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Credit: Hanneke Jacobs Over the past few years, Naturalis has painstakingly made 3D scans of every single bone in Trix the T.rex's skeleton. Based on these scans, a modeler made a three dimensional design and reconstructed the…

S$2 million raised in total with Singapore government matchingCredit: NTU Singapore Mr Steven Lim, CEO of RSTN Consulting, has made a gift of S$1 million to his alma mater, Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) to…

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 5, 2021 -- Forever chemicals are known for being water-, heat- and oil-resistant, which makes them useful in everything from rain jackets to firefighting foams. But the chemistry that…

UTokyo-MIT study measures brain activity while learning basic sounds, grammar rules of unfamiliar language Multilingual people have trained their brains to learn languages, making it easier to acquire more new languages after mastering a…

Critical race media literacy effective approach, schools should use to address difficult topics, scholars argue LAWRENCE -- Recent incidents of racial discrimination and violence against Asians and Asian-Americans in the United States have…

Improvements in reading and listening skills of first-time Japanese language students observed via brain scan A study with first-time learners of Japanese has measured how brain activity changes after just a few months of studying a new…

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 22, 2021 -- What's better at finding a hidden bomb -- a dog or an electronic chemical detector? In this episode, the Reactions team travels to the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to…

Credit: University of Guam Recognizing the need to make instructional resources about the CHamoru language and culture more accessible to the community, Inetnon Lalåhen Guåhan -- the Young Men's League of Guam -- presented the…

Bentham Open is pleased to welcome Sultan Idris University of Education (UPSI), Malaysia as Institutional Member. The partnership allows the researchers from the university to publish their research under an Open Access license with…

Credit: Lisa Kellogg/VIMS. Researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science are casting a wide net in search of fish photos. Their immediate goal is to use angler snapshots to train software to identify…

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 8, 2021 -- Chemistry is helping us figure out how life got started on Earth and is giving us molecules to look for on other planets. In this episode of Reactions, we break…

WHAT The American Educational Research Association's annual meeting is the largest gathering of scholars in the field of education research. It is a showcase for ground-breaking, innovative scholarship in an array of areas--from early…

Niyati Dhokai, Research Assistant Professor, and Rick Davis, Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA)/Executive Director, Hylton Performing Arts Center, received $30,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts for: "Creative…

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2020 -- At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we switched up our usual content to bring viewers reliable coronavirus info from the experts. One year later, we're checking back in…

Experts say English slang and regional dialect should not be banned from classrooms but when you're getting to grips with a second language how helpful is it to learn non-standard lingo? Experts say English slang and regional dialect…

Washington, February 10, 2021--After the COVID-19 crisis hit last March, federal student aid applications among potential college freshmen in California dropped 14 percent between mid-March and mid-August, relative to prior years. While…

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2020 -- Have you ever eaten a Laffy Taffy and thought, "Wow, that tastes just like a banana!" We didn't think so. But apparently, there's one variety of banana that's not far…

New research shows that a positive approach works best to promote safe driving New drivers between the ages of 15 and 25 account for nearly half of the more than one million road deaths that occur worldwide each year, according to the…

Millions of students around the world could benefit if their educators adopted a more flexible and practical approach, say Swansea University expertsCredit: Swansea University Millions of students around the world could benefit if…

James Nestor joins American Rhinologic Society to launch sinushealth.com, first-ever patient-focused online resource dedicated to nasal and sinus conditions and treatments powered by experts from the American Rhinologic Society WHAT:…