Posts Tagged ‘Brown University’
Is middle class wealth in meltdown?
NYU / BROWN (US) —The collapse of home prices and the stock market has taken an immense toll on the assets of the middle class, hitting minorities and young adults especially hard, a new study suggests. Continue…
Monday, May 13, 2013 10:54 - 3 Comments
Health & Medicine - May 13, 2013 8:27 - 0 Comments
Mutation timing counts for tuberous sclerosis
BROWN (US) — Early genetic deletions in the thalamus may play an important role in the course and severity of a developmental disease that affects one in 6,000 people. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 10, 2013 11:54 - 1 Comment
Did water on moon come from Earth?
BROWN (US) — Water inside the moon’s mantle came from primitive meteorites, the same source believed to have supplied most of the water on Earth, researchers report. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 7, 2013 9:25 - 1 Comment
Guideposts in silicone unravel neuron growth
BROWN (US) — By guiding nerve cells’ growth, scientists have optimized the branching, tendrilous neurons for applications such as reconstructive surgery. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 7, 2013 9:06 - 1 Comment
Blood turns bat tongue into nectar ‘mop’
BROWN (US) — A species of bat uses blood flow to reshape its tongue while feeding—a quick, dynamic action that lets it scoop up as much nectar as possible in a single stroke. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 2, 2013 11:48 - 1 Comment
Algorithms find ‘hot networks’ in cancer
BROWN / WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Scientists have used two new algorithms to assemble the most complete genetic profile yet of an aggressive form of blood cancer. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 29, 2013 12:18 - 0 Comments
Estimated costs of ER care too low
BROWN (US) — The cost of emergency care in the US may be more than two times higher than previously published estimates, a new study suggests. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 23, 2013 16:48 - 1 Comment
In Brazil, two crops are better than one
BROWN (US) — Double cropping—planting two crops in a field in the same year— improves schools, helps advance public sanitation, raises median income, and creates jobs in rural Brazil. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 12, 2013 8:49 - 0 Comments
To retain water, succulents pump up leaves
BROWN (US) — To hang on to water in arid conditions, succulent plants have remodeled the vein structure of their leaves and gone 3D. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 11, 2013 13:34 - 2 Comments
Seniors in US South get risky meds more often
BROWN (US) — Seniors living in the Southeast US, women, and people in relatively poor areas are more likely to be prescribed high-risk medications, a new reports shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 9, 2013 15:33 - 0 Comments
Volcanoes on early Mars likely kept it toasty
BROWN (US) —When giant volcanoes were active early in Mars’ history, the planet may have released enough methane to keep the planet significantly warmer than it is today. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 3, 2013 13:40 - 0 Comments
Invasive ‘scarecrow’ crabs help restore marshes
BROWN (US) — Just the sight of the invasive green crab sends native grass-eating crabs running, which allows marshes and grasses to recover, researchers find. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 2, 2013 14:12 - 0 Comments
Moon minerals survive rock-melting blasts
BROWN (US) — Despite the unimaginable energy of large impacts on the Moon, they may not wipe the mineralogical slate clean, according to new research. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 22, 2013 12:26 - 1 Comment
Diapers made from CO2 coming soon?
BROWN / YALE (US) — Chemists have identified a cheaper and more sustainable method for producing acrylate, a chemical used to make materials from polyester fabrics to diapers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 22, 2013 6:45 - 0 Comments
Genes tied to severe autism may play bigger role
BROWN / VANDERBILT (US) — Two genes once shown to cause rare forms of autism now appear to have a wider role in general forms of the disease, a new statistical analysis shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 19, 2013 14:05 - 0 Comments
Ancient tectonic plate still under California
BROWN (US) — The discovery of “fossil” slabs of the Farallon oceanic plate under California could lead to new questions about the geology of North America. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 15, 2013 10:09 - 6 Comments
Iraq War: 10 years, 190,000 lives, $2.2 trillion
BROWN / BOSTON U. (US) — The Iraq War has killed more than 190,000 people and will cost the US $2.2 trillion, far exceeding initial 2002 estimates of $50 to $60 billion, according to a new analysis. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 14, 2013 13:05 - 0 Comments
Political strife can breed drug-resistant HIV
BROWN (US) — Political violence can have the long-term consequence of increasing viral resistance to treatment and HIV treatment failure. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 11, 2013 16:06 - 3 Comments
Moon impact left sea of molten rock 6 miles deep
BROWN (US) — Early in the Moon’s history, an ocean of molten rock covered its entire surface. But that wasn’t the last time the Moon’s surface melted on a massive scale. (more…)
