Science/Math

The open-source system from the 3D printer delivers high-resolution images like commercial microscopes at hundreds of times the priceCredit: UC2 Modern microscopes used for biological imaging are expensive, are located in…

WASHINGTON--The press conference schedule and online media center are now live for Fall Meeting 2020, when more than 20,000 attendees from 110 countries are expected to assemble virtually for the largest worldwide conference in the…

HOBOKEN, N.J.-- November 19, 2020-- John Wiley and Sons Inc. (NYSE: JWA) (NYSE: JWB), a global leader in research and education, and Jisc, the not-for-profit technology provider, today announced the expansion of their partnership with…

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2020 -- A lot of people seem to think their pup's paws smell like corn chips. This week on Reactions, we tackle the chemistry behind that smell, and ask people to sniff…

WHAT The American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will hold an interactive policy forum on "Measuring Teaching at a Global Scale--Policy Perspectives on the…

Launches $1M public-private partnership to improve connectivity, support remote learning WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue Research Foundation's Innovation Partners Institute (IPI) is joining forces with Wabash College, SBA Communications,…

UD professors share resources and success stories to support teachers engaged in online instructionCredit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson The beginning of the coronavirus pandemic presented many challenges for educators, as teachers across…

TIMSS 2019 Encyclopedia, compiled by IEA's TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College, describes curricula and policies from 64 nationsCredit: IEA's TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College …

Weak students in high-performing math classes, especially boys, feel more shame compared to students in low-performing math classes. Stronger students, in turn, feel more bored and enjoy mathematics less in high-performing math classes,…

Student turnover may harm educational outcomes and school stability Washington, November 17, 2020--New research finds that student exposure to violent crime in urban elementary schools is linked to higher transfer rates, with students…

Credit: Marsha Miller/Univ. of Texas at Austin Philip 'Uri' Treisman, founder and executive director of the Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin, has dedicated his career to improving mathematics and science…

RIT Associate Professor Ben Zwickl is one of three researchers who conducted the new study A new study outlines ways colleges and universities can update their curricula to prepare the workforce for a new wave of quantum technology jobs.…

Credit: Randy Montoya, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Radioactive materials are attractive targets to thieves and other bad actors. These are rare finds, valuable on the black market and relatively easy to…

Findings suggest that Isaac Newton's 17th-century masterpiece was more widely readCredit: Caltech Archives In a story of lost and stolen books and scrupulous detective work across continents, a Caltech historian and his former…

The research suggests that teaching materials science, mechanical engineering, computer science, biology and chemistry as a combined discipline could help students develop the skills they need to create lifelike artificially intelligent…

Researchers from five universities across the UK and Ireland - including UL's Dr Pádraig MacCarron - came together to unravel 'A Song of Ice and Fire', the books on which the TV series is based.Credit: University of Cambridge A…

In-depth coverage of the state-of-the-art of the synthesis, manufacturing, modelling and key applications of porous materials in four volumesCredit: World Scientific It might seem strange that making holes in something increases its…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is widely recognized as a critical and decisive capability in future warfare and national defense. It is featured prominently as a technology that must be mastered by high-level strategic groups in DOD and by…

Everything you ever really needed to know you learned back in kindergarten - that old saying gets some scientific support in a new study by researchers at Canada's Université de Montréal and Université Sainte-Anne. "We've known for…

Washington, October 29, 2020--A study published today in Educational Researcher, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association, provides preliminary projections of the impact of COVID-19-related school closures…