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Soft skills matter: The key to academic success

DNVN - A new Nature Human Behaviour study, co-led by Dr Margherita Malanchini at Queen Mary University of London and Dr Andrea Allegrini at University College London, found that non-cognitive skills like motivation and self-regulation are just as important as intelligence in determining academic achievement.

DNVN - A new study examines the effect of learning environments on the academic achievement of students of colour. Compared to their peers, these students believe they have less control over their academic environment, less confidence and self-efficacy in their academic abilities, and weaker relationships with other students and professors.
DNVN - Nuclear power provides nearly 20% of the United States' electricity today. The United States has the largest nuclear fleet in the world, with 92 scattered reactors. Many of these power plants have been in operation for more than fifty years and are nearing the end of their expected lifespans.
DNVN - In a new study, University of California, Irvine astronomers describe how extraterrestrial life has the potential to exist on distant exoplanets inside a special area called the "terminator zone," which is a ring on planets that have one side that always faces its star and one side that is always dark.