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It's not just dirt!

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Soil is the linchpin of the environment, where atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere meet. Despite that, many students see soil as "just dirt" - a place to grow plants, but nothing more. Soil science educators are challenged ...


Wimba providing classroom alternative in light of flu outbreaks

Technology / Software

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As U.S. cases of the H1N1 flu steadily rise, colleges and universities nationwide are arranging other means of connecting students with their peers, professors and administrators, should an outbreak occur.


University of Colorado butterfly payload to launch Nov. 16 on space shuttle

Butterfly payload to launch Nov. 16 on space shuttle

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a University of Colorado at Boulder butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 ...


Hidden Risks Of Modular Classrooms

Hidden Risks Of Modular Classrooms

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Every school day, more than 5 million students in the United States attend lessons held in modular classrooms. With new carpeting and paint, metal roofs and noisy ventilation systems, they can be a health ...


Mathematics prize goes to University of Chicago's Hannah Alpert

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Association for Women in Mathematics has named Hannah Alpert, a third-year mathematics major at the University of Chicago, a co-winner of the 2010 Alice T. Schafer Prize for excellence in mathematics ...


Charter schools, studied

Charter schools, studied

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Set in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood, an area not known for its excellent schools, the Boston Preparatory Charter Public School nonetheless has an enviable academic record: Last spring, ...


Feeling the way

Feeling the way: Robotic device can help visually impaired people

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For many people, it has become routine to go online to check out a map before traveling to a new place. But for blind people, Google maps and other visual mapping applications are of little ...


German high-school students involved in an astronomical research project

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

This week, Astronomy & Astrophysics publishes a somewhat unusual research article because it is co-authored by German high-school students. Led by astronomer Klaus Beuermann (University of Göttingen, Germany), the team i ...


Report Says Musicians Hear Better Than Non-Musicians

Report Says Musicians Hear Better Than Non-Musicians

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Journal of Neuroscience reports this week that musicians are better than non-musicians at recognizing speech in noisy environments.  The finding from a study conducted by neurobiologists at Nor ...


Students Send Microbe Experiment on Space Shuttle Atlantis

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis.



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