A submarine designed and built by engineering students at the University of Warwick was awarded 1st Prize for Innovation at the 2015 the International Submarine Races (ISR). Held at the Carderock Naval […]
A submarine designed and built by engineering students at the University of Warwick was awarded 1st Prize for Innovation at the 2015 the International Submarine Races (ISR). Held at the Carderock Naval […]
The 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) has been released by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Starting from 2003, ARWU has been presenting the world Top 500 […]
by National Science Foundation This summer, visitors to the Museum of Science, Boston will be inspired by the science and technology behind some of the most beloved animated films and their characters, […]
Stanford Professor Bruce McCandliss found that beginning readers who focus on letter-sound relationships, or phonics, increase activity in the area of their brains best wired for reading. By May Wong | Stanford […]
by Sarah Yang | UC Berkeley An evaluation of a school-based program to prevent childhood obesity finds encouraging signs that the effort is making a difference. Researchers from UC Berkeley’s School of Public […]
By Gerry Everding | Washington University in St. Louis Providing students with illustrative diagrams showing relationships among key concepts to be discussed in a lecture can boost student learning and recall, especially […]
by University of Montreal A study at the University of Montreal shows that the market share of the five largest research publishing houses reached 50% in 2006, rising, thanks to mergers and […]
by Dartmouth University A Dartmouth research laboratory is working to quantify the effects of playing games. In a study published online last month by the Games for Health Journal, Professor Mary Flanagan […]
by Clifton B. Parker | Stanford University News Service Passion, dedication and persistence count the most when children are cultivating their intelligence and talents, a Stanford scholar says. Carol Dweck, a Stanford psychology […]
by Texas A&M University A study from the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health finds students with standing desks are more attentive than their seated counterparts. In fact, preliminary […]
by University of Leicester Students from the University of Leicester have calculated how much paper would be required to physically print the Internet as we know it – and have found that, […]
by QUT Media Children who use centre-based child care and multiple care arrangements across their early years are better prepared for school, a new QUT study has found. Dr Chrystal Whiteford, from […]
by Concordia University “No Facebooking in class!” is a refrain often heard by high school teens. But new research from Concordia proves that social media can be a powerful educational device — […]
by Anne Trafton | MIT News Office In middle-schoolers, neuroscientists find differences in brain structures where knowledge is stored. Many years of research have shown that for students from lower-income families, […]