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Why Students Aren’t Using eTextbooks?

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Guest Post by Kaitlyn Cole                                                                                                                                                                                               When e-textbooks were first introduced, they were supposed to be the wave of the future, and experts thought we’d see e-reader-toting students littering college campuses, and of course being adopted in droves by online … Continue reading →

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Plate Tectonics Cannot Explain Early Earth:Study

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

 The current theory of continental drift provides a good model for understanding terrestrial processes through history. However, while plate tectonics is able to successfully shed light on processes up to 3 billion years ago, the theory isn’t sufficient in explaining … Continue reading →

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We are On Collision With Andromeda Galaxy

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

NASA astronomers can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, Sun, and solar system: the titanic collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy.The Milky Way is destined to change drastically … Continue reading →

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New Role for RNA:Guardian of Genome Integrity

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

 A new and unexpected role for RNA is identified recently: the defence of genome integrity and stability. A study published in the scientific journal Nature shows that an until now unknown class of RNA — the newly christened DDRNA — … Continue reading →

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