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Month: February 2017

Despite family and work commitments, student veterans outpace classmates

Despite family and work commitments, student veterans outpace classmates

Despite often having to juggle schoolwork with jobs and families, veterans attending college under the Post-9/11 GI Bill are finishing at rates slightly higher than their classmates, a new report shows. The report says 53.6 percent of veterans using GI Bill benefits who arrived on campus in the fall of 2009 had graduated within six […] Source: Despite family and work commitments, student veterans outpace classmates – The Hechinger Report

Helium Forms Stable Molecules at High Pressures

Helium Forms Stable Molecules at High Pressures

Chem nerds, rejoice! — the last bastion of inertness has been breached. Can we stop calling Group 8 the Inert Gases forever now? (I never liked “Noble Gases” because it implies they think they’re better than everyone else…suggestions for a new family name welcome!!)   Check it out:   Helium Forms Stable Molecules at High Pressures