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Math learned best when children move

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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...

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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,...

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Image credit: Flickr/wahousegop 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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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

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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

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A team of researchers from MIT, Georgia Tech, and the University of Florida has devised a way to rapidly test different nanoparticles to see...

Toxic metals found in e-cigarette liquids

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A new study found high levels of toxic metals in the liquid that creates the aerosol that e-cigarette users inhale when they vape.Image credit:...