Gender gaps in math persist, with teachers underrating girls' math skills

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Gender gaps in math persist, with teachers underrating girls' math skills: Beginning in early elementary school, boys outperform girls in math – especially among the highest achievers – continuing a troubling pattern found in the late 1990s, finds a new analysis.

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Placebo sweet spot for pain relief identified in brain

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Placebo sweet spot for pain relief identified in brain: Scientists have identified for the first time the region in the brain responsible for the 'placebo effect' in pain relief, when a fake treatment actually results in substantial reduction of pain, according to new research. Pinpointing the sweet spot of the pain killing placebo effect could result in the design of more personalized medicine for the 100 million Americans with chronic pain.

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Next-generation smartphone battery inspired by the gut

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Next-generation smartphone battery inspired by the gut: A new prototype of a lithium-sulphur battery -- which could have five times the energy density of a typical lithium-ion battery -- overcomes one of the key hurdles preventing their commercial development by mimicking the structure of the cells which allow us to absorb nutrients.