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Ivory tower needs to adapt to online media landscape, scholar says

Ivory tower needs to adapt to online media landscape, scholar says

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Universities need to embrace new online media, social networks and a culture of "openness" as part of their pedagogy, or they risk becoming seen as anachronisms in today's hyper-connected world where information ...





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Power at work has payoffs, but not for health

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Being at the top has its perks, but new University of Toronto research shows people in positions of authority at work are more likely to experience certain psychological and physical problems that can undermine the health ...


Hawaii planning to replenish sand at Waikiki Beach

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Hawaii officials are appealing to the state's tourism authority for funds to restore part of world-famous Waikiki Beach.


New paper from internists calls for increased role for FDA

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new policy paper that calls for broader authority and increased funding for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was released today by the American College of Physicians (ACP). Improving FDA Regulation of Prescription ...


Moving toward a new vision of education

Moving toward a new vision of education

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Successfully introducing Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) into classrooms is one of the biggest challenges proposed by new educational plans. A research group from the University of the Basque ...


Team to Establish a Renewable Hydrogen Fueling Station

Technology / Energy

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

NASA's Glenn Research Center is leading a team of industry and university partners in demonstrating a prototype of a commercial hydrogen fueling station that uses wind and solar power to produce hydrogen from water. This ...


People enjoy online services at an internet shop in downtown Hanoi

Startup rates people's online clout

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A pair of French entrepreneurs has come up with a way to identify people whose Internet comments carry weight.


Endangered Ugandan gorillas join Facebook, MySpace (AP)

Endangered Ugandan gorillas join Facebook, MySpace

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- He's hairy, his table manners are atrocious, and he wants to be your friend on Facebook.


New research by law professor analyzes efficacy of the FCC's current rules

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

University of Miami Law Professor Lili Levi has recently authored a research paper titled "A 'Pay or Play' Experiment to Improve Children's Educational Television."


Archaeologists find early depiction of a menorah (AP)

Archaeologists find early depiction of a menorah

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Israeli archaeologists have uncovered one of the earliest depictions of a menorah, the seven-branched candelabra that has come to symbolize Judaism, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Friday. The ...


Training clinicians helps reduce rates of early childhood cavities

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that pediatricians provided with the proper communication, educational and information technology tools and training could reduce the rates of children ...



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