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(Photo from Pixabay) STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of educating learners in these specific disciplines using an interdisciplinary and applied approach. Believing that high quality STEM education would help train students to think critically, Globe launched the “Globe Maker Lab and Innovation Hub.” A program designed to enhance the delivery of world-class STEM education to underprivileged K to 12 students, “Globe Maker Lab and Innovation Hub” also includes a program for out-of-s...

Reply(1) (Rachel Nunes/Patch) CHICAGO — All city libraries are set to be open seven-days-a-week by the end of the year, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said this week. Starting April 18, ten neighborhood library branches — Altgeld, Mt Greenwood, South Shore, Back of the Yards, Chinatown, Merlo, Edgewater, Independence, Richard M. Daley, and Austin— are set to open from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Lightfoot first announced the planned Sunday-hours expansion in June 2019. The first nine branches opened on...

IIIT Hyderabad Researchers Unveil Working Prototype Of Flexible Drone That Changes Its Size To Fit The Size Of Package by IANS - Apr 6, 2021 08:52 AM A drone (representative image) (Source: @IndusSpirit/Twitter) Researchers at the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Hyderabad have unveiled a working prototype of a flexible drone that changes its shape to fit the size of the package to be lifted. Suraj Bonagiri, a researcher from the Robotics Research Centre in his resea...

IIIT Hyderabad researcher designs flexible drone ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Tue, Apr 6 2021 14:12 IST | ​ 8 Views Sony showcases world’s smallest drone Airpeak. Image Source: IANS News Hyderabad, April 6 : Researchers at the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Hyderabad have unveiled a working prototype of a flexible drone that changes its shape to fit the size of package to be lifted. Suraj Bonagiri, a researcher from the Robotics Research Centre in his re...

Mt. Lebanon Public Library is offering virtual programs including: • Author visit with Madeleine Henry, 7 p.m. April 12. Henry will join us via Zoom to discuss her new novel, “The Love Proof,” an unusual love story about lasting connection, time and intuition. It explores the course that perfect love can take between imperfect people, and urges us to listen to our hearts rather than our heads. • Monday Maker Lab, 10 a.m. April 12 and 26. Join resident artist Judé Ernest f...

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Mt. Lebanon Public Library All Mt. Lebanon Public Library programs are being held virtually. Visit www.mtlebanonlibrary.org or call 412-531-1912 to register and for more information. • Virtual Knitting and Crochet Group is at 10 a.m. March 3 and 17. Whether you are experienced or just learning, join online to work on your own projects and chat. • Monday Maker Lab, 10 a.m. March 8 and 22 Join resident artist Judé Ernest for a collaborative work¬shop using the CreativeBug database...

Keeping Mauritius the paradise it is meant to be Mahendra Gooroochurn lives on an island that Mark Twain supposedly compared to paradise on Earth. Was Twain right?  In Mauritius, people of diverse cultures live in harmony, near blossoming pink sugarcane, beautiful, pearly-white beaches and indigenous forests. But all is not what it seems: paradise is in crisis. Energy usage and waste generation are rising, as is the use and transportation of fossil fuels, with predictable consequences, such as...

ICTworks In an astonishing letter to the editor published in the December 17, 2020, edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), a group of five doctors from the University of Michigan Medical School presented findings from their study on adult inpatients receiving supplemental oxygen at the University’s hospital. They found that the variance between blood oxygen levels measured through a pulse oximeter – an optical device that estimates blood oxygen by analyzing the light absorb...

Browsing returns: Rockford Public Library locations to reopen to public ROCKFORD — The citys libraries are ready to reopen to browsing again — another step toward a return to regular services but still quite a ways from pre-pandemic operations. Come Monday, the citys Hart, East and Montague library branches will open their doors, allowing patrons inside to browse through and select materials for checkout and to use computer stations for 45 minutes at a time. This means no congregating o...