News tagged with knowledge
Scientists' strategic reading of research enhanced by digital tools
Aug 18, 2009 |
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The revolution in scientific publishing that has been promised since the 1980s is finally about to take place, according to two University of Illinois experts in information science.
Electronic medicine, without borders?
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Disease knows no borders and now researchers in Europe and the Mediterranean shoreline are using electronic infrastructures (e-Infrastructures) to coordinate and cooperate internationally.
Study finds 18- to 24-year-old group more politically active, but not more knowledgeable
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 13, 2009 |
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A study by three Kansas State University graduate students finds that the 18- to 24-year-old demographic became more politically active during the 2008 U.S. election season through the use of new media, but that the young ...
Virtual education... for free
Jul 31, 2009 |
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They don't offer degrees but then they don't charge tuition either.
Top designers in your own home?
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A web tool that analyses sales and design data from European home textile producers, distributors and retailers is boosting product development - and industry competitiveness.
Online tutorials help elementary school teachers make sense of science
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Interactive Web-based science tutorials can be effective tools for helping elementary school teachers construct powerful explanatory models of difficult scientific concepts, and research shows the interactive tutorials are ...
New test could help diagnose early dementia
Jun 10, 2009 |
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A new cognitive test for detecting Alzheimer's disease is quicker and more accurate than many current tests, and could help diagnose early dementia.
MU Study Finds Connection Between Evolution, Classroom Learning
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Over thousands of years, humans have evolved to naturally understand things like facial expressions and social interactions. But a University of Missouri researcher has found there is an ever-widening gap between what humans ...
Grid browser finds the meaning of life
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A web browser that can understand technical terms in life sciences and automatically find additional resources and services has been developed by European researchers. It could lead to a new generation of ...
New infectious diseases -- what's the risk?
May 19, 2009 |
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With the current outbreak of swine flu, and in the absence of a vaccine or treatment at present, the only way to contain the virus is to get people around the world to take precautionary measures.
What teens don't know about OTC medications can hurt them
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 04, 2009 |
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Teens, who are starting to make more decisions about their own health care, may not know enough about over-the-counter pain medications to avoid complications or inadvertent misuse.
Parenting skills for workers
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 10, 2009 |
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The skills learned while raising a family are readily transferable into the knowledge work environment, according to a study published in the International Journal of Knowledge and Learning.
Ivory tower needs to adapt to online media landscape, scholar says
Apr 09, 2009 |
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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 ...
Being Isaac Newton: Computer derives natural laws from raw data
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 02, 2009 |
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If Isaac Newton had access to a supercomputer, he'd have had it watch apples fall - and let it figure out the physical matters. But the computer would have needed to run an algorithm, just developed by Cornell ...
Robot scientist becomes first machine to discover new scientific knowledge
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Scientists have created a Robot Scientist which the researchers believe is the first machine to have independently discovered new scientific knowledge. The robot, called Adam, is a computer system that fully automates the ...
