Class size, homework not critical to student’s achievement, shows study
Wellington, Jan 5 (ANI): A new study has found that student-teacher interaction, and the quality of feedback students get, are critical to their academic success rather than homework, or even the school itself.
Auckland University professor John Hattie, who authored the study, said that homework, class size [...]

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A nine-member scientific team has found abundant tiny particles of diamond dust in sediments dating to 12,900 years ago at six North American sites, adding strong evidence for Earth’s impact with a rare swarm of carbon-and-water-rich comets.
Nanodiamonds can be produced on Earth, but only through high-explosive detonations or chemical vaporization.
These nanodiamonds, which are produced under [...]

In 2009, a group of astronomers is planning to get the ruling that Pluto is not the ninth planet of our solar system, overturned.
The International Astronomical Union (IAU), ruled in 2006 that there are no longer nine planets in the Solar System, and downgraded Pluto to the lowly status of a “dwarf planet”.
But, according to [...]

IIIT Hyderabad PG Admissions
IIIT Hyderabad Admissions to M.Tech/MS/Ph.D Programmes (2009-10)
IIIT-H is looking for students who aim to transform industry and society by developing new applications/systems by doing cutting-edge research. We focus on research in the core areas of Information Technology and its application in other areas.
IIIT-H is inviting applications for the academic year 2009-10 from [...]

HSC Timetable 2009
Examinations for Xth and XIIth classes conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education will commence from 2nd March 2009. The detailed date sheet will be officially released by Central Board of Secondary Education.
Keep checking this site for the date sheet on the official release date.

Fear ‘Jaws’? Shark bites are weak, say scientists. A new study by the University of Tampa in Florida has found that sharks have very weak jaws for their size and can bite through their prey because they have very sharp teeth and as they can grow to be so big.
“Pound for pound, sharks don’t bite [...]

Researchers have turned into images the sounds that dolphins make in water, bringing humans closer to deciphering their language.
The key to this technique is the CymaScope, a new instrument that reveals detailed structures within sounds, allowing their architecture to be studied pictorially.
Using high definition audio recordings of dolphins, the research team, headed by British acoustics [...]