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Education Sep 9, 2021

Study: Motivation is key for teachers to overcome racial bias in classroom

New research focused on college students training to become K-12 teachers emphasizes the need to recruit and enroll more diverse students in teacher education programs.

General Physics Sep 9, 2021

Magnet milestones move distant nuclear fusion dream closer

Teams working on two continents have marked similar milestones in their respective efforts to tap an energy source key to the fight against climate change: They've each produced very impressive magnets.

General Physics Aug 14, 2021

Metasurfaces control polarized light at will

For years, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have engineered metasurfaces to manipulate light based on its polarization state. That research has contributed to advances ...

Materials Science Aug 2, 2021

New material offers ecofriendly solution to converting waste heat into energy

Perseverance, NASA's 2020 Mars rover, is powered by something very desirable here on Earth: a thermoelectric device, which converts heat to useful electricity.

Optics & Photonics Jul 13, 2021

Optical singularities could be used for a wide range of applications from super resolution imaging to optical trapping

When we think about singularities, we tend to think of massive black holes in faraway galaxies or a distant future with runaway AI, but singularities are all around us. Singularities are simply a place where certain parameters ...

Social Sciences Jun 30, 2021

The absence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the conversation about criminal justice reform

In a forthcoming article in the Michigan Journal of Race & Law, Raymond Magsaysay explores the multifaceted problem of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) being largely left out of recent conversations about overhauling ...

Social Sciences May 14, 2021

Racism in football: New research shows media treats black men differently to white men

On BBC Sport, Match of the Day pundits Ian Wright and Alan Shearer recently had a conversation about racism in football. Shearer, the white ex-England international striker asked his black ex-teammate Wright: "Do you believe ...

Ecology May 12, 2021

Study examining biodiversity loss calls for urgent global economy 'rethink'

New research examining the major causes of the world's biodiversity loss calls for an urgent and profound re-organisation of the global post-pandemic economy to prevent further planetary harm.

Education May 4, 2021

Yes, quality teaching improves student outcomes. But that means all teachers need support – not just those in training

In his speech to The Age Schools Summit in Melbourne last week, federal Education Minister Alan Tudge talked about his recently launched review of initial teacher education. He said quality teaching was the most important ...

Optics & Photonics Apr 30, 2021

Nano flashlight could allow future cell phones to detect viruses, more

In work that could turn cell phones into sensors capable of detecting viruses and other minuscule objects, MIT researchers have built a powerful nanoscale flashlight on a chip.

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