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Want a younger brain? Stay in school — and take the stairs
Image Credit: Flickr/Katy Ereira
Taking the stairs is normally associated with keeping your body strong and healthy. But new research shows that it improves your...
Math learned best when children move
Children improve at math when instruction engages their own bodies, a new study says. Image credit: Flickr/Jan Tik
Children improve at math when instruction engages...
‘Goldilocks’ genes that tell the tale of human evolution hold clues to variety of...
A relatively short list of genes are candidates for a suite of debilitating diseases including autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, and epilepsy. Credit: Trinity College...
One year of high-quality early education improves outcomes for low-income infants, toddlers
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Children from low-income families are at substantial risk in terms of their social-emotional and academic skills at school entry, with fewer...
Engineers develop powerful millimeter-wave signal generator
Tiny though it is, the Heydari lab’s radiator chip boasts the highest power and efficiency of any device in its class, according to its...
Key friendships vital for effective human social networks
Many unique human traits such as high cognition, cumulative culture and hyper-cooperation have evolved due to the social organisation patterns unique to humans.Image credit:...
Measuring time without a clock
Credit: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
EPFL scientists have been able to measure the ultrashort time delay in electron photoemission without using a clock. The...
Flat lens opens a broad world of color
SEAS researchers have developed the first flat lens that works within a continual bandwidth of colors, from blue to green. This bandwidth, close to...
NASA Finds Planets of Red Dwarf Stars May Face Oxygen Loss in Habitable Zones
Credit: NASA
The search for life beyond Earth starts in habitable zones, the regions around stars where conditions could potentially allow liquid water – which...
Students recreate 5,000-year-old Chinese beer recipe
On a recent afternoon, a small group of students gathered around a large table in one of the rooms at the Stanford Archaeology Center.
A...
Nanoparticle screen could speed up drug development
A team of researchers from MIT, Georgia Tech, and the University of Florida has devised a way to rapidly test different nanoparticles to see...
