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The interview and assessment platform CodeSignal has a new AI-powered, online learning platform that aims to build professionals’ technical skills, as companies everywhere struggle to keep up with rapidly changing technology.On Thursday, the company debuted CodeSignal Learn, which features about 100 technical skills courses ranging from intro to programming to full stack engineering. CodeSignal Learn will offer a free tier and a paid tier, which will cost $24.99 per month. The platform was announced at CodeSignal’s annual…

Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have innovatively reprogrammed canine stem cells from urine to create induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) without feeder cells. This breakthrough in non-invasive, pain-free stem cell generation paves the way for new advancements in veterinary regenerative medicine and genetic disease research, offering hope for treating previously incurable diseases in dogs. Credit: Shingo Hatoya, Osaka Metropolitan UniversityA new method has been developed to generate canine-induced…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Calling out discriminatory behavior is an effective way for white students to help combat racism against Black and Latino science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students, according to new research from Rice University. The study, "(Absent) Allyship in STEM: Can Psychological Standing Increase Prejudice…

Conceptual summary diagram of the net ecosystem CH4 flux from trees (NEF, %) during Wet campaigns (n = 5), Dry campaigns (n = 3) and annual emissions (n = 8). The average CH4 flux rates for each pathway (mmol m−2 d−1. Credit: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences (2023). DOI: 10.1029/2023JG007679 The recent rise in atmospheric methane (CH4) has drawn increased attention to the potent greenhouse gas, which is…

The most comprehensive genetic map of oral stem cells to date has provided new insight into their specialized development pathways and opens the door to targeted regenerative medicine and interventions, such as therapies to grow bone.ADA Forsyth Institute and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers used single-cell transcriptomic analysis to examine two stem cell populations from extracted wisdom teeth and comprehensively mapped their genomes. What they found in the two types – dental pulp stem cells…

Republicans and Democrats don’t seem to agree on much these days. But despite the gridlock in Congress, both political parties have for years supported spending billions on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education. Their goals include reducing perceived shortages of STEM workers, boosting American innovation and competitiveness and diversifying this highly paid workforce. The message of lucrative STEM careers appears to have reached students and tuition-paying parents — the number of STEM majors has…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Engaging children early with science can have long term impacts on subject choices at GCSE and A level, and improve uptake of STEM subjects, according to new research. New research from the University of Nottingham's School of Psychology suggests that out-of-school science activities, research participation and a…

The development of blood stem cells relies on a seemingly unrelated microbe-sensing protein receptor, according to a new study.The discovery could break new ground in the ongoing quest to produce blood stem cells from a person's own blood – thereby negating the need for bone marrow transplants.The protein receptor in question, called Nod1, is already known for its role in helping recognize bacterial infections in the body and rallying an immune response, the study's authors note.But according to their research, Nod1 also…

Sawaka Kawashima Romaine '01 speaks to local kids in Tokyo at a STEM workshop. Upon starting her three-year tenure, Romaine says, she had a clear vision for what she wanted to achieve. In addition to diversifying the board and creating an online presence for the local public—tasks she has already accomplished—Romaine wanted to find a way to inspire young women. “Knowing that there is such a big gender gap in STEM, I wondered if there was something I could do about it,” she recalls.  While brainstorming and digging into…

Eyeing AI jobs? A Nobel Prize-winning labor market economist has cautioned younger generations against piling into studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects, saying  as “empathetic” and creative skills may thrive in a world dominated by artificial intelligence. Christopher Pissarides, professor of economics at the London School of Economics, said that workers in certain IT jobs risk sowing their “own seeds of self-destruction“ by advancing AI that will eventually take the same jobs in the…