Learning science by doing science on the Web
he authors describe how an interdisciplinary team from Loyola College in Maryland's departments of Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, and Writing and Media has created...
Racial Hygiene. Medicine Under the Nazis
This publication presents the proceedings of the Science Writers Workshop, sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the Human Genome Initiative....
Agriculture for Space: People and Places Paving the Way
Abstract
Agricultural systems for space have been discussed since the works of Tsiolkovsky in the early 20th century. Central to the concept is the...
The hidden face of academic researches on classified highly pathogenic microorganisms.
Highly pathogenic microorganisms and toxins are manipulated in academic laboratories for fundamental research purposes, diagnostics, drugs and vaccines development. Obviously, these infectious pathogens represent...
Teaching Statistics: A Bag of Tricks
Students in the sciences, economics, psychology, social sciences, and medicine take introductory statistics. Statistics is increasingly offered at the high school level as well....
Implications of SCORM? ? ? ? and Emerging E-learning Standards On...
The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative of the U.S. Government is unifying e-learning specifications emerging from the international standards organizations into a single specification...
Chemical sensitivities and the Gulf War: Department of Veterans Affairs Research...
The purpose of the New Jersey Center for Environmental Hazards Research is to define the illness referred to as Persian Gulf Syndrome (PGS). Our...
Remote Sensing of Northwest Himalayan Ecosystems. Edited by R. R. Navalgund,...
Mountain regions are significant areas of biological and cultural diversity and provide vital services to local communities both throughout the mountain ranges and into...
Interview with Kazuo Shinozaki.
Kazuo Shinozaki studied biology as an undergraduate at Osaka University (BSc 1972), and then molecular biology at Nagoya University. His PhD was on the...
Recent investigations of ergot alkaloids incorporated into plant and/or animal systems
Ergot alkaloids have been associated with endophyte-infected grasses (e.g., the Epichloe, Bacon et al., 1977 and Balansia, Porter et al., 1979 spp.) with examples...
Uncovering Wildlife: Using Mini Cover Boards for Science Investigations
Many ground-dwelling amphibians, reptiles, small mammals, insects, and other arthropods seek cover during their resting hours. Their natural hideaways include underground burrows, rotting...
Systems of display: the making of anatomical knowledge in Enlightenment Britain
Abstract Late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century anatomy depended upon a variety of visual displays. Drawings in books, particularly expensive, beautiful and elaborately illustrated books...
OUTPUT, PROXIMATE COMPOSITION, CARBON TO NITROGEN RATIO AND ENERGY VALUE OF...
OUTPUT, PROXIMATE COMPOSITION, CARBON TO NITROGEN RATIO AND ENERGY VALUE OF BROILER AND CAGED LAYERS LITTERS
ABSTRACT
Studies were carried out to examine the output, proximate...
WebSims – Creating an Online Science Lab
The Maryland Virtual High School of Science and Mathematics has created a statewide community of practice supporting teachers in implementing computer modeling activities ranging...
Biological Engineering: A New Discipline for the Next Century.
Increasing awareness and concern about living systems and the use of biological technology has led to demand for individuals with an understanding of the...