Abstract Despite their promises of democratising learning and revolutionising higher education, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) continue to suffer from many drawbacks, the most concerning of which are high disengagement rates. Currently, anywhere upwards of 90% of students fail to graduate from most enrolled courses7. In order to investigate the reasons for such high attrition …
Abstract Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a progressive, debilitating, neurodegenerative disorder affecting millions around the world. But can it be cured? This article aims to introduce Parkinson\’s disease: explaining its causes, symptoms, and the current treatments available. It also evaluates some possible cures under research and development– their mechanisms, advantages, and disadvantages — for a disease …
Abstract Birdsong has inspired musicians from around the world for many years. These vocalisations are produced by the avian voice-box: the syrinx. Research has discovered many links between music and bird vocalisation through the comparison of musical elements to bird songs and calls. Using the best Run The Music instruments like violin and piano can …
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F1 in Schools Have you ever watched Formula One racing and wondered how the cars are designed to be so fast and yet not take off? F1 in Schools is a fantastic STEM project aimed at giving school students the opportunity to design their own F1 car – in miniature, but still impressively fast! If …
Photoelectric Effect: A Simple Application Konstantinos Angelopoulos Abstract Research was conducted on the phenomenon of the emission of electrons from the surface of certain metals when illuminated by light. The purpose of this work was to observe the change in the value of the electric current produced, depending on the distance between the lamp and …
By: Marina Karki : Abstract: The burning of fossil fuels releases millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the air every year creating a current atmospheric concentration of over 400 ppm [1]. This high concentration level leads to the melting of sea ice, ocean acidification and wide array of problems that go underly global climate …
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Caleac Rivero Introduction The Manhattan Project was a U.S. government-led project to develop an atomic bomb during World War II.[1] It will always be remembered for the resulting destruction and terror, and the direct political consequences (the arms race and the Cold War). Nonetheless, after the Manhattan Project, scientists managed to use the knowledge they …
The Higgs boson is a result of the quantum excitation of the Higgs field, which, by interacting with the W and Z bosons (elementary particles carrying the weak force), gives them their mass [1]. This is called the Higgs mechanism. It was first proposed when, over half a century ago, three different research teams were …
