A team of Brown University researchers developed a technique that uses tiny polymer spheres to sense the forces at play as body tissue forms and grows.

Two PhD students and three master's students defended their theses this winter. Their graduate degrees will be conferred in February. Congratulations to the new graduates!

Brown’s Charles Pitts Robinson and John Palmer Barstow Professor of Applied Mathematics and Engineering George KarniadakisKarniadakis will receive the SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering at the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Conference on Computational Science and Engineering.

A brain-computer interface study reveals one brain region’s surprising role in planning movements exclusively in response to sounds.

Anita Shukla, assistant professor of engineering at Brown University, has been awarded a Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust Transformational Award, a $1 million grant over two years.

The Cancer Center at Brown University has announced the funding of eight pilot projects. These eight projects were selected from 24 proposals by a panel of expert faculty in an NIH study section-style review.

A multi-institution effort to better understand, diagnose and prevent concussions received a $10 million boost from the U.S. Office of Naval Research.

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted marketing authorization—under the De Novo premarket review pathway—for an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) implant, intended to serve as an alternative to ACL reconstruction to treat ACL tears.

Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, inducted 19 new members into the Rhode Island Alpha chapter at Brown University in a virtual ceremony held Friday, Nov. 20. Eleven juniors were inducted along with eight seniors.

A team of University researchers has proposed a new potential target for cancer treatments.

For Brown students in Providence this semester, semi-weekly testing has become the norm: Scheduled online twice a week, booking and receiving a COVID-19 test has become as commonplace as checking a dining hall’s menus before picking up dinner.

Brown’s Kimani Toussaint, professor and senior associate dean of the School of Engineering, was recently named to Science's Board of Reviewing Editors (BoRE).

A breakthrough research could someday lead to a viable treatment for traumatic brain injury.

The annual Biomedical Engineering Society meeting is being held virtually this year, but exciting research was still presented by Brown students and faculty.

In a conversation with leaders of Brown’s Carney Institute for Brain Science, two Brown neuroengineers explored how brain-computer interfaces promise to help restore movement in people with brain or spinal disorders.

An experimental drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, slowed the neurological decline of volunteers in a closely watched clinical trial, according to researchers, offering a glimmer of hope for a patient population that desperately needs new treatment options.

BME faculty, staff, and students are beginning this year remotely, but want to warmly welcome to our new BME graduate students!

Two PhD students defended their theses this summer. Their degrees will be conferred in October. Congratulations to the new Drs!

Brains are talking to computers, and computers to brains. Are our daydreams safe?

Professor Kimani Toussaint has been named Senior Associate Dean in the Brown University School of Engineering, announced Sorensen Family Dean of Engineering Larry Larson.

Regenerative medicine, an emerging field, allows a broad range of testing for toxicity and other health threats without using animal testing. Two Brown researchers, Dr. Kareen Coulombe and Dr. Diane Hoffman-Kim have been part of the Bioengineering Research Partnerships project, funded in 2016 by the NHLBI (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute).

Brown Biomedical Innovations to Impact awards projects focused on analyzing infant cries for signs of opioid withdrawal, developing a malaria vaccine and accelerating medical solutions into commercial technologies.

Brown Biomedical Innovations to Impact awards projects focused on analyzing infant cries for signs of opioid withdrawal, developing a malaria vaccine and accelerating medical solutions into commercial technologies.

The 10 newest members of the Brown University Graduate School’s open education program will customize their Ph.D. studies by seeking a master’s degree in a secondary field.