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Introducing our newest Web Adventure series: Virtual Clinical Trials
Today we launched our sixth Web Adventure series! Virtual Clinical Trials allows players to explore the clinical trials process through the simulation of real life neuroscience-related clinical trials. Check out the first of three simulations today! read article

CSI Fans: We've launched yet another case to solve
Today we have launched "Fatal Interaction", the fifth and final addition to our CSI Web Adventures series: A doctor has been found shot in her office. Was it suicide or murder? Can YOU get to the bottom of this? read article

Three of our classroom activities won awards at the NIH K-12 LAB Challenge
Three of the classroom activities that accompany our Web Adventures, “An Irritating Problem”, "Drug Beat", and “Microbe Meals”, have won awards in the NIH K-12 LAB Challenge. Thanks to Lynn Lauterbach from Erwin Middle School in Loveland, CO, for writing and submitting the activities! read article

New CSI Web Adventures case now online
After months of hard work, we have finally launched "Bitter Pill", the newest addition to our CSI Web Adventures series. This time, players investigate a fire scene and shed light on a mysterious death. read article

Play Germ Blaster on the iPad
We just released our second iPad product, an arcade style game called Germ Blaster. Check it out in the App Store. It's free read article

Online Games Teach Teens About Clinical Trials
Texas Medical Center News published a story about our newest Web Adventure in development, Virtual Clinical Trials. read article

Texas teachers adopt Rice’s STEMscopes
Thanks to a team at Rice, Texas teachers have an online teaching option that does not come from a traditional textbook publisher read article

STEMscopes soars in Texas schools.
Rice University's electronic science curriculum proves most popular in state. read article

Web Adventures are now playable on the iPad!
With the Photon Flash Web Browser App, it is possible to play Web Adventures and other flash games and to watch flash videos on websites such as YouTube on the iPad. read article

Play NeuroKnowledge on the iPad
We are excited about our first iPad product, a quiz called NeuroKnowledge. Check it out in the Apple app store it's free. Think you know everything neuro? Push your mind to the limit and bring out your inner brainiac in read article

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“[CSI: Web Adventures] was a real brain-teaser but i figured it out. :) It was lots of fun and now I have an idea of what it's going to be like because I want to be a crime scene officer and a profiler. Thanks!” — Student

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