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| New teaching tools aid visually impaired students in learning math Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Mastering mathematics can be daunting for many children, but researchers have found that children with visual impairments face disproportionate challenges learning math, and by the time they reach the college level, they are significantly under-represented in science, technology, mathematics and engineering disciplines. |
| American Chemical Society announces a new iPhone application delivering fast-breaking science news Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(American Chemical Society) The American Chemical Society (ACS) today introduced ACS Mobile, a new mobile software application for users of Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch devices that delivers fast-breaking research reports and science news. |
| Faculty of 1000 launches new Otolaryngology Faculty Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Faculty of 1000: Biology and Medicine) Faculty of 1000 Medicine, the award-winning literature awareness service for the life sciences, has launched the much anticipated Otolaryngology Faculty. |
| Stevens to host Conference on Systems Engineering Research Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Stevens Institute of Technology) Stevens Institute of Technology will host the annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research March 17-19, 2010. |
| Clemson researcher receives grant to study engineering enrollment of women, minorities Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Clemson University) Clemson University assistant professor of engineering and science education Julie Martin Trenor has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to study social factors that influence underrepresented students' decisions to enter engineering fields. |
| Keystone Symposia awarded $1.37 million, 5-year NIH grant to fund ongoing diversity efforts Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Keystone Symposia on Molecular & Cellular Biology) Keystone Symposia announces receipt of a $1.37 million, five-year MARC (Minority Access to Research Careers) Ancillary Training Activities grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. Titled "Empowering Visible Ethnic Minority Scientists and Trainees at Keystone Symposia," the grant will fund efforts to enhance participation in biomedical research by historically underrepresented US ethnic minorities. |
| Who does what on Wikipedia? Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(University of Arizona) The patterns of collaboration between Wikipedia contributors have a direct effect on the data quality of an article, according to a new paper co-authored by a University of Arizona professor and graduate student. |
| National license for Springer eBooks signed in Germany Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Springer) The German National Library of Science and Technology and the German National Library of Medicine have signed an extensive and ground-breaking agreement for access to Springer eBooks on SpringerLink. |
| Get up, get out and go: NC State research tackles childhood obesity Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(North Carolina State University) Getting children involved in finding ways to become more physically active can not only make them more aware of local recreational opportunities, but can even help increase their own physical activity. That's the result of a study examining the role of seven national parks in contributing to the health of today's youth. The study was conducted by researchers from a variety of disciplines at North Carolina State University and other US universities and funded by the National Park Service. |
| Marketing guru to speak at inaugural Chua Thian Poh Distinguished Lecture Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Nanyang Technological University) Distinguished speaker, Professor Jean-Pierre Jeannet, the F.W. Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business at Babson College in Wellesley, United States, and Professor of Global Marketing and Strategy at the IMD Institute in Lausanne, Switzerland, will deliver the inaugural Chua Thian Poh Distinguished Lecture at Nanyang Technological University on March 11 at 4 p.m. |
| Moderate use of video games can be a very useful educational tool for teaching children Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(University of Granada) Contrary to what many parents think, video games are not a determining factor in obtaining a good academic result, according to a research carried out at the Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression at the UGR. Its author analyzed a sample of 266 participants aged between 11 and 16, together with their corresponding parents. |
| Largest physics meeting of the year convenes Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(American Institute of Physics) The March Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) -- the largest physics meeting of the year -- will take place from March 15-19, 2010 in Portland, Ore., at the Oregon Convention Center and the Hilton Portland and Executive Tower Hotel. |
| American Association of Anatomists approves guidelines for body donation programs Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(American Association of Anatomists) The Board of Directors of the American Association of Anatomists has approved a set of guidelines to govern programs accepting the donation of bodies for education and biomedical research. The guidelines cover the minimum requirements that should be met by any Willed Body Program. |
| Game on? Video-game ownership may interfere with young boys' academic functioning Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Association for Psychological Science) According to new findings, owning a video-game system may hamper academic development in some children. Boys who received a video-game system immediately had significantly lower reading and writing scores after four months than boys receiving a video-game system at the end of the experiment. Further analysis revealed that the time spent playing video games may link the relationship between owning a video-game system and reading and writing scores. |
| Students' perceptions of Earth's age influence acceptance of human evolution, says U of Minn. study Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(University of Minnesota) High school and college students who understand the geological age of the Earth (4.5 billion years) are much more likely to understand and accept human evolution, according to a University of Minnesota study published in the March issue of the journal Evolution. |
| K-State's elementary education program receives national honor Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Kansas State University) Kansas State University's bachelor's degree program in elementary education is being honored with the 2010 Distinguished Program in Teacher Education Award from the Association of Teacher Educators. |
| NTU and NI join hands to produce next generation wireless communication technologies Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Nanyang Technological University) Nanyang Technological University and National Instruments today formalized an agreement to launch the NTU-NI Wireless Research Program. Both parties will jointly develop the next-generation wireless communication technologies which are cheaper, faster, more reliable and more pervasive. |
| Patients with irritable bowel syndrome not more likely to develop polyps, colon cancer Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(University of Michigan Health System) Patients with irritable bowel syndrome are at no greater risk of having polyps, colon cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases than healthy people undergoing colonoscopies. |
| NJIT prof names baseball winners Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(New Jersey Institute of Technology) With pitchers and catchers having recently reported to spring training, once again Bruce Bukiet, an associate professor at NJIT, has applied mathematical analysis to compute the number of games that Major League Baseball teams should win in 2010. |
| Laptop revolution: New class design saves schools money, space Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(North Carolina State University) Universities around the country are struggling with shrinking budgets, even as they need to cater to the needs of an increasing number of students. New research from North Carolina State University shows that one way to cut down on costs, and simultaneously improve the learning experience, is to have students use the technology they already bring into the classroom. |
| AIBS names emerging public policy leaders Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(American Institute of Biological Sciences) The American Institute of Biological Sciences has selected Meredith Niles, a graduate student at the University of California, Davis, Ryan Richards, a graduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park, and Leslie Smith, a graduate student at the University of Rhode Island, to receive the 2010 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award. |
| HHMI's Gilliam Fellowships aim to increase diversity in the sciences Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Howard Hughes Medical Institute) HHMI has selected five exceptional individuals to receive the 2010 Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study. These students will join a dynamic group of 30 Gilliam fellows, who share a passion for science and a commitment to increasing diversity in the sciences. |
| Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences April 24-27 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(National Academy of Sciences) The US National Academy of Sciences will hold its 147th annual meeting April 24-27, at which new academy members will be elected. |
| A possible early glimpse of autism's impact on older siblings Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(University of Oregon) A new study suggests a trend toward developing hyperactivity among typically developing elementary-school-aged siblings of autistic preschoolers and supports the notion that mothers of young, autistic children experience more depression and stress than mothers with typically developing children. |
| Biochemist researching computer models of protein structure that help high school, college students Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST |
(Kansas State University) An award from the National Science Foundation will boost a Kansas State University professor's contribution to the study of proteins while also helping college and high school science teachers learn more about computational and structural biology. |
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