Category Archives: Research

Wearable Electronic Smart Clothing

Jin-Woo Han and M. Meyyappan, scientists at the Center for Nanotechnology at NASA Ames Research Center have developed a new flexible memory fabric woven together from interlocking strands of copper and copper-oxide wires. It may soon enable smart fabrics and wearable … Continue reading

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Artificial Neural Network from DNA

Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have created an artificial neural network (a “tiny brain”) from double-stranded DNA molecules with loose ends. These strands interact with biochemical inputs to the loose ends. Outputs serve as both ‘yes’ or ‘no’ … Continue reading

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3-D Plasmon Rulers

Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have designed a plasmon ruler that can measure nanoscale distances within chemical or biological species. It is based on coupled plasmonic oligomers in combination with high-resolution plasmon spectroscopy. This enables measurement of complex process … Continue reading

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Learn More through Direct Instruction

Peter E. Peterson posted “Eighth-Grade Students Learn More Through Direct Instruction.” He reviewed the recently published study that concluded that DI students learned one (1) to two(2) months more content in an academic year than through constructivist teaching strategists. Guido … Continue reading

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"Crazy U" Online

Andrew Ferguson talks on CSPAN today about writing his book “Crazy U: One Dad’s Crash Course in Getting His Kid Into College.” Ferguson is senior editor at the Weekly Standard. The book humorously follows Dad through the process of getting … Continue reading

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Charles Murrey Describes the Unraveling of America

C-SPAN recorded for reuse a lecture “The State of White America” by political scientist Charles Murrey. He reported more analyses of U.S. Census Bureau Data included in his book “Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing Schools Back to Reality.” … Continue reading

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World’s First Beer to Consume in Space

Astronauts4Hire completed its inaugural test of Vostok Space Beer, the world’s first beer designed for consumption in space. The experiment took place aboard a parabolic trajectory microgravity flight out of Cape Canaveral, operated by Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G). The flight … Continue reading

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Astronauts4Hire Announces Selection of New Flight Members

Astronauts4Hire Inc. announced the selection of its third class of commercial scientist-astronaut candidates to conduct experiments on suborbital flights. “With the addition of these new members to the organization, Astronautst4Hire has solidified its standing as the premier provider of scientist-astronaut … Continue reading

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Educational Productivity

Economists at the Center for American Progress announced an online interactive website that compares the educational productivity of 9,000 United States school districts. In Tablet PC Education Blog words, they addressed the question, “What does it cost to learn ‘a’?” … Continue reading

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Promise, Tell the Truth

‘When conducting forensic interviews with child and adolescent witnesses, police officers, social workers, and lawyers could use the honesty-promoting technique of promising to tell the truth,’ the researchers said. ‘In turn, the likelihood of obtaining truthful statements may increase.’ Evans … Continue reading

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