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Science Education

Preschool Program Boosts Standardized Test Scores to Grade 5

HPP is a collaborative program involving the Harrisburg School District and Capital Area Head Start, which provides comprehensive, high-quality preschool…

Life & Chemistry

Mine-Hunting Software Helps Detect Rare Cancer Cells

“The results are spectacular,” said Dr. Larry Carin, professor at Duke University and developer of the technology. “This could be a game-changer for medical…

Life & Chemistry

Ionic Liquid Catalyst Transforms Emissions Into Sustainable Fuel

University of Illinois chemical and biological engineering professor Paul Kenis and his research group joined forces with researchers at Dioxide Materials, a…

Studies and Analyses

Liver Cancer Trends: Rising in Low-Risk, Falling in High-Risk Areas

Despite this, the incidence rates in Asian countries remain twice as high as those in Africa and more than four times as high as rates in North America. The…

Environmental Conservation

Global Warming’s Impact on Plants and Animals: New Insights

Scientists of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) have now identified the scale of danger for animals and plants in a worldwide analysis.For that purpose, they developed a novel measure that for the first time systematically quantifies the impacts of changes in CO2 concentration in the air as well as in temperature and rainfall on terrestrial ecosystems. Computer simulations show that global warming could lead to an expansion of the Kazakh steppe but also lets forests grow in the presently treeless tundra….

Studies and Analyses

Study Links Marijuana Use to Increased Driver Accident Risk

While marijuana is the most commonly detected non-alcohol drug in drivers, its role in causing crashes has remained in question. To examine the link between…

Physics & Astronomy

Crab Pulsar Emits Record Gamma Rays: New Findings Unveiled

The VERITAS experiment measured gamma rays coming from the Crab Pulsar at such large energies that they cannot be explained by current scientific models of how…

Social Sciences

Conflict and Social Identity: Understanding the Connection

Social psychology research has always maintained that individuals often identify themselves with the social group they belong to and will bond together to…

Physics & Astronomy

Astronomers Unearth Hidden Planets in Hubble Archive Data

Finding these hidden gems in the Hubble archive gives astronomers an invaluable time machine for comparing much earlier planet orbital motion data to more…

Earth Sciences

Philippe Transitions to Hurricane: Key Insights from NASA Data

The wind shear lessened, and Philippe became a hurricane today, after 12 days of moving across the Atlantic Ocean. NASA's TRMM satellite saw towering…

Earth Sciences

NASA's Aqua Satellite Sees Birth of Two Tropical Cyclones in Eastern Pacific

The eleventh tropical depression quickly grew into Tropical Storm Irwin this morning, as strong convection surged around its center of circulation. That…

Studies and Analyses

Car-Free Living Linked to Delayed Marriages in America

For the past few decades, Americans have been getting married later in life and are becoming more likely forego marriage altogether. Between 1970 and 2000, the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

'Non-invasive' cultivar? Buyer beware

Cultivars of popular ornamental woody plants that are being sold in the United States as non-invasive are probably anything but, according to an analysis by…

Health & Medicine

New Diagnostic Method for Sinusitis Reduces Antibiotic Use

Sinusitis is a very common disease and exists in both an acute and a chronic form. In Europe, over nine per cent of the population suffers from chronic…

Environmental Conservation

Bacteria forge nitrogen from nitric oxide

The anaerobic oxidation of ammonia (anammox) is an important pathway in the nitrogen cycle that was only discovered in the 1980s. Currently, scientists…

Earth Sciences

Arctic Sea Ice Changes Revealed by RV Polarstern Research

This is one of the results that scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association brought back from the…

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