News tagged with chinese students

Academic disengagement more common for US teens than Chinese

In the United States, adolescence is a time when many teens become less interested in academics. A new longitudinal study has found that this disengagement is greater for American teens than for Chinese teens.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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LIVE: Facebook goes public

(AP) -- It's Facebook's big day. The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people, is making the most talked-about stock market debut ...

Technology / Business

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook CEO turns 28, IPO could be $100B gift

(AP) -- Don't let the hoodie and sneakers fool you. Mark Zuckerberg is no wet-behind-the-ears CEO.

Technology / Business

created May 13, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Thailand buys Chinese tablet computers for schools

Thailand on Thursday signed a multi-million dollar deal to buy hundreds of thousands of Chinese-made tablet computers for primary school children, an official statement said.

Technology / Business

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study unravels origin of devastating kiwifruit bacterium

An international research team led by Virginia Tech Associate Professor Boris Vinatzer and Giorgio Balestra of the University of Tuscia in Italy has used the latest DNA sequencing technology to trace a devastating ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Re-evaluation of Wulagasaurus indicates Basal Hadrosaurine dinosaurs originated in Asia

Several hundred disarticulated bones have been recovered from a large dinosaur quarry of the Upper Cretaceous Yuliangzi Formation at the base of the Wulaga outcrop of Heilongjiang Province near the Sino-Russian ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Student-devised process would prep Chinese shale gas for sale

A team of Rice University students accepted a challenge to turn shale gas produced in China into a range of useful, profitable and environmentally friendly products and did so in a cost-effective manner.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Domino Theory: Small steps can lead to big results

(Phys.org) -- What if you could make a world-changing impact with one small act? Would you be more inclined to take that first step if you knew your action would gain momentum when aligned with the actions of others?

Technology / Software

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Studies touting China's treatments for Internet overuse may lack validity

(Phys.org) -- Excessive Internet usage has been linked to an array of problems, from structural changes in the brain to depression, poor social skills, violent outbursts and sexual promiscuity. In China, concerns ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

China enjoying fruit of Apple's labor

People in China are not only making coveted Apple gadgets, they are snapping them up as the booming nation becomes a top market for the trend-setting California company.

Technology / Business

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Refining solar power: student's research may help increase solar cell efficiency

(Phys.org) -- Stephen Mulligan, a University of Delaware senior studying mechanical engineering, has co-authored a paper explaining the effects of gas flow on newly developed solar cells. The paper, entitled ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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