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Month: May 2025

Education

Study finds giving pre-service social studies teachers practice in teaching difficult topics boosts confidence

May 7, 2025 Phys Org

If practice makes perfect, teachers should not be expected to teach difficult topics to students without a chance to rehearse in a low-stakes setting.This article was originally published on this website.

Technology

Cracking the code: Synthetic lichen system shows potential for self-healing concrete

May 7, 2025 Tech Xplore

Imagine concrete healing its own cracks like human skin recovering from a cut. That’s the vision behind the latest research of Dr. Congrui Grace Jin, published in Materials Today Communications.This article was originally published on […]

Education

Does free schooling give girls a better chance in life? Burundi study shows the poorest benefited most

May 7, 2025 Phys Org

Teenage pregnancy rates remain high across many parts of the developing world: In Africa, on average, about one in ten girls between the ages of 15 and 19 has already given birth. These early pregnancies […]

Computers

Making software safer and more reliable: A deep dive into proof scores

May 7, 2025 Tech Xplore

In software engineering, it is important to ensure that a software system behaves correctly and reliably. This is especially crucial for critical systems, such as online banking, e-commerce, and real-time systems. One promising technique for […]

Computers

Scientists develop new mathematical model for transfer learning in neural networks

May 7, 2025 Tech Xplore

Alessandro Ingrosso, researcher at the Donders Institute for Neuroscience, has developed a new mathematical method in collaboration with colleagues in two Italian research institutions, which enables the prediction of the effectiveness of transfer learning in […]

Education

Contemplating art’s beauty found to boost abstract and ‘big picture’ thinking

May 6, 2025 Phys Org

Since the dawn of philosophy, thinkers from Plato to Kant have considered how beauty affects human experience, and whether it has the power to transform our state of mind.This article was originally published on this […]

Computers

From action movies to urban planning, new method for creating large 3D models of urban areas is faster and cheaper

May 6, 2025 Tech Xplore

A research team led by Waterloo Engineering has developed a faster, cheaper way to create large-scale, three-dimensional (3D) computer models of urban areas, technology that could impact fields including urban planning, architectural design and filmmaking.This […]

Education

Did the pandemic lockdowns improve digital skills?

May 6, 2025 Phys Org

Many video calls in 2020 began with “Can you hear me?” Digital work was still relatively uncommon in Germany at the time, and many struggled with both the technology and the new form of communication. […]

Education

Global science faces persistent geographic disparities

May 6, 2025 Phys Org

There is an increasing awareness and understanding in global science about a troubling and persistent research imbalance, where studies overwhelmingly originate from economically developed countries, particularly those in Europe and North America.This article was originally […]

Technology

Structurally reprogrammable magnetic metamaterials hold promise for biomedicine, soft robotics

May 6, 2025 Tech Xplore

Scientists from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and Harvard University have experimentally demonstrated that it is possible to reprogram the mechanical and structural behavior of innovative artificial materials with magnetic properties, known as metamaterials, […]

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