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The Metaverse Hype Died Down. Where Does That Leave Colleges That Invested In It?

ED Surge

A public community college in east Hollywood, it wasn’t one of the original schools that got grants to build out a “ metaversity ,” a digital alternative campus influenced by the tech company Meta. And terms like “digital twins,” describing online copies of physical locations, have risen in prominence.

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Why is STEM Learning Important in the World?

STEM Sport

STEM Education entails four (4) disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics. While these aspects are generally practicum-centric in the majority of schools in the public and private sectors, it’s the hand-ons and/or exploratory and experimental approach that needs to be central for pedagogical effectiveness.

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Are there ‘rules’ for conveying emotion through art?

Futurum

However, the skills learnt from subjects such as mathematics and physics are everlasting and applicable to many different fields. I was fascinated by the physical processes that underlie information processing, so studied physics and computer science initially. Most researchers love to talk about their work.

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9 Good Collections of Videos for Education

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Bright Science is a free YouTube channel of over 1300 study videos for high schoolers (or precocious middle schoolers). Most are about five minutes (some longer, some shorter) and cover topics like chemistry, physics, calculus, geometry, biology, Algebra, trigonometry, grammar, ACT prep, and SAT prep.

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On the frontline of the biomedical revolution

Futurum

Dr Jiajia Zhou, Associate Professor at UTS’s School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, is leading the research and development of a range of innovative detection methods. Advances in physical sciences are being applied more and more to solve the needs of medicine and industry,” she says.

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How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

But by the end of the 1800s, with the existence of molecules increasingly firmly established, the Second Law began to often be treated as an almost-mathematically-proven necessary law of physics. The theory of heat will hereafter form one of the most important branches of general physics. physics) in Glasgow—began to be curious about.

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How can intelligent systems revolutionise healthcare?

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Whether it’s tracking physical activity, monitoring vital signs, analysing sleep patterns or brain activities, intelligent systems can provide real-time feedback and recommendations to encourage healthier habits, behaviours, and early and accurate diagnosis and prognosis that may not be evident to the human eyes,” explains Narges.