News tagged with writing
Next generation hard drives may store 10 terabits per sq inch: research
(PhysOrg.com) -- The majority of today's hard disks use perpendicular recording, which means their storage densities are limited to a few hundred gigabytes per square inch. Scientists have for some time been ...
May 10, 2010 |
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Using direct laser writing to create 3D submicron structures
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Several groups have been using direct laser writing since the end of the 1990s," Michael Thiel tells PhysOrg.com. Thiel is a scientist has been working at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ...
Dec 16, 2010 |
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What the Romans learnt from Greek mathematics
Greek mathematics is considered one of the great intellectual achievements of antiquity. It has been decisive to the academic and cultural development of Western civilisation. The three Roman authors Varro, Cicero and Vitruvius ...
Mar 01, 2009 |
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Oldest evidence of writing found in Europe
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study to be published this month in the Proceedings of the Athens Archaeological Society, archaeologist Michael Cosmopoulos of the University of Missouri-St. Louis shares his discovery of a c ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Georgia Tech develops braille-like texting app (w/ video)
Imagine if smartphone and tablet users could text a note under the table during a meeting without anyone being the wiser. Mobile gadget users might also be enabled to text while walking, watching TV or socializing ...
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Wired youth forget how to write in China and Japan
Like every Chinese child, Li Hanwei spent her schooldays memorising thousands of the intricate characters that make up the Chinese writing system.
Aug 26, 2010 |
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The pen may be mightier than the keyboard
(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to writing the pen apparently is mightier than the computer keyboard. Second, fourth and sixth grade children with and without handwriting disabilities were able to write more and faster when ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Professor moves Greek texts, Arabic translations online
Long before the Italians rediscovered original Greek sources during the Renaissance, Arab scholars recognized the importance of ancient science and philosophy and began translating precious writings into Arabic. ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Gender gap in physics exams reduced by simple writing exercises, study says
Women are underrepresented and on average perform more poorly than men in introductory physics. But a recent study finds that this gap arises predominantly from differential preparation prior to college and ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 25, 2010 |
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No cheating: Study finds plagiarism reduced by tutorial intervention
(PhysOrg.com) -- A 15-minute Web-based tutorial that teaches students what constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid it reduces cases of plagiarism by 65 percent, a new study shows.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2010 |
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The New Literacy: Stanford study finds richness and complexity in students' writing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Today's kids don't just write for grades anymore. They write to shake the world. Moreover, they are writing more than any previous generation, ever, in history. They navigate in a bewildering ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2009 |
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LMK, IDK: Texting is writing, researcher says
(PhysOrg.com) -- The days of traditional college writing instruction are nearly over, contends a Michigan State University researcher who found that college students now rank texting as the No. 1 form of writing ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Writing about worries eases anxiety and improves test performance
Students can combat test anxiety and improve performance by writing about their worries immediately before the exam begins, according to a University of Chicago study published Friday in the journal Science.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Texting, tweeting ought to be viewed as GR8 teaching tools, scholar says
The impact of text messaging on the decline of formal writing among teens has been debated in pedagogical circles ever since cell-phone ownership became an adolescent rite of passage in the mid-2000s. But ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Survey reveals problems with writing instruction in elementary schools
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new survey of teachers published in The Elementary School Journal suggests that there are serious problems with writing instruction in American elementary schools.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 19, 2010 |
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