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In a new study in mice, researchers overcame a process by which cancer co-opts a fundamental protein into protecting it against the body’s defenses.

In a new study of hundreds of Cincinnati moms, higher levels of exposure to the common industrial chemical PFOA were linked to a greater likelihood of ending breastfeeding by three months.

Scientists studying how stress in early childhood affects the brain have new evidence from a study in male mice that a key region appears to mature faster.

The same scientific quest for which Erika Edwards won recognition from President Obama on May 5 had two months earlier led her and 12 students up dusty mountainsides in the world’s driest desert.

A new intervention may help mitigate some of the sleep disruption, depression and anxiety that can plague some new moms during pregnancy and postpartum.

A new study suggests that if prison health providers ask women whether they have exchanged sex for drugs or money, they may find that more than one in four have, and that they are at especially high risk for health and social problems.

Nurturing stem cells atop a bed of mouse cells works well, but is a non-starter for transplants to patients – Brown University scientists are developing a synthetic bed instead.

Destined to encounter patients with addiction to opioids, students from across the health care disciplines and from a number of Rhode Island’s colleges and universities learned to work as a team to save lives.

A study in JAMA Internal Medicine reports wide disparities in the quality of care for Medicare Advantage plan holders in Puerto Rico compared to those in the 50 states. The quality gaps exist in the context of the territory’s significant economic challenges and low and declining payments from the Medicare program.

A simple chemical conversion could be another step toward making cheap, efficient and stable perovskite solar cells.

Having spent the last eight months designing and building their own racecar, an interdisciplinary team of Brown undergraduates is about to put their 115-mph racer to the test.

Scientists report a new degree of success in using brain scans to distinguish between adults diagnosed with autism and people without the disorder, an advance that could lead to the development of a diagnostic tool.

Two environmental science concentrators in the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society have won an international prize for their idea to make Kenyan fish farming more sustainable.

Scientists studying the biology of aging have found dozens of genes common to worms, flies, mice and humans that are all affected by the same family of proteins.

A new study of hundreds of emergency department visits finds that the links between substance misuse and suicide risk are complex, but that use of cocaine and alcohol together was particularly significant.

A new catalyst combining copper nanoparticles with a special type of graphene could lead to a greener way of producing ethylene, a key commodity chemical.

Four upcoming events, all free and open to the public, feature timely topics in public health such as women’s issues around the globe and preventing youth gun violence.

As someone who has studied nutrition and health in Samoans over the last 40 years, Brown University public health researcher Stephen McGarvey provided data for new publications on the global trends in obesity and type 2 diabetes reported in The Lancet.

Neuroscientist Diane Lipscombe will lead the multidisciplinary brain science center as its new director effective immediately, Brown Provost Richard Locke announced today.

Scientific concepts like the human microbiome, genetic splicing or conductive polymers sound complicated, but in the SciToons series Brown University students and faculty members make them fun and easier to understand.

From preschoolers to professors, thousands of attendees are expected on Saturday to check out robotic technologies developed in the Ocean State and beyond.

A collaboration launched over lunch has now become a two-day international conference at Brown on April 8 and 9 — the goal has been to examine ways that early life stress affects the brain with the hope of assisting those working to help refugee children, such as those displaced by five years of fighting in Syria.

New research shows why some large landslides travel greater distances across flat land than scientists would generally expect, sometimes putting towns and populations far from mountainsides at risk.

Cropland recycles less water into the atmosphere than native vegetation in Brazil’s wooded savannas, which could lead to less rain in the region as agriculture expands.

Bats need sensitive hearing to function effectively, yet live immersed in an intense clamor of sound – a new study shows that the noisy background doesn’t reduce their hearing sensitivity, which is a rare immunity in nature.

Brown professor of neuroscience is in Uruguay this week to be celebrated as a newly elected fellow of the International Society of Neuroethology.

In two new studies inspired by the clamor of bats in flight, Brown undergraduates have made key contributions and ultimately come to regard research as a trajectory in their careers.

For her studies on how distraction affects motor learning and action, National Science Foundation recognizes Assistant Professor Joo-Hyun Song with a CAREER award, which she’ll use to advance her research.

Brown’s Katherine Sharkey and a consortium of researchers will combine a mobile app with genetic screening to better understand what puts women at risk for postpartum depression.

Yuanyuan ‘Alvin’ Zhou, an engineering graduate student, has been honored with the “Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad.”

A new fellowship program in the School of Engineering aims to draw top postdoctoral scholars and groom them to be leaders in academia.

Brown University researchers have developed a method for making super-wrinkled and super-crumpled sheets of the nanomaterial graphene. The research shows that the topography can enhance some of graphene’s already interesting properties.

At exactly noon, a record number of Alpert Medical School students learned where they will start their medical careers. Brown University's festive Match Day event, like those held at medical schools across the country, reveals where graduating MDs will serve as medical residents.

Reflecting demand in the economy, Brown’s graduate programs in biomedical engineering and biotechnology have more than quintupled their enrollment in four years.

Dr. Rami Kantor will serve an initial four-year term on a federal panel that sets recommendations for how antiretroviral medications should be used to treat and prevent HIV.

Brown University engineers have devised a way to focus terahertz radiation using an array of stacked metal plates, which may prove useful for terahertz imaging or in next-generation data networks.

With movies, hands-on demonstrations, lectures and panels, an art exhibit, and a huge research poster session a dizzying array of opportunities awaits members of the public and the Brown University community who want to learn about brain science.

Studies of how climate change might affect agriculture generally look only at crop yields. But climate change may also influence how much land people choose to farm and the number of crops they plant each growing season. A new study takes all of these variables into account, and suggests researchers may be underestimating the total effect of climate change on the world’s food supply.

The U.S. has reached a record-high rate of twin births, and the use of in vitro fertilization is part of the reason. But in a commentary in this month’s American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Dr. Eli Adashi argues that implemented differently, IVF could instead reduce the rate toward natural levels.

Knowing how cells move through different tissues in the body could be useful in treating conditions from cancer to autoimmune disorders. A new technique developed by Brown researchers can track cell movement in complex environments that mimic actual body tissues.

From perspectives both professional and personal, six speakers convened by the School of Public Health and the Graduate Student Council Feb. 25 discussed the societal and individual damage done by racial bias. But they also shared strategies for addressing some of the systemic challenges racism poses for health and research.

A new study finds a strong correlation between new HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men in Rhode Island and their use of online hookup sites. Study authors at Brown University, The Miriam Hospital, and the Rhode Island Department of Health called for operators of hookup websites and apps to work with public health officials to include more prevention messaging.

With a public lecture series, including a talk Feb. 25 and proposed curriculum enhancements for students in all four years, the Alpert Medical School plans to provide students training in mindfulness. The practice can be an effective tool to remain psychologically resilient amid the uniquely difficult experiences of medical school and professional practice.

Two potential ways of stamping out serious disease by manipulating the genomes of human embryos are under intense public debate: mitochondrial replacement therapy and germline genome editing. The UK has already approved the former. Its process could guide the U.S. as it considers allowing either or both of the techniques.

A group of Brown students and faculty members traveled recently to Argentina to study the region's geology and to learn about the global tectonic processes that push and pull the continents around the globe.

Stefanie Tellex, assistant professor of computer science, was one of 126 new fellows for 2016, announced today by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Brown University researchers investigating how mindfulness may affect cardiovascular health have measured a significant association between a high degree of ‘everyday’ mindfulness and a higher likelihood of having normal, healthy glucose levels. Their analysis showed that a lower risk of obesity and greater sense of control among more mindful people may play mediating roles.

Brown University researchers may have discovered what’s responsible for discrepant findings between dozens of fundamental studies of the biology of aging. A drug commonly used in research with C. elegans worms, they report, has had unanticipated effects on lifespan.

A large clinical trial for which Brown University neurology Chair Dr. Karen Furie served as principal neurologist, found that a drug that controls insulin resistance was helpful in preventing heart attacks and second strokes in patients.

Sydney Levin and Michael Villaseñor of the New York Times came to campus on Monday, Feb. 15 to discuss the paper's new foray into virtual reality.