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The new joint doctoral programme is especially aimed at Master’s graduates from the STEM fields. © Alain Herzog 2021 EPFL Switzerland’s two federal

 E-Mail Early in her career neuroscientist Allyson Mackey began thinking about molars. As a researcher who studies brain development, she wanted to know whether when these teeth arrived might indicate early maturation in children. "I've long been concerned that if kids grow up too fast, their brains will mature too fast and will lose plasticity at an earlier age. Then they'll go into school and have trouble learning at the same rate as their peers," says Mackey, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Penn. "Of course, not every kid who experiences stress or [is] low inco...

A multidecade study of young adults living in the united kingdom has found higher rates of mental illness symptoms among those exposed to higher levels of traffic-related air pollutants, particularly nitrogen oxides, during childhood and adolescence.

As the first shelter-in-place orders took hold in California, pregnant women reported substantially elevated depressive symptoms, potentially adversely...

Partner Share this article Edves is an edtech company with the vision to reimagine education to make learning easy. The company has a platform that digitizes K-12 (Creche, Primary and Secondary) School learning and administration, and it is currently being used by over 700 schools in Ghana, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. The premier edtech company has won many local and international awards including the 2018 Seedstars Global Education Prize in Switzerland with a grant of $50,000 USD from Jacobs Foundation in Geneva.  The Cofounders, ‘Dimeji Falana and Dare Adebayo have physically visited over 150 ...