https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Female treefrogs prefer a mate with an impressive call, but the crowded environments give unattractive males an edge, according to a new international study led by Assistant Professor Jessie Tanner of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. https://phys.org/news/2025-09-crowded-conditions-frogs-choices.html Plants & Animals Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:40:13 EDT news676719002 Although featured—or top—reviews on e-commerce sites can help cut down on information overload for customers trying to make purchasing decisions, too many such top reviews can pose an overload of their own, according to researchers. https://phys.org/news/2022-11-sway-shoppers-limits.html Social Sciences Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:35:03 EST news588270901 Ants don't get distracted by social information when on the move, only fully responding to it when at rest, a new study from the University of Bristol, UK indicates. Such sporadic monitoring of the social environment may reduce information overload and enhance the robustness of complex societies, the researchers suggest. https://phys.org/news/2016-01-ants-social-rest.html Plants & Animals Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:00:02 EST news371840905 Every summer, the news reports on a bacterium called Vibrio vulnificus found in warm saltwater that causes people to get sick, or die, after they eat raw tainted shellfish or when an open wound comes in contact with seawater. https://phys.org/news/2015-01-iron-overload-disease-rapid-growth.html Cell & Microbiology Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:00:01 EST news340453416 Scientists at Arizona State University have discovered that ants utilize a strategy to handle "information overload." Temnothorax rugatulus ants, commonly found living in rock crevices in the Southwest, place the burden of making complicated decisions on the backs of the entire colony, rather than on an individual ant. https://phys.org/news/2012-09-ants-decision-making-lessen-vulnerability-overload.html Plants & Animals Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:00:17 EDT news267702234 The era of big data has arrived. Last year, consumers and businesses around the world are estimated to have stored more than 13 exabytes of information on PCs, laptops and other devices - the equivalent of more than 52,000 times the information housed in the Library of Congress. An exabyte is 1 followed by 18 zeros, or a billion gigabytes. https://phys.org/news/2011-06-experts-ponder-era-big.html Internet Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:10:18 EDT news227536735 "The rich-get-richer effect," is famous not only in sociology. It applies to the success of innovators as well. But if attention is paid only to people who are already at the top, how are scientific revolutions possible? A new publication investigating careers of Nobel Prize winners gives insight into this stunning phenomenon. https://phys.org/news/2011-05-attention-nobel-prize-winners.html Social Sciences Wed, 04 May 2011 17:30:25 EDT news223748999