16/12/2010

Brighter pupils raise the bar for classmates

Primary-school pupils in England typically do better in key stage 2 English and maths tests when they are taught with more able children. But children who are close to the average of their classmates (at key stage 1) benefit ...

First measurement of magnetic field in Earth's core

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of California, Berkeley, geophysicist has made the first-ever measurement of the strength of the magnetic field inside Earth's core, 1,800 miles underground.

Google to keep powering MySpace ads, search

MySpace on Thursday announced that Google will continue to power advertising and search at the flagging online social network under pressure to improve its financial performance.

Structural distortions emerge from nothing at the nanoscale

Scientists have discovered that a class of materials known to convert heat to electricity and vice versa behaves quite unexpectedly at the nanoscale in response to changes in temperature. The discovery - described in the ...

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