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Nanotechnology Patents in the United States and Beyond

In 2000, the United States launched the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) to advance nanotechnology research, development, and...

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Want to Be a More Productive Worker? Research Says Stay Home

Are you a telecommuter? If you've got a quiet, private place to work, you're probably more efficient.

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What Causes Phantom Smartphone Buzzing?

You know the feeling—you think your phone is buzzing in your pocket, you go to see what’s up, and there’s nothing there. Why does it happen?

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An Underwater Lab for Forecasting the Ocean's Future

Researchers created an underwater lab-in-a-box near the Great Barrier Reef, allowing them to tinker with ocean water in its natural state.

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Navy Scientists Develop Underwater Solar Panels

Navy research scientists have developed a solar panel that works underwater. And that's good news because there aren't wall sockets down there.

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Can Storytelling Keep Kids Hooked on Science?

Researchers believe giving students an emotional connection to the subject through characters and plot twists will keep them engaged.

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NASA Creates Awesome iPad App for Science Education

The new "Visualization Explorer" app takes NASA's trove of satellite data and brings it to life in a free app.

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Are Schools on the Verge of a Mobile-Phone Revolution?

Over 75 percent of teens own cell phones, making them the perfect tool for learning—if teachers are on board with using them.

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What's the Key to Ending the Math and Science Teacher Shortage?

The real problem isn't recruiting teachers. It's keeping them in the classroom.

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Dead Wrong: Is Your War Protest Actually Increasing Support for the War?

New research says complaining about money and lives lost in our wars might be a terrible way to try and end them.

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Brain Drain: How Our Thirst for Academic Talent Hurts the Rest of the World

While a top international scholar is teaching in the States, who's educating college students back in that professor's homeland?

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Education Reform? Student Activists Are Doing It Themselves

While debates about education policy rage on in Washington, D.C. many students are taking matters into their own hands.

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Study: Politicians Likelier to Engage with Voters of Their Race

New research from Yale finds that all politicians privilege "their own" when it comes to constituent engagement.

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Studies Support Rewards, Homework, and Traditional Teaching—Or Do They?

It's smart to be skeptical of education studies that seem to support traditional practices.

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Study: Going to Church Makes You Fat (UPDATED)

Scientists knew there was a correlation between religious involvement and obesity, but this new study proves the relationship is causal.

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Study: Cutting Jobless Benefits Sees People Look for Work Less, Not More

The GOP should read this before trying to kill unemployment insurance extensions.