The Record

Overweight mothers underestimate their children’s weight

Mothers who are overweight or obese tend to underestimate the weights of their obese children, according to a new study from the Brown School.

Molecular function tied to high blood pressure, other diseases

By altering part of one molecule’s function, university engineers and researchers opened the door for more insight into how the molecule is associated with high blood pressure, autism and movement disorders.

Secrets of the shells

By growing phytoplankton called coccolithophores in the lab, scientists — including a postdoctoral researcher from Arts & Sciences — could understand the large biological overprint on the climate signal encoded by their remains.