The Record

Building a healthy workspace

A team led by Brown School researchers designed a study — and made a public toolkit — to measure the effects that a deliberately designed environment can have on physical activity, the environment and collaboration.

Antibody removes Alzheimer’s plaques in mice

Sticky amyloid plaques play a role in Alzheimer’s disease. School of Medicine researchers have shown that an antibody targeting part of the plaques, the APOE protein, can sweep away the damaging plaques, opening potential treatment options.

Food culture along the Silk Road

Silk Road nomads may have been the gastronomic elites of the Medieval Ages, enjoying diets much more diverse than their sedentary urban counterparts, suggests a new study in Scientific Reports.