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David R. Brown is a researcher affiliated with the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. Their work spans multiple areas within physics and engineering, with a particular emphasis on nuclear science and related fields.

The scientist's research focuses primarily on nuclear reactor physics and engineering as well as nuclear physics and applications. Other significant topics include nuclear physics research studies, nuclear materials and properties, high-energy particle collisions research, quantum chromodynamics and particle interactions, and graphite, nuclear technology, and radiation studies.

Their recent publications demonstrate a broad engagement with contemporary issues in physical sciences. Notable papers include:

  • "Plastic debris in lakes and reservoirs," 2023, published in Nature
  • "Dense nuclear matter equation of state from heavy-ion collisions," 2023, published in Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics
  • "Current nuclear data needs for applications," 2022, published in Physical Review Research
  • "The present and future of QCD," 2024, published in Nuclear Physics A
  • "Compilation and Evaluation of Isomeric Fission Yield Ratios," 2021, published in Nuclear Data Sheets

David R. Brown has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including G. P. A. Nobre, X. Dong, Vladimir Sobes, M. Herman, and R. Capote.

Their work has appeared predominantly in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), EPJ Web of Conferences, Nuclear Data Sheets, Physical Review C, and Annals of Nuclear Energy. These outlets reflect a strong connection to both theoretical and applied nuclear research communities.

David R. Brown's main fields of study are Physics and Astronomy, with 44 related publications, and Engineering, with 26 publications. Subfields of study include nuclear and high energy physics, aerospace engineering, radiation, materials chemistry, and ecology.

Best Publications

  • The cellular prion protein binds copper in vivo

    D R Brown;K Qin;J W Herms;A Madlung

  • Normal prion protein has an activity like that of superoxide dismutase.

    David R. Brown;Boon-Seng Wong;Farida Hafiz;Christine Clive

  • Increase in viral gastroenteritis outbreaks in Europe and epidemic spread of new norovirus variant

    Ben Lopman;Harry Vennema;Evelyne Kohli;Pierre Pothier

  • Role of microglia and host prion protein in neurotoxicity of a prion protein fragment

    David R. Brown;Bernhard Schmidt;Hans A. Kretzschmar

  • Prion protein-deficient cells show altered response to oxidative stress due to decreased SOD-1 activity

    David R. Brown;Walter J. Schulz-Schaeffer;Bernhard Schmidt;Hans A. Kretzschmar

  • Impacts of hunting on mammals in African tropical moist forests: a review and synthesis

    Julia E. Fa;David Brown

  • Prion protein expression and superoxide dismutase activity.

    David R. Brown;Andreas Besinger

  • Conservation and use of wildlife-based resources: the bushmeat crisis

    Robert Nasi;D. Brown;D. Wilkie;E. Bennett

  • Consequences of manganese replacement of copper for prion protein function and proteinase resistance

    David R. Brown;Farida Hafiz;Leslie L. Glasssmith;Boon-Seng Wong

  • Biological inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry of neurodegeneration based on prion and Alzheimer diseases.

    David R. Brown;Henryk Kozlowski

  • Structure-activity relations in Cs-doped heteropolyacid catalysts for biodiesel production

    K. Narasimharao;D.R. Brown;Adam Lee;A.D. Newman

  • Role of Microglia in Neuronal Cell Death in Prion Disease

    Armin Giese;David R. Brown;Martin H. Groschup;Claudia Feldmann

  • Lack of prion protein expression results in a neuronal phenotype sensitive to stress

    David R. Brown;Richard St.J. Nicholas;Laura Canevari

  • Antioxidant activity related to copper binding of native prion protein.

    David R. Brown;Christine Clive;Stephen J. Haswell

  • Preferential Cu2+ Coordination by His96 and His111 Induces β-Sheet Formation in the Unstructured Amyloidogenic Region of the Prion Protein

    Christopher E. Jones;Salama R. Abdelraheim;David R. Brown;John H. Viles

  • Hunting for Consensus: Reconciling Bushmeat Harvest, Conservation, and Development Policy in West and Central Africa

    Elizabeth L. Bennett;Eric Blencowe;Katrina Brandon;David Brown

  • Prion and prejudice: normal protein and the synapse

    David R Brown

  • Mouse cortical cells lacking cellular PrP survive in culture with a neurotoxic PrP fragment.

    David R. Brown;Jochen Herms;Hans A. Kretzschmar

  • Copper chelation delays the onset of prion disease.

    Einar M. Sigurdsson;David R. Brown;Muhammad A. Alim;Henrieta Scholtzova

  • Aberrant metal binding by prion protein in human prion disease.

    Boon Seng Wong;Shu G. Chen;Monica Colucci;Zhiliang Xie

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathaniel W. Alcock
Nathaniel W. Alcock University of Warwick
Paul Davies
Paul Davies Tufts University
Thomas Wisniewski
Thomas Wisniewski New York University
Henryk Kozlowski
Henryk Kozlowski University of Wrocław
Bernhard Schmidt
Bernhard Schmidt University of Göttingen
Larry Kevan
Larry Kevan University of Houston
Ian M. Jones
Ian M. Jones University of Reading
Pierluigi Gambetti
Pierluigi Gambetti Case Western Reserve University
Man Sun Sy
Man Sun Sy Case Western Reserve University
Tao Pan
Tao Pan Jinan University

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