Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2024
What social robots can teach America's students
How would you feel if your child were being tutored by a robot?
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Optics & Photonics
May 10, 2023
Hybrid exciton–polariton particles surprise with negative mass
A surprise observation of negative mass in exciton–polaritons has added yet another dimension of weirdness to these strange light-matter hybrid particles.
Education
Mar 16, 2022
The use of videos in teaching could improve academic performance by 20%
Educational videos are one of the most widely used resources in the world of education, in both online and on-site environments. A thesis by Victor Jesús García Hernández to obtain his doctorate in the doctoral program ...
Ecology
Jan 3, 2022
Predator interactions chiefly determine where Prochlorococcus microbes thrive
Prochlorococcus are the smallest and most abundant photosynthesizing organisms on the planet. A single Prochlorococcus cell is dwarfed by a human red blood cell, yet globally the microbes number in the octillions and are ...
Education
Aug 10, 2021
Pandemic prompts changes in how future teachers are trained
Before last year, a one-credit technology course for students pursuing master's degrees in education at the University of Washington wasn't seen as the program's most relevant. Then COVID-19 hit, schools plunged into remote ...
Education
Feb 22, 2021
Five ideas for teaching at a distance in a different way
The COVID-19 health crisis has made remote teaching a reality for all, but not without difficulty. At our University, our students have been learning remotely for almost a year and the successive lockdowns have taken their ...
Economics & Business
Nov 13, 2019
Why open offices hurt collaboration and what can be done about it
Last year, Ethan Bernstein's research hit a deep cultural nerve.
Education
Jun 7, 2019
Schools reckon with social stress: 'I'm on my phone so much'
High school biology teacher Kelly Chavis knew smartphones were a distraction in her class. But not even her students realized the psychological toll of their devices until an in-class experiment that, of course, was then ...
Earth Sciences
May 10, 2018
Team of atmospheric scientists goes to work in an evolving arctic
Last spring, University of Colorado, Boulder research scientist Jessie Creamean spent a few weeks in frigid and windy Oliktok Point, Alaska. Within sight of the ice-bound Beaufort Sea and North Slope oil rigs and refineries, ...
Engineering
Apr 4, 2018
Human factors research accelerates mission planning
The key to a successful flight mission is planning – sometimes several hours of it. Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) specialists in human factors and human computer interfaces are working with PMA-281, Strike Planning ...
