by Susan Keown | May 17, 2021 | ScienceWire
Michele Solis writes for Chemical & Engineering News about how the pandemic has disrupted undergraduates’ chemistry education. Virtual labs are less than ideal for learning the hands-on aspects of the discipline, and many students (though not all) find it harder...
by Chris Tachibana | Dec 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
Bryn Nelson, writing for Science News for Students, visits three research groups doing very different projects on a common theme: proteins. Turns out paleontologists use them to make dinosaur family trees, nutritionists create recipes focused on them to keep kids...
by Chris Tachibana | Jun 3, 2012 | ScienceWire
Last month, it was artificial insemination and asthma in award-winning student essays. This month, NWABR, the Northwest Association for Biomedical Research, publishes in the high-impact, open-source, online journal PLoS One. Motivating students with ethical dilemmas...
by Chris Tachibana | May 6, 2012 | ScienceWire
Think students can’t write and don’t get science? NWABR, the begs to differ. The 2012 in their annual “Biomedical Breakthroughs and My Life” essay contest show that 7th and 8th graders get it, and can write about it. Want to get involved? Contact Reitha Weeks, program...
