PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 4 [TNSscientificresearch] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - A new technique for mapping the forces that clusters of cells exert on their surroundings could be useful for studying everything from tissue development to cancer metastasis. * * * A team of researchers has developed a new technique to map the three-dimensional forces that clusters of human cells exert on their surrounding environment. The method could potentially help sc more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 4 [TNSscientificresearch] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - High-frequency vibrations are some of the most damaging ground movements produced by earthquakes, and Brown University researchers have a new theory about how they're produced. * * * Earthquakes produce seismic waves with a range of frequencies, from the long, rolling motions that make skyscrapers sway, to the jerky, high-frequency vibrations that cause tremendous damage t more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 5 -- Brown University issued the following news release on March 4: * * * - May, who served as the U.K.'s prime minister from 2016 to 2019, spoke about the divisive present and potentially promising future of Western democracies at the 100th Ogden Lecture at Brown University. * * * What spurred the United Kingdom's Conservative Party to push a referendum to leave the European Union? According to Theresa May, it was a growing recognition that many in the countr more PR

BERLIN, New Hampshire, March 5 -- The Community College System of New Hampshire issued the following news release: * * * - Community College System Chancellor to Step Down - Dr. Ross Gittell to Accept Presidency of Bryant University * * * After nine years as Chancellor of the Community College System of NH, Dr. Ross Gittell will step down this summer to become president of Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Jeremy Hitchcock, chairman of the CCSNH board of trustees, shared the  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 7 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: They are created to make our lives easier - find us a cheaper price on a gallon of gas, warn us of traffic or an accident in our path and direct us to our location more quickly, locate the best value on milk and eggs - but in the digital age, crowd-learning apps are only as good as the usefulness of the information they collect and the speed with which they share it. Bin Li, an assistant professor of e more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 7 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Pharmacies across the region are being encouraged to distribute naloxone along with higher dose opioid prescriptions and medication combinations to help fight the opioid overdose crisis, according to a recent University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy study. Naloxone, a safe and effective antidote drug for opioid-related overdose, is the fastest and most effective way to save someone's life and res more PR

LA JOLLA, California, March 5 [TNSscientificresearch] -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * - URI researchers use SDSC's 'Comet' supercomputer to validate modeling * * * Researchers at the University of Rhode Island (URI) used San Diego Supercomputer Center's (SDSC) Comet supercomputer to show that high-performance computer modeling can accurately simulate tsunamis from volcanic events. Such models could lead to early-warning systems that could sav more PR