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'Flipped classroom' teaching model gains an online community

Researchers at Harvard University have launched the Peer Instruction (PI) Network, a new global social network for users of interactive teaching methods.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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Hundreds of gamers flock to Brazil tech fest

Hundreds of geeks and gamers braved Sao Paulo's torrid heat Tuesday to play online video games at the fifth edition of Brazil's Campus Party, an annual, week-long technology fest.

Technology / Software

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pa. college machine dispenses 'morning-after' pill

(AP) -- Students at a Pennsylvania university can obtain the "morning-after" pill from an unusual source - a vending machine at the campus health center.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Comparing yourself to others can have health impacts

(Medical Xpress) -- Comparing yourself to others with the same health problem can influence your physical and emotional health, according to researchers who conducted a qualitative synthesis of over 30 studies focusing on ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Survivors of violence benefit from mentoring

Can mentoring relationships help female students who survive childhood abuse or domestic violence? Absolutely, according to new research from Concordia University, published in the Journal of College Student Development.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Road runoff spurring spotted salamander evolution

Spotted salamanders exposed to contaminated roadside ponds are adapting to their toxic environments, according to a Yale paper in Scientific Reports. This study provides the first documented evidence that a vertebrate has ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study finds leukemia cells are 'bad to the bone'

University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have discovered new links between leukemia cells and cells involved in bone formation, offering a fresh perspective on how the blood cancer progresses and raising the possibility ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Experiences are better when we know they're about to end

(Medical Xpress) -- People often view the "last" moments of an event positively simply because they signal the end of an experience, say University of Michigan researchers.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Research team applies mathematical modeling and algorithms to learning process

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people inherently understand that they have a unique way of studying material for a test that suits their unique personality. Unfortunately, such differences between people tend to create problems for ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

New research reveals legacy of lead from old inner city roads a major source of airborne contamination

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international research study published last week in the journal Atmospheric Environment has found that re-suspended roadside soil dust is a major source of atmospheric lead in old inner ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Contracts in the classroom

While contracts are an indispensable tool in the modern workplace, a new study has found that they may also be very effective in contemporary classrooms. According to a new article published in SAGE Open, courses in which ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Football team success throws fall grades of non-athletic college males for a loss

(PhysOrg.com) -- College football bowl season is in prime time, and a new report card is in: Male grades drop relative to female grades when their college football team performs well during the regular season.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Trimming time in the stacks

A sophisticated text-analyzing tool developed by a UC Berkeley graduate student could speed literary searches for humanities scholars and other researchers.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Glacial tap is open but the water will run dry

Glaciers are retreating at an unexpectedly fast rate according to research done in Peru's Cordillera Blanca by McGill doctoral student Michel Baraer. They are currently shrinking by about one per cent a year, and that percentage ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Study: African-American men don't reap same career benefits from mentoring as Caucasians

Networking within an organization and having a mentor are widely thought to promote career success, but a new University of Georgia study finds that African-American men don't receive the same measurable benefits from these ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2