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Examining the extremely small

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Examining the extremely small Published: Nanoscience is the study of the very small. How small are things at the nanoscale? It has many applications, from creating molecules that can deliver drugs to specific targets in the body, to improving the efficiency of solar cells. What is nanoscience?

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Taking metal to extremes

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Taking metal to extremes. DR ALEXANDER (SANDY) KNOWLES AND HIS TEAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM , IN THE UK, ARE SEARCHING FOR METALS THAT CAN WITHSTAND THE EXTREME TEMPERATURES INSIDE NUCLEAR FUSION REACTORS. SUPERALLOY – an alloy capable of withstanding extreme stresses, such as extreme temperatures.

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Aspen Institute’s Newest Ascend Fellows Represent a Tightening Focus on Early Childhood

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We’re tightening our focus and shining an extremely bright light on families and children at their earliest years—really the prenatal to age 3 space.” And moving forward, it will maintain that focus for every other year of the fellowship. Meet four of them below. Brenda, Ms.

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EdSurge Recommendations for What to Read, Watch and Listen to Over the Holiday Break

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It deftly, artfully captures just how inundated children — specifically, three girls over the course of one year — are these days, thanks to social media and all the other byproducts of carrying a small computer in your pocket everywhere you go. Hormones are changing. Friends and interests are changing. I had it so good!

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Fire trackers: how can we use modelling techniques to predict where wildfires will occur?

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Worryingly, extreme bushfire events of this scale are becoming more frequent, not just in Australia, but in many places around the world. Fire trackers: how can we use modelling techniques to predict where wildfires will occur? Published: Climate change is making many parts of the world hotter and drier.

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How Schools Can Build a Culture of Support for Educator Mental Health

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Considering the ongoing traumatic upheaval on school communities in recent years, and the unrelenting pressure on educators to work under difficult, uncertain and constantly vacillating circumstances, it is not a matter of if educators will experience the corrosive effects of prolonged and extreme stress, but rather when.

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Using adsorbents to help society

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An everyday example of adsorption is the use of small, silica gel packets that are often found in the packaging of electronics, shoes or food. Using adsorbents to help society Published: You will likely have heard of absorption before, but have you heard of adsorption? Why is adsorption important? How could adsorbents benefit the environment?