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Over 8,000 websites created by students around the world who have participated in a ThinkQuest Competition. Compete | FAQ | Contact Us A Quest for New Land: The Oregon Trail Follow along the Oregon Trail with the Hankin's family. Experience the life of a pioneer family with the trials and tribulations attributed to the...
Over 8,000 websites created by students around the world who have participated in a ThinkQuest Competition. Compete | FAQ | Contact Us On the Battlefield: The Mechanics of Military Vehicles The purpose of this page is to educate you about the scientific principles behind the operation of military weapons. Find out what...
Over 8,000 websites created by students around the world who have participated in a ThinkQuest Competition. Compete | FAQ | Contact Us Water, Water, Everywhere... We, as humans, must learn to comprehend the tremendous power water has over us all. Without this simple hydrogen-oxygen substance, life would cease to exist....
Tornadoes in May, 2000 The Tornado History Project generates approximate paths through separate historical archives provided by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) and the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Paths generated from the NCDC data are typically more detailed, but neither archive gives exact path information...
TV is one of the most popular forms of media. As much as there are many people who might want to dispute this, a majority of people still find themselves drawn to the entertainment box. Radio which was more popular in the previous generation is slowly losing its glory. This is mostly because there are numerous gadgets ...
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, and each year more women than men die from heart and cardiovascular disease without ever realizing they are at risk. "After having a heart attack, a woman's chance of not surviving the first year or having another heart attack is greater than a man's," says University of Alab...
Euglobulin lysis time (ELT) is a blood test that looks at how fast clots break down in the blood. Euglobulin clot lysis; Fibrinolysis/euglobulin lysis; ELT A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see Venipuncture The laboratory specialist will run tests on the blood sample to see how fast blood c...
Infant language researcher earns top faculty award ON THE GREEN | Roberta Golinkoff, H. Rodney Sharp Chair in the School of Education, is not only an educator in the traditional sense of the word, teaching students in University classrooms, she is also an educator of the public. She writes and speaks to diverse audienc...
589 Coleophora clypeiferella Hofmann, 1871Wingspan c. 14mm. Only added to the British list as recently as 1954, this species occurs on wasteland and grassy areas in the south and south-east of England. Feeding on the seedheads of fat-hen (Chenopodium album), the larva forms a case made from fragments of seed during Sep...
The 1994 Oslo Protocol on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions The 1994 Oslo Protocol on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions entered into force on 5 August 1998. An effects-based approach, the critical load concept, best available technology, energy savings, the application of economic instruments and other consid...
Lessons learned: one year later after the earthquake and Tsunami “The earthquake and tsunami struck Japan. It also struck at all societies across the world,” declared UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, during a ceremony to commemorate the first anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. This ceremo...
Jeanna Bryner LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.comWed Mar 21, 4:30 PM ET The fossil of an ancient amphibious reptile with a crocodile's body and a fish's tail has been unearthed in Oregon. Scientists believe the creature's remains were transported by geologic processes nearly 5,000 miles away from where it original...
Shots - Health Blog Tue January 24, 2012 Common Chemicals Could Make Kids' Vaccines Less Effective Originally published on Tue January 24, 2012 4:07 pm The more exposure children have to chemicals called perfluorinated compounds, the less likely they are to have a good immune response to vaccinations, a study just publ...
Osteoporosis, a term meaning “porous bones,” is a silent disease that occurs as a result of reduced bone formation and increased bone resorption.1 These factors compromise bone structure, leading to microfractures, which can later develop into clinical fractures.2 Complications of fractures include disability, body def...
The University of Wisconsin Press Environment / Natural History Companion to A Sand County Almanac Interpretive and Critical Essays Edited by J. Baird Callicott The first sustained study of Leopold's seminal book as a work of art, philosophy, and social commentary. Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac is the bible for ...
The Dutch United Provinces declared their independence from Spain in 1579; during the 17th century, they became a leading seafaring and commercial power, with settlements and colonies around the world. After a 20-year French occupation, a Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed...
When even industry insiders think of virtual reality systems, and of the data visualisation sector in particular, it's the larger, multi-user data worlds with relatively exotic hardware that tend to leap straight into mind, as opposed to the single user software suites that process and display data in 2D or 3D form. Ye...
The ground in the Puget Sound region didn’t just shake during the magnitude 6.8 Nisqually earthquake, it moved — literally. In fact, measurements using global positioning system (GPS) data indicate that in most areas the ground shifted more during the Feb. 28 quake than it normally does in a year. “Not only that, but i...
Why is it recommended that children get vaccinated? Vaccinations are used to protect children against diseases and viruses that could be potentially harmful to them. What types of illnesses can vaccinations protect people against? According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, some illnesses include measle...
- Achieving Sustainable Site Design through Low Impact Development Practices - Aesthetic Challenges - Aesthetic Opportunities - Air Barrier Systems in Buildings - Air Decontamination - Assessment Tools for Accessibility - Balancing Security/Safety and Sustainability Objectives - Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)...
100 years ago today, Harriet Tubman died, leaving her legacy in helping free the slaves. The NAACP of Bowling Green and Warren County honored her life by walking around Downtown Bowling Green, as she did on the Underground Railroad in the late 19th century. Tubman made 19 trips back to the South, guiding more than 300 ...
Philippe Henry | Getty Images Hunters and campers can follow a few easy precautions to protect lives, property and our precious forests. Getting to camp Wildfires can start when fine, dry fuel, such as grass, comes in contact with catalytic converters. Think twice before driving into and across a grassy field. - Never ...
How It Feels The blood sample is taken from a vein in your arm. An elastic band is wrapped around your upper arm. It may feel tight. You may feel nothing at all from the needle, or you may feel a quick sting or There is very little chance of a problem from having blood sample taken from a vein. Risks of a blood test - ...
Seven (Easy to Find) Foods That May Help Prevent Cancer Reach for these super foods to supercharge your odds of staying ahead of cancer and maximizing your health. Strawberries: Rich in Antioxidants Berries scoop up disease-fighting honors like kids in sports collect trophies: They just keep multiplying. Research point...
Nervous System Disorders That Lead to Bladder Spasms The feeling you get when you need to empty your bladder is normally an involuntary response. The brain signals the bladder muscle when it is time to tighten (contract) and release urine. However, certain nervous system disorders cause damage to the nerves that send s...
WebRef Update: Featured Article: X(ML) Marks the Spot X(ML) Marks the Spot Never before has an Internet development witnessed such rave reviews before thorough implementation and testing as the eXtensible Markup Language (XML). XML is definitely the latest buzzword in the developer community. However, you must crawl be...
Panic disorder is a type of anxiety disorder characterized by unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear. The fear is accompanied by physical symptoms that may include chest pain, heart palpitations, sweating, shortness of breath, dizziness, or abdominal distress. These sensations often mimic symptoms of a or oth...
Select and ensure the preservation and accessibility of government and other information consituting Georgia's recorded history. Civil War Sources Compiled Service Records 1) Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers in Organizations from the State of Georgia. This is the basic source for information about Georg...
Your child is a sprout that keeps growing, so why not start by planting a seed in their brain to make wiser financial choices for their future? With today's economy in a tight crunch, it's more important than ever to start introducing your kids to the world of shiny coins and green bills. To ensure kids learn valuable ...
Westtown's student worked mini-farm is a two acre small farm where students learn about sustainable agriculture, doing hands-on work building soil and planting organically for harvest for our kitchen and community. The mini-farm offers students the chance to get down and dirty with the earth, learn about themselves and...
Gene manipulation that created sleek and trim roundworms may ultimately help scientists develop new obesity treatments. A Harvard biologist identified about 400 roundworm genes related to fat production and storage. His team then turned off about 300. He says the experiments left the worms "thin and happy." When the re...
There are times when it's necessary to fight against things that have become so wrong that they should no longer be. Things that were once small that have become big, but are no less wrong, must be made small again; a revolution, or a complete circle, is needed. Whether you want freedom from another country , or you wa...
Literature from Latin America and Spain Course. This course is designed for students who have an advanced Spanish level and want to improve it, or who have a really passion for Hispanic literature and want to learn more about the main representatives of literature from Latin America and Spain. Students learn about the ...
Forecast an El Nino or La Nina! |You can see if an El Nino or a La Nina is coming!| |Who hasn't heard of El Nino and la Nina? Almost no one! But who can tell if one of these events that change our weather and climate is coming. Scientists are working to forecast El Nino and La Nina events but as yet our best way to tel...
Sorry, no definitions found. “Just as Gluck at mid-eighteenth century had scraped off the excesses of ornamented Baroque opera to prepare for the truer-to-life operas of Mozart, so Cherubini was to abandon the relatively polite manners of Mozart's high classical style in favor of the more emotionally charged sound-worl...
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition - n. A person who experiences synesthesia, as by having a secondary sensation of sound as color or of color as sound. - n. alternative spelling of synaesthete. “The protagonist is a synesthete, which is unusual enough that most readers would probably...
Fixing Potholes with Non-Newtonian Fluid potholes? Forget waiting around for 5 road workers to stand around and watch while one guy fills the pothole with asphalt! Just grab a bit of non-Newtonian fluid and, there – you fixed it: The students, undergraduates at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, devised the ...
Colorado River flow expected to be down in 2012 A dry winter means there will be less water flowing in the lower Colorado River this summer. “System wide total reservoir storage, as of April 4, was 63 percent of capacity,” said Doug Hendrix, external coordination manager for the Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma Area Office...
A Photo Glimpse of the Congo As head of the Zoological Society of Milwaukee’s Bonobo & Congo Biodiversity Initiative (BCBI), Dr. Gay E. Reinartz spends nearly six months each year in Africa’s Democratic Republic of Congo. During her October-December 2009 field season, Dr. Reinartz and the BCBI team visited the Zoologic...
| || ||BOOK BRIEF| The History of Modern Science: A Guide to the Second Scientific Revolution, 1800-1950. Stephen G. Brush. Iowa State Univ. Press (1988). ISBN 0-8138-0883-9. $41.95 cloth. Comprehensive. Brush has assembled a comprehensive guide to studying major developments in science from roughly the emergence of pr...
Fact Sheet Series 2004 - Adult Basic and Literacy Education The OVAE Fact Sheet Series highlights efforts currently underway at the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) to support the principles of the President's No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The principle(s) supported by this effort are: - Increase Opt...
Paralegals are trained specialists who, under the supervision of an attorney, perform a wide variety of legal tasks. These tasks may include legalresearch, law office management and preparation of legal documents. Only an attorney may provide legal services directly to the public. Students canearn the Associate in Appl...
Genre: Realistic Fiction Age Level: 14 and up # of Pages: 184 RAC Book: Yes Awards: Iowa High School Award Winner 2009-2010 This book follows three different perspectives: Alex, Clinton, and Daria. Alex is a new student in a small town school where everyone knows he is HIV positive. At the beginning of the story he is ...
|code: 302397||Date: 2012/03/13 - 14:14||source: Islamicinsights| Islamic Principles on Establishing Peaceful Religious Coexistence Shaikh Mansour Leghaei (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - In order to establish peaceful religious coexistence in society, Islam has suggested four principles. No Compulsion in Religion No doubt t...
Locus of Control refers to the extent to which individuals believe that they can control events that affect them. Individuals with a high internal locus of control believe that events result primarily from their own behaviour and actions. Those with a high external locus of control believe that powerful others, fate, o...
- Buy the Book - About 1/3 of the world’s population is infected with latent tuberculosis infection. - Most TB-affected populations are concentrated in poorer regions of the worlds. - New study explores whether substandard and falsified drugs may be exacerbating the problem of drug resistance. - Curbing the manufacture...
Editor’s note: We haven’t normally been posting these news releases on the AFHS blog but this was just too good to pass up. Enjoy! The final, missing column of data from the 1911 census, which details individuals’ infirmities is today released for the very first time at www.findmypast.co.uk and www.1911census.co.uk, th...
Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections I. Definition of the Prevention Area Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) likely facilitate HIV transmission and acquisition. STI treatment efforts have been used as an HIV prevention approach with mixed outcomes. This prevention strategy may be most effectiv...
The mainstream media view of science seems to be :- - Science is what scientists do. - What scientists do is science. Doesn’t quite work does it? In too many cases, faith in science appears to be just that – faith. Or maybe another case of credentialism? It may well be impossible to come up with a definition of science...
A person suffering from alcoholism not only craves for drink but is also unable to control his/her drinking and develops a physical dependence on alcohol. The person may develop withdrawal symptoms if drinks are denied and has a greater tolerance for alcohol. Alcoholism occurs when the intake of alcohol gradually chang...
What ducks endure When you think of a duck, most likely the image in your mind would be of one on water. Children are told that ducks live near bodies of water because they spend a lot of time on it. According to zoologist Juliet Gellatley, ducks spend 80% of their time on water since they play, swim and feed on it. So...
The fall of Sejanus in A.D. 31 aroused considerable controversy in the ancient sources and has also continued to do so in modern research. Indeed, questions of Sejanus’ intentions and of the identification of his allies and enemies still remain of great interest. No small part of this speculation concerns Antonia Minor...
Proterogyrinus - Wiki From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Photo] Proterogyrinus - reconstruction autor - Bogdanov email@example.com Fossil range: Carboniferous Proterogyrinus was an anthracosaur which lived in the Carboniferous period. Its name is Greek for "earlier tadpole". During the Late Carboniferous period(323...
Seychelles Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone corvina) - Wiki Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Seychelles Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone corvina) is a rare bird from the genus of paradise-flycatchers (Terpsiphone) within the subfamily Monarchinae. It is endemic to the Seychelles....
Has German Chancellor Angela Merkel figured out something Barack Obama hasn’t? As recently as last June, her government had set a goal that by 2020, renewable energy (vis., wind and solar) would comprise 35% of Germany’s electricity production. In the first half of 2012 (ending that June), Germany already was generatin...
Perpendicular recording technology has recently been introduced in hard disk drives for computer and consumer electronics applications. Although conceptualized in the late 1970s, making a product with perpendicular recording that has competing performance, reliability, and price advantage over the prevalent longitudina...
A symposium on virus and rickettsial diseases was held in June 1939 in Boston under the auspices of the Harvard School of Public Health. This volume is an amplified record of the thirty-four papers presented at that meeting. In view of the many recent developments in the field of the virus and rickettsial diseases, thi...
By Ashley Holloway Foxx Published September 27th 2009 in The Fayetteville Observer "Can you hear me now?" Remember that commercial for a popular cell phone company? The network traversed the country to ensure that everyone who spoke could be heard. In our democracy, your voice is your vote, and beginning in January, a ...
A researcher recently requested to look at an obscure record series described simply as “Census records, 1880” (Series 5269). After retrieving the records, Archives staff became curious and set about trying to figure out what the records really were. The records include five booklets that were clearly standard forms (f...
[edit2 - this post was previously unreadadble due to my idiocy. it should be better now. sorry] Well, the farther off our answer came to be, the lower grade we got. Heh. I know what you mean. I had teachers who did that too. IMHO, this is dumb from a pedagogical perspective. Far better make people figure out WHY their ...
NEW DELHI: India has begun work to include 220 additional Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha text in its Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL), which will help check rampant biopiracy of the country's ancient wisdom by developed countries. The digital library is a joint effort of CSIR and the ministry of Ayush (Ayurvedi...
In other words, the federal and state governments have spent more than $1.5 billion over the past 10 years on programs that simply do not work. A copy of the full report is available at www.mathematica-mpr.com/welfare/abstinence.asp. The 10-year study confirms the findings made by the Institute of Medicine, the nation'...
Cassini's close look at the moon last year prompts planetary scientsts to conclude Phoebe was born in the Kuiper Belt. May 16, 2005 The sharply-defined crater just above the center of this Cassini image shows layers of alternating bright and dark material. Cassini was 8,314 miles (13,377 kilometers) from Phoebe when th...
1809 - 1817 1810 – Mexican Revolution begins. An eleven year fight for Mexico's independence from Spain. Mining, ranching and missions prosper and Spanish troops continue the long battle with the Apache. James Madison was born in Virginia in 1751. He graduated from Princeton and was active in Virginia politics and in t...
Image via Wikipedia Warfarin (marketed under brand names like Coumadin, Jantoven, Marevan, and Waran) is a drug that inhibits blood clotting – the formation of insoluble fibrin clots which stops bleeding. The drug is used to prevent/treat thrombosis – the formation of blood clots that can cause life threatening damage ...
Introducing the Liver…Part 1 Part one in our liver series, BP starts with giving the liver the once over – what does it do, how does it do it and gives a starting point from which to understand other liver issues such as Hepatitis B, C, Cirrhosis, fibrosis etc. The liver is the largest internal organ. It is reddish-bro...
In the letter to the church at Smyrna, a church which only received commendation from the Lord, Jesus said, “Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life” (Rev. 2:10, NKJV). The word rendered crown is the Greek term stephanos. W. E. Vine observes that this word denotes (a) “the victor’s crown,” the sy...
The ‘green economy’ may contribute to achieving a greener and fairer world. However, there are several barriers to overcome first. The green economy should be tamed and guided by principles of equity, respect and shared responsibility. Find out more about the green economy >> Based on our experience in Mindanao, one of...
by Christine Ennulat, ChildFund International Liberia’s 13 years of civil war ended in 2003. Nine years later the effects of war linger. In post-conflict societies, children are the ones who suffer the most as their parents struggle to rebuild shattered homes and livelihoods. Often, children come to be viewed as burden...
Today’s the big day, when Asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass within about 200,000 miles (and come slightly closer to the moon tomorrow) of our fair planet. This closeness of the approach can be seen in the short movie below (click it to activate). The very dark asteroid is estimated to measure about 400 meters across. Here’s...
Solar Power May Be Getting More Flexible A solar panel and a yoga mat not often appear in the same sentence. But future solar panels have been compared to mats as a new technology promises to deliver amazing flexibility and efficiency within five years. According to a report on Boston.com, MicroContinuum, a company bas...
In 2005 the U.S. Bureau of Land Management offered up thousands of acres of federal land in Colorado to drilling. Because the land was in the heart of an area that supplies drinking water to 55,000 people in the western part of the state, the plan drew strong opposition from local communities. The concerns they raised ...
Tablets to Takeover Teaching? “Given Tablets but No Teachers, Ethiopian Children Teach Themselves” Classrooms are changing. Technological advances are transforming the way that children learn, or at least are taught. This is happening fast – there are dramatic differences between my school experience and that of someon...
French artist Henri Rousseau was born on this day in 1844. His still life The Pink Candle (1908), acquired by Duncan Phillips in 1930 along with Notre Dame (1909), is currently on view upstairs in the original Phillips house as part of Jeanne Silverthorne’s Vanitas! project for the Intersections series. The little pain...
A recent study from the University of Chicago sheds new light on the widespread, yet under-investigated, phenomenon of anxiety surrounding math performance. Researchers found that students reported feelings of fear and worry about math as early as first grade and that this fear affected the performance of high-achievin...
Specimens in museum collections are usually preserved in a 70 per cent aqueous solution of ethyl alcohol or in a 2-4 per cent solution of formaldehyde (5-10 per cent formalin). The great disadvantages of ethyl alcohol are that it is flammable, it volatilizes very readily, it tends to produce precipitates from sea-water...
The world is watching Japan, which, in the wake of a devastating earthquake, is trying to prevent the total meltdown of multiple nuclear reactors. Escaping radiation from the plants has created an ever-widening evacuation zone. Will radioactivity from the plants reach the United States? Yes, it appears so. It may even ...
Work organization and job stress are topics of growing concern in the occupational safety and health field and at NIOSH. The expressions “work organization” or “organization of work” refer to the nature of the work process (the way jobs are designed and performed) and to the organizational practices (e.g., management a...
In some views SOA is represented as a series of 4 layers: Presentation Layer (SOA 1), Business Process Layer (SOA 2), Business Service Layer (SOA 3) and Technical Layer (SOA 4). Typically each layer higher up in the hierarchy consumes services exposed by the layer under it. So the Presentation Layer would consume servi...
Sequencing the DNA in a scoop of dirt can tell scientists what creatures are living nearby, a new study using soil from safari parks shows, and the amount of DNA present can even tell how many individuals of each species there are, which could allow field biologists to get preliminary surveys of species. But though the...
Innovation was the buzz word during the 2011 USDA Science and Technology Plant Variety Protection Office (PVPO) Board Meeting. The PVPO, part of the Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) Science and Technology Program, gives legal intellectual property rights, similar to patents, to breeders of new varieties of plants...
A recent Poverty Matters blog post in the Guardian noted that mobile technologies and social media are creating cheap ways for citizens to interact with their governments and that development projects are trying to tap into these technologies. It gave a plug to the Bank’s new Open Finances mobile app that lets users fi...
Che Guevara talks to young people Pathfinder, 1 mars 2000 - 162 pages The Argentine-born revolutionary leader challenges youth of Cuba and the world to study, to work, to become disciplined. To join the front lines of struggles, small and large. To politicize themselves and the work of their organizations. To become a ...
“I think he had been lying there, sunning himself,” says Clay, 12.“When he saw us pull in, he got this look on his face like, ‘What are you doing here? This is MY campsite.’ ” Clay wasn’t scared, just shocked. “I’d never seen an alligator up close like that in the wild,” he says. Eventually, the half-grown reptile went...
Information is a strategic resource with an importance similar to land, labour and capital. Collecting information is time consuming and expensive, but sharing this information saves time, manpower and money. Ready access to information is one of the most important factors for policy formulation and lawmaking on the na...
Immune Response Linked to Colon Cancer Survival French researchers have found an association between how well the body responds to colon tumors and survival among more than 400 patients with the disease. They suggest that analyzing tumors for the presence of certain immune cells could yield valuable prognostic informat...
Mexico is a nation with a very strong Catholic identity, yet for over 70 years during the 20th century the Catholic Church was actually outlawed: not allowed to own property, run schools, convents or monasteries, have more than a certain number of priests (and no foreign priests), nor defend itself publicly or in the c...
Medical research focuses on how to treat and beat cancer, but people whose lives are affected by cancer have to find how to live with it - and there is no single right way to live with cancer: everyone needs to find what works best for them. Cancer doesn't just affect the person diagnosed, it also touches families, fri...
Shocking Disaster at Cambridge [Newspaper Article] This particular news report is drawn from a collection gathered by a Waikato University undergraduate student, Pauline Hunt, when investigating the hazards of life for colonial children during the 1880s. Her unpublished study concentrated on two regional newspapers, th...
Jesus would have spoken Aramaic which is descended from Hebrew, but is not the same language. This is evidenced by the fact that in the few places where Jesus words are left untranslated, he is speaking in Aramaic—Abba, father. And Talitha cum (Daughter arise) Also, whether or not Matthew is the first gospel is a matte...
Teaching Tip: What's in a Syllabus? Your course syllabus is an important document because it explains policies, expectations, and assignments to your students. Some people like to use the term syllabus to refer specifically to the master syllabus for a course—a document created by the department—and prefer to use the t...
A way of life is feeling the heat International development policies are undermining the long term survival of some of the globe's poorest communities, argues Masego Madzwamuse, IUCN's regional programme development officer and focal person for southern African drylands. She says the skills and knowledge needed to surv...
When students read e-textbooks, e-books will be reading students, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education. CourseSmart, which sells digital textbooks, will provide “a new tool to help professors and others measure students’ engagement with electronic course materials.” Say a student uses an introductory psychology e-...
Starvation is a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of food over a long period of time. From a medical standpoint, most agree that human beings can survive for up to eight to twelve weeks without food as long as they have water and some salt, although some people in history have fasted much longer. ... Reports ...
A model to determine the environmental risks of GMOs has been developed by William Muir and Richard Howard, two Purdue University researchers. They were funded by the USDA's Biotechnology Risk Assessment Program to develop a method to assess the environmental risk posed by genetically modified fish. They have expanded ...
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning storm victims that gasoline-powered generators should not be used indoors, because of the risk of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Deaths from CO poisoning have occurred in New England after last week's ice storm. CPSC Chairman Ann Brown said, "If people use gasolin...
Encourage students to develop a deep approach to learning. Research show that students who approach learning in a “deep” way get more out of their educational experience. By providing meaningful assessments, offering appropriate choices, and showing enthusiasm for your subject, you can help students become deep learner...
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5) Prevalence of child malnutrition is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. The data are based on the WHO's new child gro...
WordNet-like concept network developed at MIT ConceptNet aims to give computers access to common-sense knowledge, the kind of information that ordinary people know but usually leave unstated. The data in ConceptNet is being collected from ordinary people who contributed it on sites like Open Mind Common Sense. ConceptN...
Bacteria in liquid culture can be streaked on a plate to obtain individual colonies. It is important for a molecular biologist to work with bacteria that are genetically identical. By streaking for single colonies, one isolated colony will form from a single bacterial cell and thus the colony is genetically identical. ...