PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 20 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - By keeping the brain in sync, these long-hypothesized but never-found neurons help rodents to detect subtle sensations. * * * By measuring the fast electrical spikes of individual neurons in the touch region of the brain, Brown University neuroscientists have discovered a new type of cell that keeps time so regularly that it may serve as the brain's long-hypothesized clock or more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 20 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - An analysis led by Brown sociologist Jayanti Owens found that different treatment of black and white students accounted for half of the racial gap in school suspensions and expulsions among 5- to 9-year-old children. * * * Elementary schools tend to discipline black students more harshly than white students, leading to a considerable racial gap in expulsion and suspension.  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 15 [TNSresearch] -- Brown University issued the following news release: A new study finds that climate change will put many conifer species native to small islands around the world on the road to extinction by 2070, even after allowing for some realistic wiggle room in the range of climate conditions those species might be able to withstand. The study, led by researchers from Brown University, found that up to a quarter of the 55 conifer species (a group that inc more PR

WARWICK, Rhode Island, July 15 -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news: Community College of Rhode Island interim director of Athletics Kevin Salisbury has been named 3rd Vice President of the National Alliance of Two Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA) for the 2019-20 membership year. Established in 1987, the NATYCAA represents athletic directors from approximately 700 two-year colleges in the United States and is dedicated to the continuing growth and de more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 20 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Researchers in Brown's School of Engineering are developing next-generation renewable energy technologies, advancing energy efficiency in computing and finding new ways to detect and clean contaminants in the environment. * * * As global temperatures rise, economies expand and population grows, the need increases for new environmental and energy technologies to create a clean more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 18 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release: * * * - Event will be Streamed Live on www.riag.ri.gov starting at 9 a.m. Friday * * * This Friday, July 19, 2019, Attorney General Peter Neronha will host the 21st Annual Open Government Summit at Roger Williams University School of Law in Bristol, Rhode Island. The event will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (registration begins at 8:30 a.m.) and will also be accessib more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 19 -- Gov. Gina Raimondo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement on Providence public schools: "Over the past few weeks, Commissioner Infante-Green has listened to hundreds of parents, students, educators and community members as they've shared their experiences with Providence Public Schools. "The stories shared in these community forums made us more painfully aware of the challenges facing the district and reinforced the urgency of addressing this crisi more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 19 -- Gov. Gina Raimondo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Gina M. Raimondo today signed an Executive Order announcing that the 31st Governor's Bay Day celebration will take place on Sunday, July 28, 2019. The day includes family-friendly activities and free parking at all Rhode Island state beaches, as well as fishing in Rhode Island saltwaters without a saltwater fishing license. The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) also  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 19 -- Gov. Gina Raimondo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Gina M. Raimondo today joined state and local officials, representatives from Wexford Science and Technology, Brown University, the Cambridge Innovation Center, Johnson & Johnson, and members of the public to officially open the Wexford Innovation Complex. "The Wexford Innovation Center is a 196,000-square-foot physical symbol of our progress," said Governor Gina M. Raimondo. "O more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 15 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * - Daniel Roxbury will use carbon nanotubes to examine living cells * * * If there was a sensor small enough to interact with and enter individual cells, imagine the information that could be collected. University of Rhode Island chemical engineering assistant professor Daniel Roxbury plans to use carbon nanotubes, which are 100,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, to serve as sens more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 16 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Professors at the University of Rhode Island's new Collaborative Cognitive Neuroscience Lab are partnering with research scientists, Julia Irwin, Ph.D., and Nicole Landi, Ph.D., at Haskins Laboratories to better understand how children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) learn language. Haskins is a private, non-profit research institute located in New Haven affiliated with Yale Uni more PR