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Can behavioural interventions improve biological health outcomes?

Futurum

Most perimenopause research in the US has collected data from non-Latina white women, meaning that women of other races or ethnicities (who are more likely to experience negative sociocultural and environmental factors) are underrepresented in current knowledge about perimenopause health outcomes.

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Unlocking the Code: Free Activities For DNA Day

STEM for Kids

This day serves as a reminder of the groundbreaking achievements in genetics and molecular biology and highlights the importance of DNA in understanding life’s fundamental processes. This discovery revolutionized our understanding of genetics and laid the foundation for modern molecular biology research.

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Top Science Internships

Career in STEM

An internship is the perfect first step in achieving your dream career. Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Summer Research Internship The Summer Research Internship allows high school students to work with neuroscience researchers in a laboratory setting.

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Evidence Is Mounting That Calculus Should Be Changed. Will Instructors Heed It?

ED Surge

Researchers tapped alternative models of calculus teaching that have shown evidence that they work, according to Kramer. Students majoring in biology saw the biggest bump.) But, Kramer says, the research does serve a purpose by adding to the store of evidence that these methods work.

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How can first-year STEM university students be better supported?

Futurum

At the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg in the US, biologists Barbara Barnhart and Dr Olivia Long are using their Science Seminar programme to ease this transition for first year students studying biology, chemistry and biochemistry degrees. What do the seminars teach students?

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Plant polymers as plastic alternatives

Futurum

His team began its research with the end goal of creating a sustainable and practical alternative to plastic packaging. But our research won’t stop there. The coating can also be recycled with the paperboard, but if it ends up elsewhere, it will naturally degrade with no harmful impact on the ecosystem,” he says.

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Book review – 50 Women in Technology

Scientix

The book celebrates the achievements of women from diverse backgrounds across the globe. In my role as a STEM teacher in Uppsala, Sweden, I was particularly fascinated by the discovery of Emily Holmes, a Professor of Psychology at Uppsala University, whose research had eluded my awareness until I delved into this book.