Latest Illinois Science & Technology News
- Schoolsgirls' math skills now measure up to boys' 25 Jul 2008 06:37 GMT
... research was released Thursday in the journal Science. Parents and teachers persist in thinking boys are ... said Janet Hyde, the University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher who led the study. And girls who ... the gender gap disappeared in Colorado and Illinois once state officials required all students to ...
- Networks of carbon nanotubes find use in flexible displays 25 Jul 2008 06:34 GMT
... have a hard time convincing the dutiful scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to stop their promising research. ... simply (or as simply as possible), said researchers have discovered that "networks of single-walled carbon ...
- Tribute: Mildred Slavens, 97, of Raymore, helped her blind children succeed 25 Jul 2008 06:32 GMT
... said Marjorie, a college Spanish professor in Illinois. “They had the courage to let us go.” ... courage to let us go.” A tireless researcher: Mildred spent countless hours researching her family ...
- Scores show schoolgirls now equal boys in math 25 Jul 2008 06:30 GMT
... research was released Thursday in the journal Science. Parents and teachers persist in thinking boys are ... said Janet Hyde, the University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher who led the study. And girls who ... the gender gap disappeared in Colorado and Illinois once state officials required all students to ...
- Numbers don't lie: Girls as good at math as boys, study finds 25 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
... a study published today in the journal Science . An analysis of standardized test scores from more ... girls and boys in 10 states, the researchers found that neither gender consistently outpaced the ... in math scores disappeared in Colorado and Illinois after the states began requiring all students ...
- Marriage master 25 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
... it's a combination of the art and science of love; it's a technique that took ... master's degree in clinical psychology from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She is a licensed clinical ...
- Nanotube Circuits 25 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
... single-walled carbon nanotubes printed onto bendable plastic perform well as semiconductors in integrated circuits. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [ ], whose work appears this week in Nature, say that these nanotube ...
- Girls match boys in mathematics skills, study from grades 2nd to 11th shows 25 Jul 2008 05:51 GMT
... research was released Thursday in the journal Science. Parents and teachers persist in thinking boys are ... said Janet Hyde, the University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher who led the study. And girls who ... the gender gap disappeared in Colorado and Illinois once state officials required all students to ...
- Math Scores Show No Gap for Girls, Study Finds 25 Jul 2008 05:48 GMT
... trouble for questioning women's “intrinsic aptitude” for science and engineering — and 16 years after the ... girls in math 20 years ago, the researchers found, that is no longer the case. ... in math scores disappeared in Colorado and Illinois after the states began requiring all students ...
- McCain Camp Hopes for Backlash 25 Jul 2008 05:46 GMT
... political news this week and that the Illinois senator has thus far avoided the kind ... in a sense pretty presumptuous," a political scientist at Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania, ...
- American girls eliminate the math gender gap 25 Jul 2008 05:45 GMT
... very resistant to change, but as a scientist I have to challenge them with data," ... published in today's issue of the journal Science. Using vast data generated by the No ... the gender gap disappeared in Colorado and Illinois once state officials required all students to ...
- Traffic fatalities fall 25 Jul 2008 05:15 GMT
... the Arab oil embargo three decades ago. Researchers with the National Safety Council reported a ... Day weekend, the fewest in 38 years. Illinois' total also is off 20 percent, and Wisconsin ...
- Gregoire's Puget Sound push doesn't quite float 25 Jul 2008 05:10 GMT
... approach is, 'You get federal dollars for scientific research on what needs to be done: ... and her legacy -- depend on the Illinois senator. Obama is needed to turn out the ...
- Connelly: Gregoire's Puget Sound push doesn't quite float 25 Jul 2008 05:08 GMT
... approach is, 'You get federal dollars for scientific research on what needs to be done: ... and her legacy -- depend on the Illinois senator. Obama is needed to turn out the ...
- Schoolgirls' math skills now measure up to boys' 25 Jul 2008 04:48 GMT
... research was released Thursday in the journal Science. Parents and teachers persist in thinking boys are ... said Janet Hyde, the University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher who led the study. And girls who ... the gender gap disappeared in Colorado and Illinois once state officials required all students to ...
- Number of Amber Alerts declines as criteria tighten 25 Jul 2008 04:48 GMT
... months, suggests a continuing decline. Police and researchers see various reasons, including more restrictive use ... the criteria are met," says Cinda Lubich, Illinois' Amber Alert coordinator. At first, she says, the ...
- Costs Of Climate Change For U.S. In Billions 25 Jul 2008 04:48 GMT
... of climate change on Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey and Ohio. Studies ... report offers five "lessons" derived from the researchers' analysis: "There are already considerable costs to ... the most serious environmental problems with strong science, innovative markets, corporate partnerships and effective laws and ...
- ILLINOIS: Group Offers Free HIV Testing 25 Jul 2008 04:48 GMT
... Austin Weekly News (Chicago) (07.23.08) - Thursday, July 24, ... the Westside Health Authority, Haymarket Center and Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) have launched "Taking ... public service only. Providing synopses of key scientific articles and lay media reports on HIV/AIDS, ...
- Fuentek Senior Consultant Speaks At 2008 Digital Game Expo 25 Jul 2008 04:47 GMT
... professionals, a student showcase, career fair, costume contest, tournament and a giant Lego display. Spain ... multiplayer online (MMO) educational game to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning, and ... Dryden Flight Research Center and University of Illinois, and he is a member of the ...
- School failure harder on girls than boys: U.S. study 25 Jul 2008 04:39 GMT
... teen-age girls more deeply than boys, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. They said adolescent girls ... Dr. Juhee Kim of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, told Reuters Health. Parasitic worms may ... using radar technology believe they may have discovered the ancient horse racing track at Olympia ...
- U.S. girls plus math equal boys 25 Jul 2008 02:28 GMT
... research was released Thursday in the journal Science. Parents and teachers persist in thinking boys are ... said Janet Hyde, the University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher who led the study. And girls who ... the gender gap disappeared in Colorado and Illinois once state officials required all students to ...
- Bullies, victims more likely to consider suicide 24 Jul 2008 23:28 GMT
... were both bullies and victims were at greatest risk, Dr. Young Shin Kim of Yale ... Dr. Bennett Leventhal of the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago found. "It is ... of this serious public health problem," the researchers conclude in the International Journal of Adolescent ...
- Math study finds girls are just as good as boys 24 Jul 2008 23:26 GMT
... research was released Thursday in the journal Science. Parents and teachers persist in thinking boys are ... said Janet Hyde, the University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher who led the study. And girls who ... the gender gap disappeared in Colorado and Illinois once state officials required all students to ...
- Study: Girls Equally Good at Math 24 Jul 2008 23:25 GMT
... research was released Thursday in the journal Science . Parents and teachers persist in thinking boys are ... said Janet Hyde, the University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher who led the study. And girls who ... the gender gap disappeared in Colorado and Illinois once state officials required all students to ...
- Nuclear power 24 Jul 2008 23:23 GMT
... mix when it comes to energy," the Illinois senator said in Florida in June. However, ... says Eric Herzik, chair of the political science department at the University of Nevada, Reno. ...
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