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TUESDAY, May 21 -- Urban elementary school children with poorly controlled asthma are likely to experience sleep problems and suffer academically, new research indicates.

The allure of personalized medicine has made new, more efficient ways of sequencing genes a top research priority.

The second suspect in the attack on a Brown University Basketball player, now faces felony assault charges.

Dr. James Comer is a rock star in my world, with sterling credentials and a great personal story.

That Jann Wenner's 22-year-old son and recent Brown University graduate Gus Wenner is taking the reins of Rollingstone.com ? - Leor Galil That a little-known mathematician has made a breakthrough on Twin Prime Conjecture? - Steve Bogira That there are big bucks to be made off female anxiety, whether about breast cancer or fertility ? - Kate Schmidt ... (more)

ATS 2013, PHILADELPHIA The negative effects of poorly controlled asthma symptoms on sleep quality and academic performance in urban schoolchildren has been confirmed in a new study.

Rolling Stone owner Jann Wenner has a knack for picking talent. So we're sure his online staff will give a hearty welcome to their new boss: Jann Wenner's fresh-out-of-college kid.

This same miniaturization of electronic systems is also creating new opportunities in biotechnology and biophysics.

This is an illustration of a single-stranded DNA homopolymer translocating through a silicon nitride nanopore.

The Village Voice, the nation's first and largest alternative weekly newspaper, welcomes esteemed critic and longtime judge of the awards Michael Feingold as Obie chairman for the 58th Annual Village Voice OBIE Awards, replacing former Chairman Brian Parks who has moved on from The Village Voice.

With obesity reaching epidemic levels in some parts of the world, scientists have only begun to understand why it is such a persistent condition.

A 22-year-old Brown University student has been charged with disorderly conduct following an incident in which a Brown basketball player was assaulted and suffered severe head injuries.

Danny Warshay recalls a time when people in Rhode Island who wanted to create their own companies from scratch were considered oddballs, or even "mutants." He was one of them, back when he graduated from Brown University in 1987 and was developing a software start-up here.

A Connecticut man accused of assaulting a Brown University basketball player over the weekend is expected to make his first appearance in a Rhode Island court.

You can forgive a 95-year-old with a history of heart problems for having a hard time getting around.

Evidence that Europe's austerity policies are not working was in ample supply this morning.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] - With obesity reaching epidemic levels in some parts of the world, scientists have only begun to understand why it is such a persistent condition.

Tory Lussier, 25, was arrested Wednesday in connection with an assault on a Brown University basketball player in Providence, Rhode Island.

The farmers themselves might have reason for concern themselves. Check out this Mother Jones article on the unexplained fecal foam that develops in manure pits and has caused explosions.

THE notion that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids has taken a hit. Analysis of lunar rocks suggests that our planet was born wet, and was even able to give some water to the moon.