| 03/10/2010
12:00 AM Game on? Video-game ownership may interfere with young boys' academic functioning
(Association for Psychological Science) According to new findings, owning a video-game system may hamper academic development in some children. Boys who received a video-game system immediately had significantly lower reading and writing scores after four months than boys receiving a video-game system at the end of the experiment. Further analysis revealed that the time spent playing video games may link the relationship between owning a video-game system and reading and writing scores. |
| 03/10/2010
12:00 AM Students' perceptions of Earth's age influence acceptance of human evolution, says U of Minn. study
(University of Minnesota) High school and college students who understand the geological age of the Earth (4.5 billion years) are much more likely to understand and accept human evolution, according to a University of Minnesota study published in the March issue of the journal Evolution. |
| 03/10/2010
12:00 AM K-State's elementary education program receives national honor
(Kansas State University) Kansas State University's bachelor's degree program in elementary education is being honored with the 2010 Distinguished Program in Teacher Education Award from the Association of Teacher Educators. |
| 03/10/2010
12:00 AM NTU and NI join hands to produce next generation wireless communication technologies
(Nanyang Technological University) Nanyang Technological University and National Instruments today formalized an agreement to launch the NTU-NI Wireless Research Program. Both parties will jointly develop the next-generation wireless communication technologies which are cheaper, faster, more reliable and more pervasive. |
| 03/09/2010
12:00 AM Patients with irritable bowel syndrome not more likely to develop polyps, colon cancer
(University of Michigan Health System) Patients with irritable bowel syndrome are at no greater risk of having polyps, colon cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases than healthy people undergoing colonoscopies. |
| 03/09/2010
12:00 AM NJIT prof names baseball winners
(New Jersey Institute of Technology) With pitchers and catchers having recently reported to spring training, once again Bruce Bukiet, an associate professor at NJIT, has applied mathematical analysis to compute the number of games that Major League Baseball teams should win in 2010. |
| 03/09/2010
12:00 AM Laptop revolution: New class design saves schools money, space
(North Carolina State University) Universities around the country are struggling with shrinking budgets, even as they need to cater to the needs of an increasing number of students. New research from North Carolina State University shows that one way to cut down on costs, and simultaneously improve the learning experience, is to have students use the technology they already bring into the classroom. |
| 03/09/2010
12:00 AM AIBS names emerging public policy leaders
(American Institute of Biological Sciences) The American Institute of Biological Sciences has selected Meredith Niles, a graduate student at the University of California, Davis, Ryan Richards, a graduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park, and Leslie Smith, a graduate student at the University of Rhode Island, to receive the 2010 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award. |
| 03/09/2010
12:00 AM HHMI's Gilliam Fellowships aim to increase diversity in the sciences
(Howard Hughes Medical Institute) HHMI has selected five exceptional individuals to receive the 2010 Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study. These students will join a dynamic group of 30 Gilliam fellows, who share a passion for science and a commitment to increasing diversity in the sciences. |
| 03/08/2010
12:00 AM Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences April 24-27
(National Academy of Sciences) The US National Academy of Sciences will hold its 147th annual meeting April 24-27, at which new academy members will be elected. |
| 03/08/2010
12:00 AM A possible early glimpse of autism's impact on older siblings
(University of Oregon) A new study suggests a trend toward developing hyperactivity among typically developing elementary-school-aged siblings of autistic preschoolers and supports the notion that mothers of young, autistic children experience more depression and stress than mothers with typically developing children. |
| 03/08/2010
12:00 AM Biochemist researching computer models of protein structure that help high school, college students
(Kansas State University) An award from the National Science Foundation will boost a Kansas State University professor's contribution to the study of proteins while also helping college and high school science teachers learn more about computational and structural biology. |
| 03/08/2010
12:00 AM New ways to disarm deadly South American hemorrhagic fever viruses
(Howard Hughes Medical Institute) Researchers have discovered how one New World hemorrhagic fever virus latches onto and infects human cells, offering a much-needed lead toward new treatments. |
| 03/08/2010
12:00 AM JRC Publications Repository online
(European Commission Joint Research Centre) The European Commission's Joint Research Centre launched today the Internet version of its Publications Repository. Bibliographic data of almost 10,000 articles and papers representing a wealth of knowledge are now available to the public. In addition, more than 1,700 technical reports (EUR series) are freely available for download. |
| 03/08/2010
12:00 AM Farm-to-school programs motivate school food service professionals
(Elsevier Health Sciences) With economical constraints interfering with schools to provide children with increased amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables, a study in the March/April issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior examines how farm-to-school programs have the potential to improve children's diets by providing locally grown produce without burdening the school's finances. |
| 03/05/2010
12:00 AM Survey: Toyota owners maintain high overall satisfaction despite recalls
(Rice University) A report released today by Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business found that despite the 8 million Toyota vehicles recalled since October 2009, current Toyota owners are not yet wavering in their support of or satisfaction with the company. |
| 03/05/2010
12:00 AM Teaching self-control skills to children reduces classroom problems
(University of Rochester Medical Center) Children taught skills to monitor and control their anger and other emotions improved their classroom behavior and had significantly fewer school disciplinary referrals and suspensions, according to a study by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers. |
| 03/05/2010
12:00 AM NEH grant promotes Rutgers research on history of babies
(Rutgers University) Janet Golden, a professor of history at Rutgers -- Camden, has earned a highly prestigious fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to study the history of babies in modern America. |
| 03/05/2010
12:00 AM Summit seeks to spark call to action on facing world's biggest challenges
(Arizona State University) Engineers, scientists, government and education leaders from across the country will participate in the launch of a call to action by the National Academy of Engineering and the National Science Foundation. The aim is to focus public attention on the challenges the nation must address to maintain national security, quality of life and an environmentally and economically sustainable future in the 21st century. The summit is designed to provide for public participation. |
| 03/04/2010
12:00 AM ONR sponsors tech high school robot competition
(Office of Naval Research) Aimed at boosting young people's interest in science and technology careers, the Office of Naval Research is sponsoring a team of local high school students as they participate in a robotics competition March 5-6 in Washington, D.C. |
| 03/04/2010
12:00 AM 2010 Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology Meeting
(Genetics Society of America) The Genetics Society of America is pleased to announce the 2010 Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology Meeting, July 27-August 1, 2010, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. This biennial meeting brings together investigators studying various aspects of eukaryotic biology in yeast. Program highlights include presentations by three Nobel Laureates and a Canadian astronaut who is also a Member of Parliament. |
| 03/04/2010
12:00 AM Revisiting chicxulub
(National Science Foundation) For decades, scientists have accumulated ever-larger datasets that suggest an enormous space rock crashed into the ocean off the Yucatan Peninsula more than 65 million years ago, resulting in the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction. |
| 03/04/2010
12:00 AM Transcendental Meditation activates default mode network, the brain's natural ground state
(Maharishi University of Management) An EEG study conducted on college students at American University found they could activate the default mode network (DMN), a suggested natural "ground state" of the brain, during their practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique. Previous research has shown closing one's eyes and relaxing increases the DMN, but this three-month randomized control study, published in Cognitive Processing, found activity in the DMN, comprising deep midline structures, increases significantly during TM compared to simple eyes-closed rest. |
| 03/04/2010
12:00 AM Surrounded by Science Summit
(Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education) The Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education, with support from the National Science Foundation, is hosting "Surrounded by Science," a biennial Informal Science Education Summit, March 3-5 in Washington, D.C. |
| 03/03/2010
12:00 AM Charles Drew University, UC Irvine awarded $480,000 grant for research low birth weight infants
(Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science) Researchers at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science and UC Irvine will monitor the day-to-day health of low-birth-weight babies and their parents as part of a comprehensive initiative designed to combat chronic illnesses associated with low-weight births. |
