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Students' Online and Offline Social Networks Can Predict Course Grades
December 27, 2012 — The information can be used to determine which students need the most help, as well as which ones excel and might be guided to further study or careers in that subject ... > full story -
A Model-Free Way to Characterize Polymodal Ion Channel Gating
December 27, 2012 — Two studies help pave the way for a "shortcut" model-free approach to studying activation of "polymodal" ion channels -- channels that open in response to multiple ... > full story -
Development of New Corneal Cell Line Provides Powerful Tool
December 27, 2012 — Scientists have developed of HCENC-21 and HCEnC-21T, two novel model systems for human corneal ... > full story -
Smaller Colorado River Projected for Coming Decades, Study Says
December 23, 2012 — Some 40 million people depend on the Colorado River Basin for water but warmer weather from rising greenhouse gas levels and a growing population may signal water shortages ahead. In a new study, ... > full story -
Study Shows Rapid Warming on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
December 23, 2012 — In a discovery that raises further concerns about the future contribution of Antarctica to sea level rise, a new study finds that the western part of the ice sheet is experiencing nearly twice as ... > full story -
Physicists Take Photonic Topological Insulators to the Next Level
December 21, 2012 — Researchers have designed a simulation that for the first time emulates key properties of electronic topological insulators. Topological insulators, a state of matter that was only discovered in the ... > full story -
May the Force Be With the Atomic Probe
December 21, 2012 — A new models suggest devising means of probing a surface at a sub-micrometric level as this will help us understand how electrons' diffusion affects long-range attractive forces. Theoretical ... > full story -
Armchair Science: Bag and Tag Glowing Galactic Clouds
December 20, 2012 — A new galactic game launches today that lets citizen scientists identify the glowing clouds where future stars will be born. The online experience, called Clouds, is a new addition to the Milky Way ... > full story -
How Songbirds Learn to Sing: Mathematical Model Explains How Birds Correct Mistakes to Stay on Key
December 20, 2012 — Scientists studying how songbirds stay on key have developed a statistical explanation for why some things are harder for the brain to learn than others, building the first mathematical model that ... > full story -
Cardiovascular Disease: The Mechanics of Prosthetic Heart Valves
December 20, 2012 — Computer simulations of blood flow through mechanical heart valves could pave the way for more individualized ... > full story
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