PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 20 -- Brown University issued the following news release: Brown Biomedical Innovations to Impact awards projects focused on analyzing infant cries for signs of opioid withdrawal, developing a malaria vaccine and accelerating medical solutions into commercial technologies. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Ranging from technology that analyzes the cries of infants for signs of opioid withdrawal to gene therapy treatment for post-traumatic osteoarthritis, five more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 23 -- Brown University issued the following news release: The grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism will fund the center, based at Brown's School of Public Health, as researchers work to reduce the impact of alcohol misuse on the HIV epidemic. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- The Alcohol Research Center on HIV (ARCH), a multidisciplinary program in the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at the Brown University School of Pub more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 23 -- Brown University issued the following news release: The epidemic of opioid-related overdose death persists across the United States, and people released from jails and prisons are at particular risk. While the benefits of life-saving medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) -- such as methadone, buprenorphine and extended-release (XR) naltrexone -- has been documented across hospitals and treatment centers, its uptake has been extremely limited in U.S. pr more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 20 -- Brown University issued the following news release: Which sleep stage is most important for learning: REM or non-REM? Does sleep improve learning by enhancing skills while people snooze, or by cementing those skills in the brain so that they're less likely to forget them? Do these processes occur every time someone sleeps, or only after they have learned something new? The answer to these questions, according to a new study on visual learning, is "all of th more PR

NEW LONDON, N.H., July 21 -- Colby-Sawyer College issued the following news: The Colby-Sawyer College Board of Trustees has elected Bonita Basnyat '14 of South Kingston, Rhode Island, as its newest Winton-Black Trustee. Basnyat began her one-year term July 1, replacing Cailin Bullett '13 as one of two Winton-Black Trustees on the board. Created in 2009, Winton-Black Trustees are alumni of the college who graduated between three to nine years prior to election. Eligible to serve up to three, on more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 22 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following news release: Twice a year, at the discretion of the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (RIPUC), National Grid adjusts its electricity supply prices for both residential and small and medium business customers. The electricity supply rates represent the cost at which National Grid buys electricity from regional suppliers and delivers it to its customers, without a mark more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 21 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Yes, you should wear face coverings, practice social distancing and wash your hands frequently to reduce your exposure to COVID-19, but did you ever think improving your diet or reducing your alcohol consumption could also play a role in fighting the disease? University of Rhode Island Professor of Psychology James O. Prochaska, founder of the Cancer Prevention Research Center, and one of the leading b more PR