How can STEM education provide ‘light-bulb’ moments?

How can STEM education provide ‘light-bulb’ moments?

How can STEM education provide ‘light-bulb’ moments? Dr Liz Johnson is a STEM education specialist based at Southern Research in Alabama, USA. She implements an outreach programme that works to enhance 6th-12th grade STEM education and inspire young people to embrace...
Helping low income students become professional scientists

Helping low income students become professional scientists

Helping low income students become professional scientists The Physical Sciences Scholars Program has been established to help chemistry, geology and physics students at Bucknell University in the US make the transition to professional scientist. The programme is...
Modernising machine memory

Modernising machine memory

Modernising machine memory Our devices store certain data temporarily in hardware caches, which allow data to be accessed faster. However, the system does not work well for emerging applications and Professor Xiaochen Guo, of Lehigh University in the US, believes it...
Mathematics: plane and simple

Mathematics: plane and simple

Mathematics: plane and simple Dr Sam Ballas is based at Florida State University in the US. His research focus is on geometry and surfaces, which is a branch of mathematics. Sam’s passion for the subject shows that although maths can be challenging, it can also be...
How augmented reality can help you learn trigonometry

How augmented reality can help you learn trigonometry

How augmented reality can help you learn trigonometry For many students, trigonometry is a challenging subject to learn as it requires strong spatial-visualisation abilities. Alongside a team based at Jackson State University in the US, Dr Wenya Xu makes the teaching...