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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 23-Apr-2025 01:08 ET (23-Apr-2025 05:08 GMT/UTC)

UVA engineering professor will augment his students’ reality this spring

University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science
Grant and Award Announcement

A new UVA-created mobile augmented reality app will allow students to test the limits of their understanding about how mechanical forces affect frequently used construction components.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

UVA researchers design innovative 25 MW rotors to keep pace with wind turbine growth

University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science

As wind turbines grow in size, UVA researchers are designing 25-megawatt downwind offshore rotors to keep up.

Journal: Applied Energy

Eyes wide shut: Bats can navigate long distances using sound alone

Tel-Aviv University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by Tel Aviv University and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History has proven, for the first time, that bats can navigate in nature over many kilometers using only echolocation, without relying on other senses.

Steering the digital transformation of education: UNESCO’s human-centered approach

Higher Education Press

The potentiality of digital technology to advance educational commitments and shape the future of education beyond 2030 is explored, with a cautionary note on its negative consequences and risks. The effectiveness of digital education is contingent upon proper governance and the development of digital literacy and competencies. The article emphasizes the need for open-access, inclusive quality digital learning content. It concludes with a visionary framework for digital open schools, exemplifying the future of school systems.

Journal: Frontiers of Digital Education

Health experts push for the elimination of a ‘remarkably harmful toxin’

Stanford University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Stephen Luby and Jenna Forsyth have spent years examining the widespread presence of lead, including in some commonly consumed products. They discuss the prevalence of lead and share insights on food safety policies, education, and lead-free alternatives.

Journal: The Lancet Public Health

An extra year of education does not protect against brain aging

Radboud University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Thanks to a 'natural experiment' involving 30,000 people, researchers at Radboud university medical center were able to determine very precisely what an extra year of education does to the brain in the long term. To their surprise, they found no effect on brain structure and no protective benefit of additional education against brain aging.

Journal: eLife

Education modules build student and instructor skills

Virginia Tech
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Frustrated with a gap of available data science training opportunities for environmental science undergraduate students and instructors, in 2017 Virginia Tech researchers built a new educational program and extended it to other universities.

Journal: BioScience