News tagged with special
For low-income families with special needs kids, where you live matters (w/ Video)
Dec 04, 2009 |
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In the United States, caring for a child with special health care needs usually means higher medical expenses for a family — particularly for low-income families, who spend a disproportionally large share of their income ...
Laser-plasma accelerators ride on Einstein's shoulders
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Using Einstein's theory of special relativity to speedup computer simulations, scientists have designed laser-plasma accelerators with energies of 10 billion electron volts (GeV) and beyond. These systems, ...
Gamma-ray photon race ends in dead heat; Einstein wins this round
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Racing across the universe for the last 7.3 billion years, two gamma-ray photons arrived at NASA's orbiting Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope within nine-tenths of a second of one another. The dead-heat finish ...
Special interest groups bipartisan in Congress, scholar finds
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Contrary to common perception, special interest groups are not responsible for the partisan division in Congress - and often join bipartisan coalitions to support legislation, according to a Michigan State ...
JFK's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88
Aug 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- President John F. Kennedy's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family's public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, ...
Researcher Investigates the Basis of Einstein's First Approximation in the Theory of Relativity
Jul 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In his discussion of accelerated motion on page 60 of The Meaning of Relativity, Albert Einstein made an approximation that allowed him to develop the theory of relativity further. Einstein apparently never ...
Special effects outsourcing grows in India
Jun 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Outsourcing to India, long dominated by software engineering and back-office work, is expanding in new terrain: special effects for movies.
KIDO'Z: Internet for Kids
May 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When my son first started going to pre-school, I was surprised by the fact that there was a computer in the classroom. Aren't 3-year-olds a little young for this? However, the computer wasn't ...
In Memoriam: Martin J. Klein, Historian of Modern Physics, Edited Einstein Papers
Apr 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Martin Jesse Klein, a historian of modern physics and former senior editor of "The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein," passed away on March 28. He was 84 years old.
New research offers guidance for improving primary grade writing instruction
Feb 26, 2009 |
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New research from Vanderbilt University's Peabody College offers guidance for teachers to help them improve writing instruction in the primary grades and develop stronger student writers.
Deaf children use hands to invent own way of communicating
Feb 15, 2009 |
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Deaf children are able to develop a language-like gesture system by making up hand signs and using homemade systems to increase their communication as they grow, just as children with conventional spoken language, research ...
Adolescents with arthritis need more information when transitioning to adult care
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Helping adolescents with arthritis develop the skills and secure resources to assure that their health care needs are met as they transition to adulthood is an important issue in the U.S. In general, the frequency of which ...
No honeymoon replays: People don't want to taint special memories
Nov 17, 2008 |
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That unforgettable honeymoon has a special place in your memory -- so special that you might be reluctant to try to repeat it. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research says people tend to treat their memories of pr ...
New therapeutic target identified for rheumatoid arthritis
Nov 05, 2008 |
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Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery have identified a potential new therapeutic target that could be used to treat inflammatory disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis.
A need for improved efficiency in nanomanufacturing
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 28, 2008 |
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New research shows that environmental gains derived from the use of nanomaterials may be offset in part by the processes used to manufacture them. Research published in a special issue of the Journal of Industrial Ecology, a peer ...
