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Rhythm-Based Curriculum Boosts Children’s Fraction Skills

An innovative curriculum uses rhythm to teach fractions at a California school where students in a music-based program scored significantly higher on math…

Health & Medicine

Non-Drug Treatments Alleviate Menopause Symptoms in Breast Cancer

These interventions can be effective in dealing with such distressing symptoms as hot flushes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, weight gain, urinary incontinence…

Health & Medicine

Prenatal Pollutants Linked to Anxiety and Attention Issues in Kids

Mothers' exposure during pregnancy to a class of air pollutants called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) can lead to behavioral problems in their…

Health & Medicine

Radiotherapy’s Long-Term Benefits for DCIS Recurrence Prevention

Researchers found that the use of RT in addition to surgery could reduce the chances of a local recurrence (the cancer coming back in the same breast) by 50%….

Materials Sciences

Innovative Textiles: Hohenstein and Kelheim Fibres Collaborate

In the ZIM research project KF2136709HGO, researchers from the internationally renowned Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim worked with Kelheim Fibres, one of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

21.0% record efficiency for large area (156 × 156 mm2) n-type EWT solar cell

At the 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, which took place in Seattle in June 2011, ISFH and Q-Cells already presented small n-type EWT solar cells…

Trade Fair News

Interactive Software Enhances Cancer Drug Research Efficiency

Imaging technology is essential in the search for new active pharmaceutical ingredients for cancer drugs. Analyzing the large amounts of generated image data…

Life & Chemistry

New Shortcut for Stem Cell Programming Discovered

Scientists at the Life & Brain Research Center at the University of Bonn, Germany, have succeeded in directly generating brain stem cells from the connective…

Power and Electrical Engineering

NRL Tests Robotic Fueling for Unmanned Vessels

The Rapid Autonomous Fuel Transfer (RAFT) project exhibits the ability to track the motion of a Sea Fox naval vessel, safely emplace a magnetic refueling…

Physics & Astronomy

Detection of cosmic effect may bring universe's formation into sharper focus

A large research team from two major astronomy surveys reports in a paper submitted to the journal Physical Review Letters that scientists detected the…

Corporate News

Siemens Delivers Integrated Water Treatment Solution to Colombia

Siemens technologies will be applied to prepare river water for use as boiler feed water, and to purify wastewater before discharge, for example. The order is…

Earth Sciences

Danger in paradise — the hidden hazards of volcano geotourism

Previously frequented by smaller numbers of experienced hikers and trained tour guides, today's volcanic sites are plagued by throngs of novice hikers, who are…

Power and Electrical Engineering

MIT’s New Camera Technology Sees Around Corners

In December, MIT Media Lab researchers caused a stir by releasing a slow-motion video of a burst of light traveling the length of a plastic bottle. But the…

Physics & Astronomy

Super-Earth’s Potential to Transfer Life Explored

“One of the big scientific questions is how did life get started and how did it spread through the universe,” said Jay Melosh, distinguished professor of earth…

Life & Chemistry

New Mouse Model Sheds Light on Autism and Serotonin Links

Serotonin is a brain chemical that carries signals across the synapse, or gap between nerve cells. The supply of serotonin is regulated by the serotonin…

Life & Chemistry

Advancements in Organic Electronics: Insights from DOE Study

Future prospects for superior new organic electronic devices are brighter now thanks to a new study by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s…

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