
July 11, 2016
Research that reveals what goes wrong in SMA and suggests that a mild version of the same genetic defect may protect relatives against infection, which could explain why SMA is relatively common disease.
Study finds no substantial harm from primary care melanoma screening
July 8, 2016
Experts concerned that primary care screening for melanomas could lead to widespread misdiagnoses or overtreatment can take comfort in the results of a new study that found no such problems.
Finding their Royce
July 7, 2016
For 20 years, Brown’s Royce fellows have set out on carefully planned independent research projects across the world — but the discoveries that greet them aren’t always what they expect.