Exercising should be healthy for you right? Well not all forms of exercise are good for your body. There are exercise routines that can cause tendinitis, back pain, shoulder clicking, and even tingling down the arms and legs.  Unfortunately, the average consumer can’t tell the difference between a safe and effective workout versus an unsafe […] … learn more→

Ask someone with her hands in her lap to pick up a coffee mug on the table she’s sitting at, and she’ll extract her hand from under the table and stretch her arm out toward the mug. Instruct an autonomous robot to perform the same feat, and it may think for a few seconds, zigzag […] … learn more→

A grain of salt or two may be all that microbial electrolysis cells need to produce hydrogen from wastewater or organic byproducts, without adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere or using grid electricity, according to Penn State engineers. \”This system could produce hydrogen anyplace that there is wastewater near sea water,\” said Bruce E. Logan, […] … learn more→

Public funding chopped, global competition on the rise, intruding on what used to be uncontested home turf. This is a hard time for most higher education institutions in Europe and North America, the two regions most affected by the global economic crisis. And when support from the state is no longer taken for granted, the […] … learn more→

The Canadian university community AUCChas a long history of internationalisation through activities such as student mobility, research collaboration and international development cooperation. An international dimension to the student experience is becoming increasingly vital in order to provide graduates with the necessary skills for living and working in a global economy. Employers place a high value […] … learn more→

The information revolution is hurtling towards Antarctica in the shape of a 20 centimetre cube weighing less than 10 kilograms. It can’t come soon enough. Not because Antarctic scientists (numbering more than 4,000 in the summer months, and more than 1,000 in the winter) want better access to their Facebook pages – these scientists, drawn […] … learn more→

Moving toward productivity, stability, sustainability, and equitabilty. … learn more→

A drug used to protect bone may extend survival in older breast cancer patients, according to researchers at the Universities of Sheffield and Leeds. The AZURE trial, led by Professor Robert Coleman from the University of Sheffield, has revealed that the bisphosphonate drug zoledronic acid boosts disease-free survival in postmenopausal breast cancer patients but may […] … learn more→

As far as study problems go, procrastination is a big one. Whenever we get an enquiry from a student, it’s usually a plea for help on how to get motivated and stay focused. Quite often it feels like these students want a quick fix solution to their study woes… perhaps they haven’t quite got the […] … learn more→

Earlier this year the United States came very close to a government shutdown. Even after everything was resolved most Americans still had questions, students especially were wondering what would happen to financial aid. As tuition increases continue the availability of financial aid has slowly been decreasing. … learn more→