Jun 3, 2015 | Brain & Behavior, Health
New trial results published in The Lancet show that inmates forced off of methadone maintenance treatment upon incarceration — a widespread policy in U.S. prisons and jails — were significantly less likely to return to the effective addiction-controlling remedy after... 
Jun 3, 2015 | Earth, Energy & Environment, Health
Paleontologists have documented how dramatic shifts in climate have led to dramatic shifts in evolution. One such event, the Grande Coupure, was a wipeout of many European mammal species 33.9 million years ago when global temperatures and precipitation declined... 
May 11, 2015 | Earth, Energy & Environment
A project aimed at sampling pristine sediments from deep beneath an ancient Indonesian lake is in full swing. An international team of 40 scientists is drilling sediment cores from Lake Towuti on the island of Sulawesi. The sediments beneath the lake’s waters date... May 8, 2013 | Life & Non-humans
Nectar-feeding bats and busy janitors have at least two things in common: They want to wipe up as much liquid as they can as fast as they can, and they have specific equipment for the job. A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes the... Mar 21, 2013 | Brain & Behavior, Health
A new study finds that two genes individually associated with rare autism-related disorders are also jointly linked to more general forms of autism. The finding suggests a new genetic pathway to investigate in general autism research. The genes encode the proteins... Mar 18, 2013 | Brain & Behavior
Ten years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003, researchers have released the first comprehensive analysis of direct and indirect human and economic costs of the war that followed. According to the report, the war has killed at least 190,000 people,... Feb 28, 2013 | Brain & Behavior, Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans, Technology
A team of neuroengineers based at Brown University has developed a fully implantable and rechargeable wireless brain sensor capable of relaying real-time broadband signals from up to 100 neurons in freely moving subjects. Several copies of the novel low-power device,... Feb 21, 2013 | Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans, Uncategorized
Researchers at Brown University have developed a robotic bat wing that is providing valuable new information about dynamics of flapping flight in real bats. The robot, which mimics the wing shape and motion of the lesser dog-faced fruit bat, is designed to flap while... Feb 18, 2013 | Earth, Energy & Environment, Health, Life & Non-humans, Uncategorized
Many animals prefer food — snails, nuts, etc. — that must be cracked and crushed. Scientists have measured the maximum force of their impressive bites before, but a new study introduces a significant subtlety: bite force depends not only on the size and strength of... Feb 13, 2013 | Brain & Behavior, Health, Technology, Uncategorized
Why does training in mindfulness meditation help patients manage chronic pain and depression? In a newly published neurophysiological review, Brown University scientists propose that mindfulness practitioners gain enhanced control over sensory cortical alpha rhythms... 
