Tag: Education

July 2, 2019

Credit: University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences The National Science Foundation has awarded a CAREER grant to ...

$3.1 million NIH grant given to create universal flu vaccine

Credit: Virginia Tech In the race to create a universal flu vaccine not dependent on predicting strains of flu, the ...

Catheters: Big source of infection, but often overlooked

ANN ARBOR--Indwelling devices like catheters cause roughly 25% of hospital infections, but ongoing efforts to reduce catheter use and misuse ...

Our water cycle diagrams give a false sense of water security

Credit: Photo by Ben Abbott EAST LANSING, Mich. - Pictures of the earth's water cycle used in education and research ...

Women missing class and missing out due to period pain

1 July 2019 Period pain significantly impacts young women’s academic performance worldwide, according to new Australian-led research – and women ...

Rise of the robots: Coming to a first-year Intro to Journalism class near you

At the World Journalism Education Conference in Paris, Lehigh University faculty will present on incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into an ...

Technology allows researchers to see patients’ real-time pain while in the clinic

June 28, 2019

ANN ARBOR--Many patients, especially those who are anesthetized or emotionally challenged, cannot communicate precisely about their pain. For this reason, ...

SpaceX launch puts UMass Lowell research into orbit

June 28, 2019

Instrument aboard DSX satellite to study 'killer electrons' LOWELL, Mass. - An Air Force satellite launched into orbit this week ...

NJIT, Penn College awarded nearly $8 million to develop apprenticeship programs

The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a $7,996,530 grant to New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Pennsylvania College ...

Local solutions to global climate challenges — NSF grant

Credit: Virginia Tech With extreme environmental events, such as drought, coastal and river flooding, and wildfires, increasing in frequency, there ...

The chemistry behind black powder (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 27, 2019 -- Old-school gunpowder is really called "black powder," and it was ...

Infant mortality is higher for low-skilled parents

Infants of women with a short-term education are more likely to die within the first year of life. In more ...

Music develops the spoken language of the hearing-impaired

Finnish researchers have compiled guidelines for international use for utilizing music to support the development of spoken language Finnish researchers ...

Academic reviewers to now more easily receive credit for their work