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African elephants may forage for plants to use as medicine, Brown-affiliated study says

By Justin Gao | October 29

The research was centered around a collaboration with researchers at the National Museums of Kenya.

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Fact check: Does daylight saving time affect the body’s biological clock?

By Amrita Rajpal | October 29

Changes in daylight exposure can disrupt circadian rhythms, influencing sleep and other physiological functions.

Brown to work on $28.6 million federal grant project studying neurodegenerative disease

By Elizabeth Rosenbaum | October 29

Brown researchers will study protein aggregation with the $1 million they are receiving as part of the larger grant.

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Brown researchers deepen understanding of icy moon shells

By Zoya Jooma | October 26

Researchers used salinity models to deepen understanding of icy moon shells that could help interpret data from upcoming Jupiter missions.

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Brown researchers build cameras that can see in low-visibility environments

By Laila Posner | October 26

The new imaging system has applications in search-and-rescue drones, self-driving vehicles and medical imaging.

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Nearly 1 in 3 new nurse practitioners trained at for-profit schools, Brown researchers find

By Elizabeth Rosenbaum | October 22

The share of APRNs trained at for-profit schools increased from 2% to 31% between 2010 and 2024.

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The universe is constantly expanding. Brown researchers are working to model it.

By Alice Xie | October 21

Brown researchers found mathematical patterns in particle movement that are part of the cluster bootstrap method.

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Nobel Prize laureate Craig Mello ’82 P’15 P’22 set to join Brown’s faculty

By Nishita Malhan and Angel Lopez | October 19

Mello and Andrew Fire won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering RNA interference.

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Lesbian porn magazines reshaped ideas about sex, sexuality, says Old Dominion professor at Hay event

By Ivy Huang | October 19

R.I. organizations are planning efforts to support Rhode Islanders who are no longer covered.

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Brown researchers use new approach to understand movement of Earth’s layers

By Evan Griffith-Ebrahimi | October 16

Researchers studied an ancient rock in Scandinavia using two types of seismic waves.

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Innovation@Brown Showcase highlights new science, technology ventures

By Lucinda Empson-Speiden | October 16

The event awarded prizes to inventor, startup and innovation of the year.

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How staff at Ladd Observatory maintain a 135-year old telescope

By Wyatt Foster | October 16

Robert Horton, who has maintained the telescope for 25 years, will retire from his position at the end of this semester.

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Brown researchers explore personalized treatment for high blood pressure

By Amrita Rajpal | October 15

Molecular profiles may help create more effective individualized treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension, researchers find.

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Hay exhibit traces history of patent medicine through over 200 medicinal bottles

By Elizabeth Rosenbaum | October 14

“Remedy & Risk” is a reprisal of a 1975 exhibition on medicine sold before federal drug regulation.

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Brown researchers discovers genetic switch that guides axons

By Angel Lopez | October 9

Previously, scientists thought that axon guidance was determined locally at the tip of the axon.

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Fact check: Does an apple a day keep the doctor away?

By Elizabeth Rosenbaum | October 8

Brown experts say students need more than just apples to stay healthy this flu season.

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Childhood blood lead levels hit historic lows, but not for all youth, new study finds

By Sasha Gordon | October 6

Minority children had higher percentages of elevated blood lead levels than their counterparts in seven states.

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How TLC’s ‘90 Day Fiancé’ restages colonial sentimentality through its depiction of international marriages

By Ivy Huang | October 6

In her paper, English doctoral candidate Alyssa Manansala examined Larry Passariello and Jenny Passariello’s transnational relationship.

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Study reveals cultural disparities in pediatric refugee emergency department visits in R.I.

By Alice Xie | October 4

Mental health visit rates had the largest differences based on language and cultural background.

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Brown researchers find higher PFAS levels in young U.S. veterans compared to similarly-aged non-veterans

By Amrita Rajpal | October 1

Older veterans did not have the same heightened PFAS levels.