Thermoelectric circuits can be used either to cool things down, or to heat them up. And a firm called Phononic, based in Durham, North Carolina, has developed a chip which does just that.

In a math and science exam given to students all over the world in 2009, U.S. kids placed 25th in math and 17th in science. Numbers like that are prompting concern at the highest levels in Washington.

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