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March 29, 2013

International Apps/Games Competition Ends with Selection of Five Finalists

March 22, 2013

The U.N. Alliance of Civilizations recently wrapped up its inaugural international mobile apps and games competition called Create UNAOC Challenge 2012 with the selection of five finalists who were each awarded $5,000 to refine their interactive creations. Educators, businesses, public service organizations and media outlets have all discovered that creating and offering a variety of […]

Scientist Discover Way to Lose Weight Without Dieting

December 10, 2012

British scientists have found you can lose weight without dieting – by replacing high-fat foods with their low-fat counterparts. Writing in the British Medical Journal,  researchers from the University of East Anglia found that people who switched out high-fat foods with low-fat substitutes lost about 1.6 kg over six months without any additional dieting. They […]

Collaboration is Key in Creating Games That Make Learning Fun

October 13, 2012

Educators, businesses, public service organizations and media outlets have all discovered that developing and offering a variety of computer and smartphone games and applications is a successful way to engage and communicate with their audiences as well as providing challenging, but entertaining learning opportunities. The U.N. Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) also sees the growing value […]

Science Images of the Week

September 5, 2012

Curiosity Beams Back Stunning Mars Images, Human Voice

August 28, 2012

NASA’s Curiosity rover has beamed back spectacular HD photos of the Martian surface. Captured by a 100-millimeter telephoto lens and 34-milllimeter wide angle lens, the images show the dark dunes,  layered rock and canyons of Mount Sharp, a mountain inside Gale Crater, where the rover landed. NASA also released photos of Curiosity at work as […]

Science Images of the Week

August 3, 2012

 

Glove Improves Sensation, Motor Skills for People with Spinal Cord Injuries

July 18, 2012

Researchers in Georgia have developed a glove which seems to improve touch sensation and motor skills for people with severe spinal cord injuries. The Mobile Music Touch (MMT) looks like a regular workout glove, except for the small box mounted on the back. Along with a piano keyboard, the glove is used to help people […]

What They Say, and What You Hear, Can Differ

July 17, 2012

The brain isn’t always entirely accurate when it comes to processing language, according to a new study. The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) finds we may not be processing every word see hear or read. This can mean our brain doesn’t pick up on changes made to key words in a sentence, even if […]

Is There Another Higgs Boson Out There?

July 16, 2012

Tired, and rushing to meet a looming deadline,  Dr. Pierre Savard and his colleagues didn’t realize what they’d found when they first came across a particle that looked a lot like the long-sought-after Higgs boson.  But it didn’t take long for them to realize their hard work had paid off. “When we looked at it, […]

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