How one professor uses online games as petri dishes of human behavior Edward Castronova has been a wizard, a clergyman, and lately, a monster-slaying blonde, all inside virtual worlds. Scholars may ...

Atlanta -- Can online science laboratories replace the experience of sitting at a lab bench with beaker in hand? No way, say many professors. But Kemi Jona, director of Northwestern University’s ...

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 — ...

Register for October 5th webinar to discover new immersive simulations, administrator controls, and customization options to personalize learning and improve student outcomes Executive team expands ...

BOSTON & COPENHAGEN, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Labster (www.labster.com), the world's leading platform for virtual labs and interactive science, has now achieved more than 300 titles in its catalog of ...

A player tests the limits of physics in Andrew Vanden Heuvel’s Fortnite Physics Playground. Andrew Vanden Heuvel at his office where he creates immersive STEM learning experiences. Award-winning ...

Complex topics can be challenging both for instructors to teach and for students to learn. While instructional strategies have varied over the years, modern computer graphics environments can provide ...

Virtual Reality labs in the University of Minnesota Health Science Library allow students in mortuary science to explore end-of-life situations. Professor of Mortuary Sciences Janet McGee has required ...

AMES, Iowa – In a recent class session devoted to reviewing the components of a monogastric digestive system, Alexandra Else-Keller reminded an animal science student how to position her fingers as ...

The lab will feature VR headsets, smart screens, projection equipment, a dedicated VR zone, telescope, audio-visual equipment ...

In an empty room with four gray walls, black projectors near the ceiling whir to life. In an instant, the space transforms. The possibilities are endless: a quiet living room with flames spilling out ...

Real particles are lumps of energy that can be "seen" or detected by appropriate instruments; this feature is what makes them ...