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Calculators okay in math class, if students know the facts first

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Calculators are useful tools in elementary mathematics classes, if students already have some basic skills, new research has found. The findings shed light on the debate about whether and when calculators should be used in ...





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Research Highlights Potential for Improved Solar Cells

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Los Alamos researchers led by Victor Klimov has shown that carrier multiplication—when a photon creates multiple electrons—is a real phenomenon in tiny semiconductor crystals and not a false observation ...


Researchers develop thin films showing promise for solar applications

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed thin films that exhibit carrier multiplication (CM). This development is of great interest for future solar cells.


Rote memorization of historical facts adds to collective cluelessness

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As fans of talk-show host Jay Leno's man-on-the-street interviews know, Americans suffer from a national epidemic of historical and civic ignorance. But just because most Americans know more about "American Idol" than they ...


Google rolled out an experimental new search product on Wednesday called "Google Squared"

Google launches search tool 'Google Squared'

Technology / Internet

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Google, already the king of Internet search, rolled out an experimental new search product on Wednesday called "Google Squared."


Anxiety's hidden cost

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

The effect of anxiety on academic performance is not always obvious but new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council suggests that there may be hidden costs. The research found that anxious individuals ...


'25 Things' becomes one of Facebook's biggest fads

Technology / Internet

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It's the newest Facebook obsession -- creating a list of 25 random facts about yourself and letting 25 of your closest "friends" in on it.


Study: Learning Science Facts Doesn't Boost Science Reasoning

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (11) | comments 20

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of college freshmen in the United States and in China found that Chinese students know more science facts than their American counterparts -- but both groups are nearly identical when it comes to ...


Evolution coup: Study reveals how plants protect their genes

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Unlike animals and humans, plants can't run and hide when exposed to stressful environmental conditions. So how do plants survive? A new Université de Montréal study, published in the journal Proceedings of ...


1,700 UK scientists back climate science

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (9) | comments 6

(AP) -- Fighting back against climate skeptics, over 1,700 scientists in Britain have signed a statement defending the evidence that climate change is being caused by humans, Britain's weather office said Thursday.


3D Glasses

3D TV -- Without the Glasses (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even with "active shutter" 3D technology for television sets, the wearing of special glasses is still required in order to get the proper experience. They aren't those red and blue or red and ...



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