Chicago: Spending a few minutes before a test to write down their anxieties could help students perform better, researchers report in the journal Science.

Psychologists at the University of Chicago have discovered a quick and easy way for stressed-out students to avoid choking on a high-stakes test: Take a few minutes right before the exam to write about all those fears.
A study published online Thursday by the journal Science found that anxious students given 10 minutes to put their feelings down on paper performed significantly better than their peers who wrote …

While many people are unsure what 2011 will have in store for them, chemistry experts at the University of Newcastle are already gearing up for a big one.

It’s the International Year of Chemistry, which aims to encourage an appreciation of the science in everyday life.
University of Newcastle Discipline of Chemistry head associate professor Scott Donne said the year would be a chance to highlight chemistry’s strengths.
‘‘Chemistry is an enabling science,’’ Professor Donne said.
‘‘A lot of student interests are specialist degree subjects now like biotechnology, but chemistry enables them to do …

Seoul: Almost 30 robots have started teaching English to youngsters in a South Korean city, education officials said Tuesday, in a pilot project designed to nurture the nascent robot industry.

Apart from reading books, the robots use pre-programmed software to sing songs and play alphabet games with the children.
Engkey, a white, egg-shaped robot developed by the Korea Institute of Science of Technology (KIST), began taking classes Monday at 21 elementary schools in the southeastern city of Daegu.
The 29 robots, about one metre (3.3 feet) high with a TV display panel for …

New York: The less education people have, the greater their risk of eventually developing chronic heart failure, a large new study finds.

Researchers say lower education levels are basically a stand-in for people’s overall economic condition, and that their findings add to evidence connecting poverty to heart disease.
The results, they add, also suggest that heart failure prevention for lower income people needs to begin early in life.
Heart failure is a chronic condition in which the heart can no longer pump efficiently enough to meet the body’s demands, causing symptoms like fatigue, …

London: Stimulating the brain with a very low electric current can enhance a person’s maths ability for up to six months, British neuroscientists said on Thursday.

Researchers at Britain’s Oxford University studied 15 volunteers and demonstrated for the first time that electrical stimulation of the brain improved their performance in a series of maths assessments, and continued to do so half a year later.
“We’re not advising people to go around giving themselves electric shocks, but we are extremely excited by the potential of our findings and are now looking into the …

KARACHI: Website guesspapers.net was launched here on Sunday. The website guesspapers.net features free notes for students of Pakistan and India. The new look of the website is web 2.0 compatible and integrates with social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter. It consists of easy navigation and a huge resource for students and teachers. The news section also keeps students and visitors posted about happenings in the education sector.

Chairperson National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) Syeda Nafeesa Shah has said that government has keen interest for promotion of education, health and generates employment as well as poverty reduction programme which would help achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Talking to APP at CM camp house Khairpur on Friday, she said that for creation of educated, healthy and tolerant society, education plays a vital role and all stakeholders especially newly elected representatives of political parties should give due priority to education sector.
She said that NCDH was working in 114 districts of …

Notes for XII Biology have been updated according to the new syllabus on the website.

Guess Papers of Intermediate Commerce Group Karachi Board have been uploaded on the website. These guess papers are prepared by renowned experts at GP.