L'Oreal, Common Core, Children's Apps, and More

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Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 3:30pm (updated Monday, May 9, 2016 - 12:25pm)

L’Oreal Awards $60,000 to Five Women in Science

Biz Journals, November 6, 2014

Five women researching topics ranging form poisonous frog to “dwarf galaxies,” will receive grants as part of L’Oreal’s Women in Science fellowship…

 

 Ohio House Committee Votes to Repeal Common Core

The Columbus Dispatch, November 6, 2014

A bill that aims to end Common Core education standards in Ohio and eliminate the current math and English/language-arts standards for grades k-12 was passed through a House committee yesterday…

 

How a Supercomputer Can Help Find a Cure for Ebola

News Toronto, November 4, 2014

A Toronto researcher is using a supercomputer to calculate how different medicines can prevent Ebola from attaching itself to a healthy host cell…

 

Amanda Manufacturing Breaks Ground In Ohio On Major Expansion

Business Facilities, November 4, 2014

Amanda Manufacturing broke ground on a $5 million expansion to address its growing international business…

 

 

Apps Aimed at Children Collect A Shocking Amount of Data

CNN, November 6, 2014

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University launched a website where every Android app is ranked on how it tracks you, and found that kids apps tend to be the worst at invading privacy...