PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 1 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Researchers found that people who ate high levels of vitamin A were 17 percent less likely to get the second-most-common type of skin cancer years later. * * * People whose diets included high levels of vitamin A had a 17 percent reduction in risk for getting the second-most-common type of skin cancer, as compared to those who ate modest amounts of foods and supplements rich i more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 2 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Turbulent heat exchangers are widely used in HVAC systems around the world, and a new study demonstrates a simple modification that can improve their capability by 500%. * * * Researchers from Tsinghua University and Brown University have discovered a simple way to give a major boost to turbulent heat exchange, a method of heat transport widely used in heating, ventilation and more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 2 [TNSsociologyresearch -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - One semester after Bleeding Heart Libertarianism, four Brown students are working with political scientist John Tomasi to make connections between political philosophy and conditions on the ground in Chile. * * * When Brown juniors Daniel Newman and Peter Lees signed up for John Tomasi's political science course Bleeding Heart Libertarianism in spring 2019, they expected four more PR

WARWICK, Rhode Island, Aug. 1 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news: A recent case study by Community College of Rhode Island Adjunct Math Professor and East Providence, RI, native Andrew Bechard on the economic effects of red tide in Southern Florida will be published in the October edition of the Journal of the Academy in Business and Economics (JABE). Bechard's project, which he also submitted for his doctoral program at the University of  more PR

WARWICK, Rhode Island, July 29 -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news: Community College of Rhode Island students and Student Government Presidents Davila Jackley of Providence, RI, and Andrew Lee of Coventry, RI, have been selected to participate in College Leadership Rhode Island (CLRI), a year-long program designed to prepare students for life beyond the classroom. CLRI is a subdivision of Leadership Rhode Island, a nationally-recognized community leadership deve more PR

SONORA, California, July 31 -- Dirks, Van Essen, Murray and April, a merger and acquisition firm, issued the following news release: A federal bankruptcy judge in Oregon has approved the sale of The Union Democrat and its downtown Sonora building to Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers for $1.15 million. Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers, known as RISN, will take ownership today. Dirks, Van Essen, Murray & April, a media merger and acquisition firm based in Santa Fe, New Mexico represented Western  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 29 [TNSscienceresearch] -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * - Brad Wetherbee works with URI undergrads, high school kids to do research, spread the word * * * When the National Marine Fisheries Service began encouraging fishermen to target sharks as an "underutilized resource" in the 1980s, little was known about the animals' biology and ecology. But when shark populations soon plummeted, it spawned an abundance of research and moni more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Rhode Island, Aug. 2 -- KVH Industries issued the following news release: KVH Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: KVHI) reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2019 today. The company will hold a conference call to discuss these results at 9:00 a.m. ET today, which can be accessed at investors.kvh.com. Following the call, a replay of the webcast will be available through the company's website. As previously announced, the company sold its maritime training business, Videotel more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Rhode Island, July 30 -- KVH Industries issued the following news release: KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) will announce its financial results for the second quarter that ended June 30, 2019, on Friday, August 2, 2019. In conjunction with the release, the company will conduct its investor conference call at 9:00 a.m. ET, hosted by Mr. Martin Kits van Heyningen, chief executive officer, Mr. Donald Reilly, chief financial officer, and Mr. Brent Bruun, chief operating officer. A more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Rhode Island, July 31 -- KVH Industries issued the following news release: Maritime innovator KVH is pleased to announce it has joined the Smart Maritime Network (SMN) as one of the founding members of the initiative dedicated to supporting collaboration and standardization in the development of IT systems for the shipping sector. As a founding member, KVH will participate in Smart Maritime Council meetings with a select group of maritime technology developers, systems integrators,  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Aug. 2 [TNSscienceresearch] -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * - Contains recording of Beluga whale sounds * * * A science expedition led by the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography studying the rapidly changing Arctic Ocean has made a discovery that's being hailed as an "Arctic miracle." The Swedish icebreaker Oden, which is carrying the Northwest Passage Project expedition, salvaged a research buoy that contai more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 30 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * - 14 undergraduates awarded fellowships to do summer research * * * Dogs wag their tails. It's the classic way we tell if Fido is happy. But does that behavior separate your mutt from a wolf or a coyote? Kate Fish, a University of Rhode Island junior majoring in anthropology and biology, is testing that theory as she investigates a new method to morphologically distinguish domestic dogs from w more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 31 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - With a new five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health, the Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation will launch four research projects and establish a clinical laboratory for biological addiction research at Brown University. * * * With a new National Institutes of Health grant expected to total $12.5 million over five years, Brown University will expand more PR