explosion and the shattering glass don’t distress her. She simply clicks her computer mouse a few times and starts over. Ms. Ellison’s laboratory section relies on computer simulations, rather than on ...

Schools in all 50 states are supplementing or even replacing the beaker and Bunsen burners found in traditional lab settings with a simulation program that teaches science through gamification — ...

A virtual laboratory under development at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro aims to let students experiment with physics concepts without physically being in a lab. Computer simulations ...

A student in an Advanced Placement biology class might dissect a fetal pig to study internal organs and the skeleton. But can a student get the same level of experience from a virtual dissection ...

The old saying, “birds of a feather, flock together,” can be applied to two small uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs) flown in a NASA research experiment. The experiment uses principles derived from ...

This week, a NASA astronaut will ‘test drive’ a new ‘virtual glovebox,’ performing simple scientific manipulations in simulated microgravity. NASA scientists at the Biological Visualization, Imaging ...

Experiments ditched due to ethical concerns some 40 years ago could get a new lease of life online. University College London (UCL) is looking at conducting--in a virtual world--psychological ...

Many lab classes will now have students perform online simulations or watch videos of professors and TAs completing the labs. Credit: Melanie Hilman On Monday, Penn students attended class virtually ...

The symptoms sound like side effects of a prescription medication: dizziness, nausea, vomiting, headache, sweating, eye strain and disorientation. But it’s not a cholesterol or heart drug. It’s ...

WARREN, Mich.--Thirty Soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division supported the Army's Ground Vehicle Systems Center Virtual Experiment #3 last month to help inform the ...