Gifted education programs lack federal standards, new study reveals

While gifted and talented education programs can be found in most public schools in the country, there is no federal standard ...
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Do Americans Think the Country Is Losing or Gaining Ground in Science?

Republicans and Democrats agree that it’s important the U.S. is a world leader in science, but sharply diverge on how the U.S ...

Analyzing Darwin's specimens without opening 200-year-old jars

Scientists have successfully analyzed Charles Darwin's original specimens from his HMS Beagle voyage (1831 to 1836) to the ...
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The biggest scientific breakthroughs of the last 25 years—and a few to watch

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have changed our world for the better. Advances in medicine have allowed for ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Leloup, F.B., Audenaert, J., Obein, G., Ged, G. and Hanselaer, P. (2016) Repeatability and Reproducibility of Specular Gloss Meters in Theory and Practice. Journal of Coatings ...

ABSTRACT: In this work, the establishment of a bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) measurement system, which was developed in TUBITAK UME Optical Laboratory, and the measurements ...