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Science

Caffeine-Eating Bacteria May Fix Your Broken Heart

11:32AM May 31, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Everyone loves a good cup of joe, including our friendly neighbourhood bacteria Pseudomonas putida CBB5. This microbe can consume caffeine with the best of us, a talent that could help heart arrhythmia and asthma patients. More »


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The Human-Powered Helicopter That Hopes To Take Flight

1:27PM May 12, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

A team from the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland is hoping to take to the skies in their human-powered helicopter tomorrow. More »


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Defective Toilet Paper Flooded The University Of Colorado For Two Years

1:20PM May 6, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

There are certain things in my life that I really, really hope don’t turn out to be defective—seat belts, parachutes, the private browsing setting when I use my girlfriend’s computer—but toilet paper might just have made it to the top of that list. More »


Cameras

University Teaches Students Finer Aspects Of Phone Photography

11:05PM March 17, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

If you thought taking a photo on your phone was as simple as framing and snapping, think again – Pennsylvania’s Immaculata University is teaching students how to use them “properly”. Professor Flannery explains that “it’s part of our responsibility to teach kids how to use this tool”. More »


Gaming

This Is The Real Reason Why Students Need Computers In Classrooms

11:00AM February 22, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

From the source: “A typical Computer Science lecture at Humboldt Universität, Berlin.” My guess is that you can apply this to most Computer Science lectures in most universities all around the world. [Blubber]


Online

Can Twitter Make You Smarter?

12:20PM November 16, 2010 | David Zax - FastCompany

Can using Twitter make you smarter? A new semester-long study found that university students who used Twitter for educational purposes earned GPAs a half-point higher than a non-tweeting control group. More »


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There Are 5000 Janitors In The US With PhDs

9:20AM October 23, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

There are 18,000 parking lot attendants in the US with university degrees. There are 5000 janitors in the US with PhDs. In all, some 17 million university-educated Americans have jobs that don’t require their level of education. Why? More »


Gadgets

Want An iPad And A Degree?

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10:30AM September 13, 2010 | Alex Kidman

Adelaide University’s giving both away. Well, not exactly giving. You still have to earn the degree, and you’ll pay for the Pad in Uni fees, obviously. More »


Computing

Professorial Spy Games Take The Fun Out Of Cheating

10:00AM July 7, 2010 | Brian Barrett

In the eternal arms race that is teachers versus cheaters, the administration of the University of Central Florida has hit DEFCON-1. And they’re doing it with technology. More »


Online

La Trobe Uni Joins iTunes U

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1:00PM August 26, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Melbourne-based La Trobe University today joined a whole heap of other Australian unis by adding their content to iTunes U. I still find it mind blowing that I’m still paying off my 3 years at uni – an education I probably could have gotten for free online if I’d only waited a few years for iTunes U to launch… More »