Graduate schools quantify your potential
In July 2009, the Educational Testing Service (ETS), the nonprofit educational testing and research organization that administers the GRE, began offering the Personal Potential Index, according to U.S.…
Month: February 2011
Obama names Facebook, Intel and Comcast execs to new jobs council
President Obama named Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, venture capitalist John Doerr and Comcast chief executive Brian Roberts to his council on jobs and competitiveness, highlighting the…
Hands-on review: Motorola Xoom tablet
Come Thursday, a formidable new player in the budding tablet market—the Android-powered Motorola Xoom—will land in stores, Yahoo! News reports.
Ga. Tech to host disabled STEM students in Second Life
Colleges and universities have shown concern about the growing gender gap in science, technology, education and math (STEM), and Georgia Tech has found another group often left out…
Report: Apple to unveil iPad 2 on March 2
If the latest chatter is true, we may finally get our first glimpse at the next iPad in a little more than a week, reports Yahoo! News.
Cellphone use tied to changes in brain activity
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have found that less than an hour of cellphone use can speed up brain activity in the area closest to the…
A founding father’s books turn up
A literary detective story that began 18 months ago and was advanced through a chance reading of an 1880 edition of The Harvard Register has led researchers from…
Facebook malware threatens campus web security
Students will click on just about anything posted to their Facebook walls—a social media habit that has brought a flood of malware to college campus networks.
Arizona university founds civility institute
A university in Tucson is seeking to turn the shooting rampage that severely wounded U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords last month into a teachable moment with a new institute…
German iPhone app guides handicapped around cities
One man took matters into his own hands and launched wheelmap.org, an iPhone application and website in German and English that allows users to share ratings and tips…