PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 6 -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - The two 19th-century buildings are now unified by two modern glass bridges and a light-filled "loggia," uniting faculty, staff and students from Brown's Department of History. * * * The historic Sharpe and Peter Green houses, former residences that were once neighbors on Angell Street, have spent much of the 21st century apart. Now, after 13 years of separation, the two Brown University buildings  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 6 [TNSscientificresearch] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - A Brown University team has shown that they can store and retrieve more than 200 kilobytes of digital image files by encoding the data in mixtures of new custom libraries of small molecules. * * * A team of Brown University researchers has made substantial progress in an effort to create a new type of molecular data storage system. In a study published in Nature Communica more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 8 -- Gov. Ralph S. Northam, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Governor Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his Administration. Office of the Governor Alexa Pinzon, Director of the Executive Mansion Alexa Pinzon has been appointed Director of the Executive Mansion. Alexa most recently served as Assistant Mansion Director, a position she held since 2018. Alexa joined the Executive Mansion during the McAuliffe administration as Assistant Chef more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Feb. 7 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Why hasn't human evolution solved painful childbirth? In evolving from other early primates, two distinctly human features - big brains and walking upright - have led to difficult childbirth. As the evolutionary tale goes: as we progressed to walk upright, the human pelvis became narrower and the birth canal more complex than other primates. Our chimp and gorilla cousins - with smaller-brained babies an more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Feb. 7 [TNSgrants] -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The University of Rhode Island announced that The Devereux Ocean Foundation, Inc. has pledged $250,000 to create the Devereux Ocean Foundation Fund for the Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO). The Devereux Ocean Foundation fosters ocean research, education, and stewardship. Current supported projects focus on coral reefs, marine mammals, and ocean education. The gift includes support for R more PR