Education

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 18, 2019 -- Knowing the do's and don'ts of washing your clothes can be difficult, but chemistry has got your back. With a quick lesson in textile chemistry, you'll be able to…

New research led by RCSI identifies challenges in increasing numbers of female surgeons Thursday, 18 April 2019 -- A greater number of female medical students have experienced intimidation in their training than their male counterparts,…

Assistant professor Bala Chaudhary's research to examine microbe traitsCredit: DePaul University/Jamie Moncrief CHICAGO -- Mycorrhizal fungi are among the most common beneficial fungi for plants, mining soil nutrients and…

Four biology-based institutions join forces to expand research, education opportunities CLEVELAND--A team of world-class science researchers and educators at Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, the Cleveland…

Despite push for competency-based evaluations, many still focus on personality traits In the largest analysis to date of narrative medical school evaluations, researchers at UC San Francisco and Brown University have found significant…

ANNAPOLIS, MD.--Education of children is one of the ambitious goals for sustainable development as a way to alleviate poverty and reduce vulnerability to climate change and natural disasters. Yet, a new study by a University of Maryland…

Chicago Booth researchers find diets improve when tapping adolescents' desire to rebel; teenage boys cut back junk food purchases by 31 percent In a bid to fight obesity, public-health researchers have been trying for decades to find a way…

Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Among the nine Grand Awards Hong Kong delegation took home, PolyU was awarded four of them. PolyU garnered 18 awards altogether, including four Grand Awards, two Gold Medals with the…

The Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science has selected 70 graduate students from across the nation for its 2018 Solicitation 2 cycle for Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program. The SCGSR program provides…

AUSTIN, Texas - Leaders from department-level initiatives across the U.S. weigh in on how academic medicine is embracing population health and the opportunities med schools have to make an impact, according to a new analysis published in…