Getting a biopsy for cancer is scary enough, but the long wait for the results can cause even more anxiety. A University of Rhode Island graduate student studying physics and business has come up with a method to speed up biopsy test results.
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Nursing professor studying couples receiving opioid addiction treatment
A University of Rhode Island College of Nursing professor is studying couples receiving methadone maintenance treatment for opioid use disorder and how being in recovery together influences treatment beliefs and outcomes.
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A University of Rhode Island engineering student wants to teach people the right way to lift heavy objects.
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One of the most exciting discoveries that paleontologists can make is finding the causal relationship between the extinction of ancient creatures and the environmental conditions that led to that extinction. A team of scientists and students at the University of Rhode Island is inching closer to revealing how a group of animals from the Late […]
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We all know our planet spins, but did you also know it is constantly changing. Earth’s outer crust moves in pieces over melted rock, coming together and spreading apart to reshape the geological landscape.
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Carpenter bees are among the largest bees in the Northeast, and since they burrow into wood – including houses – they have a bad reputation. But University of Rhode Island junior Becky Gumbrewicz is hoping to change that reputation and demonstrate that the insects provide significant benefits to people, too.
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Senior uses microscopic glass beads to track the path of storm water runoff—sediment and grime—that washes off roads and can damage the environment.
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Thanks to a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Human Services Lifespan Respite Grant Program, URI nursing students, along with students from Rhode Island College, provide respite care for family caregivers throughout the state.
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University of Rhode Island senior Alex Baranowski has been fascinated with insects since a young age. He raised mantises, butterflies and moths at home during his high school years, and even conducted scientific inquiries about the life cycle of some of the species he collected.
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The statistic from a “New England Journal of Medicine” study is staggering: More than one third of the world’s population is overweight or obese.
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