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Growing curiosity: Pre-College students explore regenerative medicine

Led by Brown faculty, high schoolers in an intensive, two-week Summer@Brown course combine cellular biology, 3D printing and ...
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Birds’ flying ‘V’ formation saves energy with flatter flaps, new research shows

A study by Brown University researchers provides new insights, which could have implications for engineered systems, into the ...
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Researchers develop automated system to accelerate outbreak detection and disease surveillance

New workflow developed by Brown University researchers compresses hours of manual lab labor into a single automated process, ...
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Q&A: Brown University sociologist on impact of wrongful convictions on justice, public safety

In her new book “Crime Fictions,” Associate Professor of Sociology Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve analyzes the factors that ...
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Irish Folds: Studying snake vertebrae to decode the mysteries of animal evolution

The rising Brown University senior and biology concentrator is conducting hands-on research with snake specimens at natural ...
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Living on Brown campus, cohort of Providence high schoolers takes major step toward college readiness

The inaugural cohort of the Brown Collegiate Scholars Program began its residential experience this summer, balancing ...
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Air-quality monitoring underestimates toxic emissions to Salton Sea communities, study finds

Researchers showed that hydrogen sulfide, which is associated with numerous health conditions, is emitted from California’s largest lake at levels far higher and more frequently than previously ...
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Lachlan Kirby: Biking 3,000 miles across America, fueled by community care and curiosity

Through a self-designed public health research project, the rising Brown University junior is spending the summer on a solo cross-country cycling trip, volunteering with nonprofits across the South.
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With federal award of up to $22 million, researchers to study treatment to slow the human aging process

Researchers from Brown University and the University of Rochester will lead a multi-institution project to test whether reducing DNA-triggered inflammation can help older adults stay healthier for ...
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Not getting enough iodine? Brown pediatric endocrinologist reveals why iodine deficiency is on the rise

Dr. Monica Serrano-Gonzalez of the Warren Alpert Medical School discussed her research on the risks of iodine deficiency and what people can do about it. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Doctors ...
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Brown medical school graduate to offer ‘small dose of idealism’ during cynical moment in time

At the Warren Alpert Medical School ceremony during Commencement and Reunion Weekend, Meylakh Barshay hopes to inspire classmates to find strength in community and to fix what they can, no matter how ...
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Brown University economics professor Peter Howitt wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Howitt, a professor emeritus of economics who joined the Brown faculty in 2000, was awarded “for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction.” PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — The ...