A group of University of Rhode Island engineering students has come up with device designed to prevent small airplanes from colliding on runways. Their device attaches to the wingtip of a plane using suction cup. It uses ultrasonic sensors that …
A group of University of Rhode Island students have been jumping up and down for weeks on a variety of playing surfaces in a study to evaluate how each affects athletic performance and injury potential. Disa Hatfield, URI assistant professor …
The University of Rhode Island has been awarded a $206,000 federal grant to help educate the state’s agricultural producers on crop insurance. U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin announced the grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday. It supports risk …
Students and faculty from the University of Rhode Island have had a close-up look at the devastation caused by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Seven URI students spent 10 days in Japan in August investigating the physical and …
Scientists at the University of Rhode Island are part of a $10.4 million effort to study new high-tech ways of dispersing oil spills. Researchers are URI will receive $560,000 of the overall amount to investigate the use of tiny nanoparticles …