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Fingernails and Factoids: professor talks informal education
UMass Lowell professor David Lustick spoke yesterday at at STEM lecture about the effects informal science education has on students.
Tags: Carbon Smarts, David Lustick, informal education, Science & Technology, UMass Lowell
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UMass researchers discover new function in protein for cancer treatment
UMass researchers discover new function of protein that could be useful in preventing and treating cancer by experimenting on frog embryos.
Tags: Adam 13, Cancer, Developmental Cell, medicine, Research
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Researchers developing technology to ‘print’ replicated human skin to heal wounds
A group of researchers, backed by a government-funded grant, are developing technology that could revolutionize the way those wounded would be treated.
Tags: burn victims, human skin, medical adances, Printing
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Study shows that not all smiles created equal
Researchers at Michigan State University are finding despite what employers and moms say, smiling may not always be the best option.
Tags: Happiness, Michigan State, Smiling
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Creationism still exists in the classroom
A recent study of over 900 schools in the United States has found that creationism is still being taught in many classrooms.
Tags: Classrooms, Creationism, Science & Technology
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IBM’s Watson comp. defeats humans on Jeopardy
The super computer Watson, developed and programmed by a variety of teams and institutions, including UMass, recently won a tournament against the show’s greatest victors.
Tags: IBM, Jeopardy, Watson
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UMass research gets ranked in nation
The University has ranked eighth in technology transfer for 2009, thanks in part to the discovery of an ethanol-producing bacterium.
Tags: C-thy, Inside Higher Ed, Northwestern University, Research
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