Born in India and trained in biomedical sciences and neuroscience, Parchure has spent more than nine years in the lab working ...

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A new study finds that science and social studies classes may also help young students learn English, even when those classes include difficult and technical vocabulary. The paper is published in the ...

In early 2024, the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Coordination, Communication, and Operations Support (CCOS) Center awarded Working Group (WG) status to the “Translational Science ...

Over the past few years, studies have suggested that plastic particles from bottles, food packaging and waste have been detected in human blood, lungs, placentas, arteries and even the brain. But a ...

As a freshman at Rice University, Anna Tutuianu ’23 knew she wanted to study how research in biomedicine and biomedical technologies intersected with society and history. She dabbled in courses that ...

Introduction / Ulrike Felt, Rayvon Fouché, Clark A. Miller, Laurel Smith-Doerr -- Doing, exploring, and reflecting on methods / Laurel Smith-Doerr -- STS as method / John Law -- Rethinking documents / ...

Emily Hanford’s 2022 podcast, Sold a Story, was heart-wrenching for educators. 1 Hanford confronted dedicated, well-meaning teachers of young children with a devastating reality: They had been ...

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The sociology and social studies of science and technology examine how scientific knowledge and technological innovations are produced, circulated and embedded within society. Originating in ...

Recent clinical research examines whether ice baths, red light therapy, and ketone supplements actually speed up muscle recovery or act as placebos.