Jan
18
2012 Google Science Fair
January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Google is looking for the brightest young scientists from around the world to submit interesting, creative projects that are relevant to the world today. The Google Science Fair challenges students aged 13-18 to carry out a scientific investigation into a real-world problem or issue that interests them. The competition asks them to carry the investigation [...]
Oct
12
Best International Universities
October 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This a guest post by Diane Johnson. Diane graduated from the University of Utah and enjoys writing, particularly about travel and online classes. After high school graduation many students decide to go to college, while some travel the world, and others start their careers. And within those main decisions there are other choices such as [...]
Oct
11
DocsTeach: Turning Students into Historians
October 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
DocsTeach – The National Archive Experience: Find, use, create and share activities using documents from the National Archives. More than 3000 documents are available for use in classroom activities. The National Archives Experience: The National Archives Experience depicts the outstanding national mosaic and tells the stories of the American journey to young and old, scholars [...]
Jul
30
Ingenuity Systems, the makers of IPA (Ingenuity Pathway Analysis), have just launched Ingenuity Answers (still in alpha version). Ingenuity Answers is an advanced search tool that enables you to quickly and reliably answer specific biological and chemical questions by identifying lists of genes (or other biological and chemical objects) that satisfy particular biological criteria. Ingenuity [...]
Jun
15
Highlighting Key Discoveries: Nature Milestones
June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Nature Milestones highlights key discoveries that have shaped different scientific fields and enables the wider recognition of these classic findings that are often recognized only by those in the field.