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6 hrs ago | Science Daily

Fastest measurements ever made of ion channel proteins

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

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Related Topix: Science, Electrical Engineering

10 hrs ago | EurekAlert!

Penn research makes advance in nanotech gene sequencing technique

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

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Related Topix: University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Physics, Astronomy, Science, Columbia University

Sun May 19, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

Obie Awards Ceremony Set for Tonight at Webster Hall

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.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, New York, Recreational Vehicle, Honey, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Alice, Brooklyn College, City University of New York

Medical News Today

A Vicious Cycle That Helps Obesity Perpetuate Itself

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

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Related Topix: Chemistry, Biology, Science, Biochemistry, Health

Sat May 18, 2013

WSTM-TV Syracuse

Brown athlete from Fulton arrested in connection with assault on basketball player

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.

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Related Topix: Fulton, NY

Fri May 17, 2013

The Providence Journal

The Garage highlighted growing companies

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.

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WHDH

Suspect in Brown athlete assault expected in court

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.

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Thu May 16, 2013

WCAX-TV Burlington

Super Senior: Norm Case

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

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Reuters

There is no sovereign debt crisis in Europe

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

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EurekAlert!

Vicious cycle: Obesity sustained by changes in brain biochemistry

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.

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Related Topix: Biochemistry, Biology, Science, Providence, RI, Chemistry

NBC Connecticut

Vernon Man Charge in Assault on RI College Student

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

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Related Topix: Providence, RI

Wed May 15, 2013

Arkansas Times

The hog manure open line

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.

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Related Topix: Mount-Judea, AR, John Brown University, Little Rock, AR, University of Arkansas

New Scientist

Moon water came from young wet Earth

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.

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Related Topix: Providence, RI, Science / Technology

ArkansasMatters

John Brown University Opens Little Rock Center

John Brown University officially opened its Little Rock Center at a ceremony today at the 8114 Cantrell Rd.

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Related Topix: John Brown University, Little Rock, AR, Pulaski County, AR

The Providence Journal

Brown University basketball player remains in critical condition Wednesday

A Brown University basketball player who was punched in an apparently unprovoked attack Sunday remains in critical condition Wednesday at Rhode Island Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said.

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Related Topix: Norwood, MA

The Phoenix

Digital alchemy on Power Street

Brown University's Multimedia and Electronic Music Experiments program sits on the second floor of a brick building on Power Street in Providence.

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Related Topix: Providence, RI

Tue May 14, 2013

Park Record

PCHS students get national accolade

According to Bob O'Connor, principal at Park City High School, as the leader of the school it is always a special moment seeing students leave with success.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Utah, Standardized Testing, Education, Purdue University, Park City, UT

Nashoba Publishing Online

a U.S. history lesson that keeps on trucking

The schoolchildren piled into the rail car in downtown Washington and looked up and down as the lights flickered and the floor rumbled.

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Related Topix: us Travel, Travel

FiveThirtyEight

The Choice Blog: 'Thrilling and Maddening' Senior Year Was an Adventure Worth Taking

Chandler Buckingham , a student at Rogers High School in Rogers, Ark., is one of eight high school seniors around the world who are blogging about their college searches.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Rogers, AR, John Brown University, Wesleyan University

The Phoenix

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Somewhere in the caves of France there is probably an undiscovered depiction of the earliest version of Romeo and Juliet .

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts