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• Child Development
  Children's Health
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  Child Psychology
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  Smartphone App Helps Children With Autism Communicate Better

  January 10, 2013 — The MySocius app uses naturalistic teaching methods to help children with autism communicate more effectively. One in 88 children is now on autism ... > full story
• Water
  Resource Shortage
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Policies
  Environmental Policy
  Weather
   

  Information Required for Short-Term Water Management Decisions Outlined

  January 9, 2013 — Adapting to future climate change impacts requires capabilities in hydroclimate monitoring, short-term prediction and application of such information to support contemporary water management ... > full story
• Climate
  Environmental Issues
  Atmosphere
  Earth Science
  Global Warming
  Air Quality
   
  

  NASA Chases Climate Change Clues Into the Stratosphere

  January 9, 2013 — Starting this month, NASA will send a remotely piloted research aircraft as high as 65,000 feet over the tropical Pacific Ocean to probe unexplored regions of the upper atmosphere for answers to how ... > full story
• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Geology
  Tsunamis
  Earth Science
  Weather
   
  

  Faulty Behavior: New Earthquake Fault Models Show That 'Stable' Zones May Contribute to the Generation of Massive Earthquakes

  January 9, 2013 — In an earthquake, ground motion is the result of waves emitted when the two sides of a fault move rapidly past each other. Not all fault segments move so quickly, however -- some slip slowly and are ... > full story
• Galaxies
  Astronomy
  Astrophysics
  Cosmology
  Nebulae
  Space Telescopes
   
  

  First 'Bone' of the Milky Way Identified

  January 8, 2013 — Our Milky Way is a spiral galaxy -- a pinwheel-shaped collection of stars, gas and dust. It has a central bar and two major spiral arms that wrap around its disk. Since we view the Milky Way from the ... > full story
• Computer Modeling
  Nebulae
  NASA
  Astronomy
  Space Exploration
  Astrophysics
   
  

  New Approach for Simulating Supernovas

  January 8, 2013 — Researchers are trying to bridge the gap between studies of supernova blasts and the remnants they leave behind. They hope to use a relatively new computer code to show more of the evolution from ... > full story
• Fossils
  Soil Types
  Nature
  Dinosaurs
  Endangered Plants
  Climate
   
  

  Jurassic Ecosystems Were Similar to Modern: Animals Flourish Among Lush Plants

  January 8, 2013 — In modern ecosystems, animals flourish amid lush vegetation. That was true 150 million years ago too, says a new study by paleontologists. They applied ecological principles to geochemical data from ... > full story
• Frogs and Reptiles
  Nature
  Global Warming
  Animals
  Climate
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Global Warming Beneficial to Ratsnakes

  January 8, 2013 — Speculation about how animals will respond to climate change due to global warming led researchers to conduct a study of ratsnakes at three different latitudes -- Ontario, Illinois, and Texas. His ... > full story
• Information Technology
  Hacking
  Encryption
  Computer Modeling
  Computer Science
  Distributed Computing
   
  

  Computer, Electrical Engineers Working to Help Biologists Cope With Big Data

  January 8, 2013 — Computer and electrical engineers are developing computing tools to help biologists analyze all the data produced by today's research ... > full story
• Computer Science
  Educational Psychology
  Distributed Computing
  Information Technology
  Communications
  Computer Modeling
   

  Keeping to Your New Year Resolutions With PiFace

  January 8, 2013 — After a festive period of excess, a January diet is one of the most common New Year resolutions for many people. Sticking to it, however, is harder, with temptation around every corner and inside ... > full story

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