The Justice Department is investigating Duke Law School's admissions practices for allegedly violating the Supreme Court's recent ruling against race-conscious college admissions.
Universidade Nova de Lisboa lidera projeto de Innovation District em Almada com investimento de 800 milhões de euros, prometendo criar 17 mil postos de trabalho e transformar a região numa hub tecnológica europeia.
Stanford researchers identify four psychological mechanisms behind video chat exhaustion: excessive eye contact, self-viewing, reduced mobility, and increased cognitive load. Simple interface changes and user practices can mitigate these effects.
Portugal's Green Party proposes capping classroom sizes at 20 students and eliminating 9th-grade national exams, with 12th-grade exam scores counting only for university access, not final grades.
Investigadores de Harvard propõem que o asteróide Chicxulub originou-se na nuvem de Oort e foi desviado por Júpiter, explicando impactos catastróficos na Terra a cada 250-730 milhões de anos.
Astronomers from University of Hawaii confirmed Farfarout as the most distant object in the Solar System, located 132 AU from the Sun—nearly four times farther than Pluto, with an orbital period of approximately 1,000 years.
UT Austin researchers found that school gardens combined with nutrition classes increased vegetable consumption by half a serving daily among elementary students, particularly in low-income communities.
Brazil conducted its first pilot digital Enem exam with 93,000 participants reporting varied experiences. While many found the digital format easier to navigate, others cited screen fatigue and technical issues with older computers.
Psicanalista Christian Dunker analisa como narrativas políticas e teorias de transformação moldam nossas experiências de sofrimento mental, questionando a erosão do projeto de bem-estar social brasileiro.
Researchers from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine created transparent microfluidic cassettes that simulate human intestines to study bacterial infections in real-time, potentially accelerating treatment discovery for diseases like infectious diarrhea.
Iowa State researchers developed a network-based model showing that social homophily and opinion polarization significantly increase COVID-19 outbreak frequency and mortality compared to standard statistical models.
Historiador da USP revela documentos inéditos mostrando que os EUA financiaram governadores brasileiros com base em classificação ideológica para enfraquecer o presidente João Goulart entre 1961 e 1964.
UIC researchers identified the FLCN gene as a risk factor for diabetic retinopathy using a novel genomics approach that combines multiple analytical methods, offering a template for studying other diseases.
A 48-year-old former principal in Singapore was sentenced to 44 months jail and caning for molesting seven boys aged 13-15 between August-October 2017, targeting vulnerable students with disciplinary issues.
A federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit challenging Harvard's consideration of race in admissions, ruling the practice was constitutional and aimed at achieving diversity without using quotas or racial balancing.
Un estudio del Instituto Francis Crick descubre que algunas personas no infectadas poseen anticuerpos contra el SARS-CoV-2 desarrollados durante infecciones previas por coronavirus del resfriado común, ofreciendo cierta protección.
National University of Singapore researchers created TRACE, a soft pressure sensor with significantly reduced hysteresis, enabling more reliable wearable health monitoring and robotic sensing applications.
Gianella Marquina, daughter of businesswoman Melissa Klug, shared her plans to pursue a second university degree after completing her law studies, revealing her ambitions through an Instagram Q&A.
Estudo da University College London identifica 26 espécies de mamíferos em contato regular com humanos que podem ser suscetíveis ao SARS-CoV-2, incluindo ovelhas e grandes primatas.
Harvard encabeza por cuarto año consecutivo el ranking conjunto de The Wall Street Journal y Times Higher Education, con MIT y Yale completando el podio. Las universidades privadas de élite dominan el top ten, reflejando el peso histórico en la educación superior estadounidense.
Matéria resgata trajetórias de nove atores que deixaram a televisão brasileira para seguir carreiras completamente diferentes, como professor de jiu-jítsu, psicólogo e empresário.
Jornalista e professor reflete sobre 30 anos de carreira, defendendo que profissão e vocação são inseparáveis e que os valores do jornalismo são imutáveis, mas a prática deve reinventar-se diariamente.
Two California high school students escaped serious injury in a fatal bus crash near Oxford University that killed two others, but parents worry about lasting emotional trauma from witnessing the tragedy.
