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By Carrie Arnold, ISNS Contributor Inside Science News Service (ISNS) — Science teachers and science enthusiasts alike can see the writing on the wall. The last NASA space shuttle mission is scheduled to complete its final few orbits around Earth and land early Thursday morning. According to a 2009 Program for International Student Assessment...
Rice University scientists have achieved a pivotal breakthrough in the development of a cable that will make an efficient electric grid of the future possible. Armchair quantum wire (AQW) will be a weave of metallic nanotubes that can carry electricity with negligible loss over long distances. It will be an ideal replacement for the...
(NAPSI)—Once you become a parent, life is definitely busier. But the good news is, if you know where to look, a few tools can make the day-to-day a bit easier. Liz Zack, suburban mom of two, is editorial director of Pregnancy & Parenting for iVillage.com, the largest community for women online. The site is...