Researchers have come up with a way to make titanium-dioxide nanoparticles, which have a variety…
Month: June 2014
‘Vital signs’ of teaching captured by quick, reliable in-class evaluation
A 20-minute classroom assessment that is less subjective than traditional in-class evaluations by principals can…
Ultra-thin wires for quantum computing
Take a fine strand of silica fiber, attach it at each end to a slow-turning…
Breast cancer diagnosis, mammography improved by considering patient risk
A new approach to examining mammograms that takes into account a woman’s health risk profile…
Boost for dopamine packaging protects brain in Parkinson’s model
An increase in the protein that helps store dopamine, a critical brain chemical, led to…
Strange physics turns off laser
Inspired by anomalies that arise in certain mathematical equations, researchers have demonstrated a laser system…
Promising T cell therapy to protect from infections after transplant
When patients have to undergo a bone marrow transplant, the procedure weakens their immune system….
Family violence leaves genetic imprint on children
Children in homes affected by violence, suicide, or the incarceration of a family member have…
Early elementary school start times tougher on economically advantaged children
Middle- and upper-class elementary school students demonstrated worse academic performance when they were required to…
Single dose of century-old drug approved for sleeping sickness reverses autism-like symptoms in mice
In a further test of a novel theory that suggests autism is the consequence of…