Science educators aim to nurture, enrich and sustain children's natural and spontaneous interest in scientific knowledge using many different approaches. In a new paper published in "Science," Carnegie Mellon University's ...
Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2011
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Learning how to program a computer to display the words "Hello World" once may have excited students, but that hoary chestnut of a lesson doesn't cut it in a world of videogames, smartphones and Twitter. One option to take ...
Robotics
May 5, 2011
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During the past 60 years, humans have built rockets, walked on the moon and explored the outer reaches of space with probes and telescopes. During these trips in space, research has been conducted to learn more about life ...
Space Exploration
Apr 12, 2011
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China has rocketed into second place in the number of articles published in international science magazines, according to a report released Monday by the Royal Society in London.
Other
Mar 28, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a finding that has global implications for climate research, scientists have discovered that when icebergs cool and dilute the seas through which they pass for days, they also raise chlorophyll levels ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2011
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Measuring the results of scientific research has seen little federal focus until now.
Other
Feb 11, 2011
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Conservation paleobiologists -- scientists who use the fossil record to understand the evolutionary and ecological responses of present-day species to changes in their environment -- are putting the dead to work.
Evolution
Jan 14, 2011
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In a paper published this week in the journal Science, experts caution that important ethical issues in the testing of new therapies like stem cells may not be receiving the attention they deserve. Carnegie Mellon University's ...
Other
May 13, 2010
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When a spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in the future, its cargo will include a small box containing a nano-fluidics experiment designed by scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Bio & Medicine
May 12, 2009
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How did a 31-year-old physicist working at Bell Labs in New Jersey, US, get away with possibly the worst case of physics research fraud known? From claims to have made the world's first organic electrical laser to the fictional ...
General Physics
May 5, 2009
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