School absences correlate to impaired air quality
Even mildly elevated air pollution associated with increase in absences in Salt Lake CityCredit: University of Utah In Salt Lake ...
Tag: K-12
Why writing by hand makes kids smarter
Writing by hand creates much more activity in the sensorimotor parts of the brain, researchers found.Credit: NTNU/Microsoft Professor Audrey van ...
More than a billion school meals not served during pandemic: Study
Major efforts by states and school districts make up some of the gaps, but shortfalls remainCredit: Maryland State Department of ...
Robots to help children touch the outside world
UC team is developing better telepresence robots, equipped with robotic armsCredit: University of California Irvine A team of University of ...
New microfluidic device minimizes loss of high value samples
Credit: Mary Zhu A major collaborative effort that has been developing over the last three years between ASU and European ...
A new twist on DNA origami
Meta-DNA structures transform the DNA nanotechnology worldCredit: Hao Yan A team* of scientists from ASU and Shanghai Jiao Tong University ...
Dementia education
An age-friendly future starts with our kidsCredit: City of Unley School-based dementia education could deliver much needed empathy and understanding ...
A scientific approach to education reform
Challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have laid bare the need to reinvent education; Sanjay Sarma's new book points a wayCredit: ...
Half of parents report butting heads with child’s grandparent over parenting
Blame, shame and disagreements between parents and grandparents over parenting choices like discipline, meals and TV time can strain relationshipsCredit: ...
NSF CAREER award to study engineering pathways for Appalachian youth
Credit: Virginia Tech Jacob Grohs believes that teachers and their school systems, universities, and companies are uniquely positioned to come ...
OU Health Sciences Center receives $38 million grant for suicide prevention
Credit: University of Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. - The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center has been awarded a five-year, ...
Forty percent of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life
An update to the Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention and care adds excessive alcohol intake, head injury and air ...
Dragonflies reveal mercury pollution levels across US national parks
Local research project spurs first nationwide survey of the toxic metalCredit: Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program. HANOVER, N.H. - ...
Insufficient sleep harms children’s mental health
University of Houston study: Poor sleep at night 'spills over' into children's emotional livesCredit: University of Houston In a new ...