Mapping a lake by GPS positioning and depth sounder by boat is very time-consuming, therefore the researchers decided to use a theory driven approach in the study.
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What is the volume of water in lakes on Earth? Using...
Traditionally speaking, crystals -- like salt, sugar or even diamonds -- are simply periodic arrangements of atoms in a three-dimensional lattice.
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Harvard physicists have created a new form of matter -- dubbed a time crystal --...
Portrait of young man with EEG headset on. (Stock image)
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Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggest that brainwave-sensing headsets, also known as EEG or electroencephalograph headsets, need better security after a study reveals...
New research from King's College London finds that teacher assessments are equally as reliable as standardised exams at predicting educational success.
The researchers say their findings, published today in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, question whether the benefits of...
Domestic horses form the center of nomadic life in contemporary Mongolia.
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According to new research, nomadic horse culture -- famously associated with Genghis Khan and his Mongol hordes -- can trace its roots back more than 3,000...
Ability grouping places students of similar skills and abilities in the same classes. Image Credit: Flickr/breadfortheworld
Schools should use both ability grouping and acceleration to help academically talented students, reports a new Northwestern University study that examined a century of...
Following social norms can sometimes be costly for individuals if norms require sacrifice for the good of the group. A new study sheds light on the power of norms and the origins of cooperation.
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How you...
Telling someone else about what you've learned is a really effective way for students to study instead of just re-reading the textbook or class notes. Image Credit:Flickr/masaisrael
Students who get information, then re-tell it to someone immediately, recall it better...
A new study, led by UNSW Sydney Ph.D. student Rose O'Dea, has explored patterns in academic grades of 1.6 million students, showing that girls and boys perform very similarly in STEM—including at the top of the class.
The analysis, published...
A preschooler is exposed to light at night as part of a CU Boulder study measuring the impact of screens on sleep.
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With their brains, sleep patterns, and eyes still developing, children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to...
A study published today in the BMJ Open shows that in countries where there is a complete ban on all corporal punishment of children there is less fighting among young people. There was 31% less physical fighting in young...
