Sci/Tech
New robots connect to the Web
Designed to be built with easily obtainable parts, the Telepresence Robot Kit (TeRK) was introduced by associate robotics professor Illah Nourbakhsh and...
Research performed on mice to study plasticity
A mouse’s whiskers can tell a lot about the human mind. Alison Barth, an assistant professor of biological sciences and an affiliate of the Center...
How Things Work: Nuclear Fusion
Using a lithium laptop battery and 45 liters of water, a nuclear fusion reactor can produce an estimated 200,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity — the...
Nobel laureate speaks about the future of Physics in Buhl Lecture
In a presentation called “The Future of Physics,” this year’s Buhl Lecture, Nobel laureate David Gross spoke about the 25 most important problems...
SciTech Briefs
Morphine affects brain synapses Researchers at Brown University recently performed a study showing that morphine’s influence on learning and memory...