News tagged with word learning
Early word recognition is key to lifelong reading skills says new study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 06, 2009 |
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Children’s early reading experience is critical to the development of their lifelong reading skills a new study from the University of Leicester has discovered.
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World Bank musters $5.5 billion for solar projects
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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.
Penn State scientist at center of a storm
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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A few words culled from some hacked e-mails in Britain have generated chaos in the world of climate science -- throwing dark clouds over Pennsylvania State University and stirring up negative publicity for the field that ...
NASA's WISE Set to Blast Off and Map the Skies
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The countdown clock is ticking, with just days to go before the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, rockets into space on a mission to map the entire sky in infrared light.
Students Hone Engineering Skills in Robotics
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Robots have fascinated future engineers for generations. Recently, a group of young students had an opportunity to design and build their own robots using LEGOs, the popular plastic pieces ...
How to encourage big ideas
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study suggests certain types of funding -- which provide more freedom and focus less on near-term results -- lead to more innovative and influential research.
Diners spend more when menus don't use dollar signs
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Restaurant patrons tend to spend more money when they select their items from menus that don't use dollar signs, reports a new Cornell study.
Nerve-cell transplants help brain-damaged rats fully recover lost ability to learn
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
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Nerve cells transplanted into brain-damaged rats helped them to fully recover their ability to learn and remember, probably by promoting nurturing, protective growth factors, according to a new study.
Brain activity exposes those who break promises
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Scientists from the University of Zurich have discovered the physiological mechanisms in the brain that underlie broken promises. Patterns of brain activity even enable predicting whether someone will break a promise. The ...
Astronaut balancing act: Training to help explorers adapt to a return to gravity
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Astronauts returning from challenging long-duration missions face one more challenge when they get back to Earth - standing up and walking.
Gravestones Talking through Time
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A visit to your local graveyard can provide not only a history lesson, but a science lesson as well. Historians know that gravestones can reflect the lives of people whose memories are lost ...
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