Wakeup call: Pervasiveness of sexual harassment and its effect on female physics students
Sexual harassment in physics is insidious and experienced at a significantly higher rate than is generally acknowledged College Park, MD ...
Tag: Education
A universal framework combining genome annotation and undergraduate education
New workflow for annotating genomes will help both researchers and undergraduate studentsCredit: Prashant Hosmani As genome sequencing becomes cheaper and ...
Is it really ‘dry clean only’? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 18, 2019 -- Knowing the do's and don'ts of washing your clothes can ...
Female medical students report higher rates of feeling intimidated in surgical attachments
New research led by RCSI identifies challenges in increasing numbers of female surgeons Thursday, 18 April 2019 -- A greater ...
DePaulU ecologist receives NSF CAREER grant to study dispersal of mycorrhizal fungi
Assistant professor Bala Chaudhary's research to examine microbe traitsCredit: DePaul University/Jamie Moncrief CHICAGO -- Mycorrhizal fungi are among the most ...
Bio-alliance formed in Cleveland
Four biology-based institutions join forces to expand research, education opportunities CLEVELAND--A team of world-class science researchers and educators at Case ...
‘Lovely’ and ‘scientific’ — Medical student evaluations differ by gender and minority status
Despite push for competency-based evaluations, many still focus on personality traits In the largest analysis to date of narrative medical ...
New study finds simple way to inoculate teens against junk food marketing
Chicago Booth researchers find diets improve when tapping adolescents' desire to rebel; teenage boys cut back junk food purchases by ...
PolyU wins big with 18 prizes in Geneva Inventions Expo
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Among the nine Grand Awards Hong Kong delegation took home, PolyU was awarded four ...
DOE’s Science Graduate Student Research Program selects 70 students to pursue research at DOE labs
The Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science has selected 70 graduate students from across the nation for its 2018 ...
Population health: A rapidly evolving discipline in US academic medicine
AUSTIN, Texas - Leaders from department-level initiatives across the U.S. weigh in on how academic medicine is embracing population health ...
Heads in the cloud: Scientists predict internet of thoughts ‘within decades’
A 'Human Brain/Cloud Interface' will give people instant access to vast knowledge and computing power via thought alone, predict experts ...
Industry leaders honored for research partnerships with UMass Lowell
University names Kronos, Raytheon first of its Preferred Partners LOWELL, Mass. - UMass Lowell recently recognized Kronos and Raytheon for ...
The chemistry behind different tea flavors (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 11, 2019 -- Did you know that many different types of tea come ...
Study: How will tropical mammals react to rising temperatures?
Ecologists draw conclusions from study of 400,000 TEAM Network camera-trap recordsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University How wildlife will react to climate ...
UTSA College of Engineering to receive $500,000 for new makerspace
Credit: Photo courtesy of University Communications (San Antonio, April 10, 2019) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio College ...
Who will win the Game of Thrones?
Machine learning algorithm predicts who will be left standing in "Game of Thrones"Credit: GoT-Team 2019 / TUM Shortly before the ...
Wipes labeled as ‘flushable’ wreak havoc on household plumbing and municipal sewers
Thinking twice about what you flush away may help you save money, and the environment. Today, Ryerson University released a ...
The chocolate school, a short story for promoting science
The publication is aimed at primary school children and features content from the Science of Chocolate workshops, during which women ...
New NASA-funded program to train K-12 students in STEM fields
Outreach components include public lectures, parent nights, and telescope viewing opportunitiesCredit: Mobasher lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - NASA has ...
POPULAR NEWS
-
New Research Unveils the Pathway for CEOs to Achieve Social Media Stardom
-
Scientists Uncover Chameleon’s Telephone-Cord-Like Optic Nerves, A Feature Missed by Aristotle and Newton
-
Neurological Impacts of COVID and MIS-C in Children
-
Scientists Create Fast, Scalable In Planta Directed Evolution Platform