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Study will examine how children with Down syndrome learn

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 24, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Denver (DU) Morgridge College of Education are conducting a groundbreaking study that will compare two early literacy intervention approaches to educating young children with Down syndrome. ...





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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."


Tropical disease experts call for a 'Global Fund to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases'

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 26, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

An international team of tropical disease control experts has urged the global health and development community, and particularly the G8 leaders, to establish a new financing mechanism to combat the neglected tropical diseases ...


Solar pannels whose energy helps pump water into a water tower in the village of Safo Nassarawa near Maradi in Niger

World Bank musters $5.5 billion for solar projects

Technology / Energy

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The World Bank announced Wednesday 5.5 billion dollars would be invested in solar energy projects in five countries of the Middle East and North Africa in a bid to combat climate change.


Universal coverage may narrow racial, ethnic and socioeconomic gaps in health care

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Health care disparities in the U.S. have long been noted, with particular attention paid to the gaps separating racial and economic groups. And while some research has looked at how insurance—and lack of insurance—contributes ...


Medical aid group raises alarm about AIDS funding

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS, a medical group warned Thursday, with one health worker saying he feared a return to the days when the ...


Educational home visits can improve asthma in children, study suggests

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A few home visits by a health care specialist to educate children with asthma about basic strategies for earlier symptom recognition and improving medication use can lead to fewer flare-ups and less frequent trips to the ...


Britain?s oldest dinosaur to be released

Britain's oldest dinosaur to be released

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- After 210 million years of being entombed in rock, the Bristol Dinosaur is about to be released, thanks to a Heritage Lottery Fund grant awarded to the University of Bristol.


Study examines how much is too much visual information when it comes to learning

Study examines how much is too much visual information when it comes to learning

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. But with advances in computer graphics capabilities, more recent cognitive theory related to multimedia learning suggests that very ...


Data from NYHOPS assists rescue efforts in Flight 1549 emergency

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With its unique location along the western bank of the Hudson River, Stevens Institute of Technology provided a dramatic front row venue for the emergency landing and successful rescue of U.S. Airways Flight 1549.


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 ...



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