Challenges and opportunities for women in physics
More women than ever are pursuing STEM education; why do they remain underrepresented in their fields?Credit: Jill Wenderott DENVER, COLO., ...
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Technology in higher education: learning with it instead of from it
MU researcher examines impact of digital learning on student creativityCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - Technology has shifted the ...
UT scientists’ fossil-finding board game is a success in classrooms
Credit: Rowan Martindale/ The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences Becoming a fossil is the ultimate game ...
Canterbury Tales is first major literary work developed as an app
Credit: Photo credit: Dave Stobbe for the University of Saskatchewan. A University of Saskatchewan-led international team has produced the first ...
Math that feels good
Creating learning resources for blind studentsCredit: American Institute of Mathematics Mathematics and science Braille textbooks are expensive and require an ...
UTEP receives $1M to increase number of students who pursue graduate engineering studies
Credit: JR Hernandez / UTEP Communications, The University of Texas at El Paso's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department was awarded ...
nTIDE December 2019 Jobs Report: End-of-year gains minimal for people with disabilities
Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire nTIDE Report -- featuring The Washington Center's LISD -- an academic internship program ...
Grant aims to improve environmental education
Credit: Daniel Pratson. Field trips can be transformative experiences for students: Having the chance to get outside of the classroom, ...
Task force recommends changes to increase African-American physics and astronomy students
Report focuses on five factors, includes recommendations for changeCredit: AIP WASHINGTON, January 5, 2020 -- Due to long-term and systemic ...
MDI Biological Laboratory to expand innovative data literacy program
Grant will support study of seasonal variations of arsenic in well waterJane E. Disney, Ph.D., is the leader of the ...
Simple experiment explains magnetic resonance
UC Riverside physics students design a table-top experiment for the classroomCredit: Barsukov lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Physicists at ...
Mexican students launch a small satellite to the International Space Station
The first satellite built by students in Mexico for launch from the International Space Station is smaller than a shoebox ...
Researchers create swarms of tiny robots to attack and remove blood clots
Work could offer a drug-free way to treat pulmonary embolismCredit: University of Houston Pulmonary embolism causes between 200,000 and 300, ...
Quitting Facebook could boost exam results
Credit: Image by Thomas Ulrich from Pixabay (cc) In research that validates what many parents and educators suspect, students whose ...