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Early Investment in Families Helps Children Succeed in School
April 15, 2013 — An innovative program that supports parents and teachers of public school pre-kindergarten students improves early academic achievement, according to a new ... > full story -
Teachers' Assessments Not Always Conducive to Fair Education, Researcher Says
April 15, 2013 — Teachers’ assessments of pupils’ literacy can vary significantly, even for pupils with similar test scores. This may interfere with children’s right to fair and gender-equal ... > full story -
Strong Urban Cores Promote Socializing in the City
April 15, 2013 — Opportunities for social interaction -- which are important for individual, economic and social well-being -- are hampered in decentralized cities, even more than by fragmented urban layouts and long ... > full story -
Bacterial Security Agents Go Rogue
April 14, 2013 — CRISPR, a system of genes that bacteria use to defend themselves against viruses, has been found to be involved in helping some bacteria evade the mammalian immune system. Scientists have shown that ... > full story -
Gene Sequencing Project Finds New Mutations to Blame for a Majority of Brain Tumor Subtype
April 14, 2013 — Scientists have advanced their understanding of the genetic defects underlying childhood low-grade gliomas and identifies promising new drug ... > full story -
Ordinary Skin Cells Morphed Into Functional Brain Cells
April 14, 2013 — Researchers have discovered a technique that directly converts skin cells to the type of brain cells destroyed in patients with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and other so-called myelin ... > full story -
Freezing Nerves Knocks Pain out Cold
April 14, 2013 — Using a tiny ball of ice, a minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment called cryoneurolysis safely short circuits chronic pain caused by nerve damage, according to new ... > full storyMore: -
Abuse of Students Doing Anthropological Fieldwork
April 13, 2013 — College athletes are not the only ones who sometimes suffer at the hands of higher ups. A new report brings to light a more hidden and pernicious problem -- the psychological, physical and sexual ... > full story -
Reactivating Memories During Sleep: Memory Rehearsal During Sleep Can Make a Big Difference in Remembering Later
April 12, 2013 — Why do some memories last a lifetime while others disappear quickly? A new study suggests that memories rehearsed, during sleep or waking, can have an impact on memory consolidation and on what is ... > full story -
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Teenage Smoking Behavior Influenced by Friends' and Parents' Smoking Habits
April 12, 2013 — The company you keep in junior high school may have more influence on your smoking behavior than your high school friends, according to newly published ... > full story
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