Jun 30 2011

Roller Pen Writes Electronic Circuitry

Tag: Apps,Batteries,Business,Computers,Devices,Electronic Art,Electronics,Engineering,Experiments,High School,How to Draw,Light,Materials,Materials Science,Nanotech,Paper,Particles,RFID,Science,Soldiers,Storage,Technology,Video,Windows — Alyssa Danigelis @ 2:41 pm
The rollerball pen dispenses conductive silver ink, enabling electrical circuits to be drawn directly on paper and other surfaces.

May 16 2011

Youthful Ingenuity Honored at Intel Science Fair

Tag: Animals,Asteroids,Bacteria,Building,Ceremonies,Chemistry,Community,Devices,Disaster Scenarios,Earth,Engineering,Experiments,Family Members,Fear,Fish,Flies,Fruit,Hearing,High School,Inventions,Kids,Laboratories,Meteorites,Nobel Prize,Nuclear Science,Particles,Plants,Plastic,Recipes,Science,Scientists,Sight,Spiders,Technology,Transportation,Tumor,Yeast and Bread Machine — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 6:24 pm
Young scientists receive awards in international competition.

Apr 21 2011

U.S. Risks Creating Uneducated ‘Underclass’

Tag: Colleges,Education,High School — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 3:53 am
A new Hispanic underclass could be created unless the United States improves immigrant children's access to education.

Feb 28 2011

Higher Education Linked to Lower Blood Pressure

Tag: Colleges,Graduate School,Health,Health and Illness,High School — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 4:46 pm
The finding could help explain the often observed association among people in developed countries.

Jun 09 2010

Teen Car Accidents Linked to Early School Start Time

Tag: Car Accident,Disasters and Accidents,High School,Kids,Schools,Sleep,Vehicles — Emily Sohn @ 1:44 pm
A comparison of accident rates among teens in two Virginia counties with different school start times suggests teens are just not morning people.

Mar 30 2010

Students From Arctic Town Venture to Antarctica

Tag: Antarctica,Arctic Regions,Biomes,Climate,Climate Change,Community,Earth,Geography,Glaciers,Green,High School,Kids,Learning,Polar Regions,Science,Scientists,Seal,Video,Whales,Wild Animals — George Kourounis @ 9:45 pm
Thinking about setting one of your teen-aged kids adrift on an ice floe? Geoff Green of "Students on Ice" will do it for you.

Feb 22 2010

Poverty During Early Childhood May Last a Lifetime

Tag: Adult,Books,Child,Childhood,Colleges,DNA,Environment,Family,High School,Kids,Money,Parents,Science,Video — Jessica Marshall @ 5:29 pm
Children raised in poverty in their first five years are more likely to feel its effects well into adulthood.