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Inclusive education for children with disabilities can transform lives, says UNICEF

Progressive policies in inclusive education have made positive changes in the lives of children with disabilities in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, according to UNICEF today.

Quantum Dots Assemble Themselves: Surprising breakthrough could bolster quantum photonics, solar cell efficiency

Quantum dots are tiny crystals of semiconductor a few billionths of a meter in diameter. At that size they exhibit beneficial behaviors of quantum physics such as forming electron-hole pairs and harvesting excess energy....

Disruption of sanitation services in Syria putting children’s health at risk – UNICEF

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Tanker trucks supply water to a housing complex in Adra, an industrial area...

New strategy prevents rheumatoid arthritis in mice: Infusions of regulatory T cells turn off autoimmune attack on joints

The scientists report in the Journal of Clinical Investigation that infusing a highly specific type of cell that regulates immune responses into arthritis-prone mice shuts down the cascade of inflammation that damages tiss...