PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 1 (TNSGra) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Einstein's theory of general relativity is one of the most successful theories in all of science. It posits that massive objects warp the very fabric of space and time, giving rise to the gravitational force that holds the universe together. The theory's predictions have been tested to remarkable precision, and it has passed every test so far. But for all that success, there are things about the un more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 2 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * Data queries written in Python, a commonly used programming language, can grind data analytics platforms to a crawl, but a new platform developed by researchers from Brown and MIT may finally solve the Python efficiency problem. * * * Researchers from Brown University and MIT have developed a new data science framework that allows users to process data with the programming language Python - more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 2 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * People were less politically polarized after taking part in workshops modeled on the principles of couples therapy, showed a study conducted by a political scientist at Brown, the nonprofit Braver Angels and other researchers. * * * Experts know political polarization in the United States is a problem. What they don't know, according to Rob Blair, is what to do about it. Thanks to countles more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 1 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: University of Rhode Island alumnus Adam Wiener '87 was recently presented with the National Association of Broadcasters' (NAB) prestigious 2021 Digital Leadership Award. The award is presented annually to an individual, group, network or broadcast station that has played a key role in transforming traditional broadcast news to be successful in the digital world. Wiener, who has been on the fore more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 1 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news on June 30, 2021: Governor Dan McKee, Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, and Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH, today released guidance for Rhode Island schools to safely return to full in-person learning this fall. State departments, including the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) and the Rhode Island Department of more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 1 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 30, 2021: Governor Dan McKee, Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, and Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH, today released guidance for Rhode Island schools to safely return to full in-person learning this fall. State departments, including the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), wil more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 2 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Alex Tsang wants to travel the world and work with animals after he graduates from the University of Rhode Island next year. He's going to have a chance to enjoy at least one of those opportunities ahead of schedule when he travels to Taiwan this fall to study Chinese culture, history and language as one of two URI recipients of the prestigious Freeman Award for Study in Asia through the Institu more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 2 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Was Socrates a man or a god? How can you remove societal biases from machine learning? How should solitary confinement in prisons be reformed? Those are just a few of the 11 research projects being tackled this summer by College of Arts and Science Fellows at the University of Rhode Island. The summer fellowship program funds undergraduates in an Arts and Sciences major to participate in resea more PR