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. Behind the hoopla over the promise of artificial intelligence lay difficult realities, including how such technology might affect people already disadvantaged in a data-driven world. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-ai-impact-worsen-gaps-world.html Social Sciences Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:30:01 EST news683871720 Australian schools need comprehensive support systems to address the learning and safety needs of young people experiencing family and domestic violence, a Monash University study recommends. https://phys.org/news/2025-06-schools-students-experiencing-family-domestic.html Social Sciences Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:24:04 EDT news668420641 The colossal squid was first described in 1925 based on specimens from the stomach of a commercially hunted sperm whale. A century later, an international voyage captured the first confirmed video of this species in its natural habitat—a 30-centimeter juvenile, at a depth of 600 meters near the South Sandwich Islands. https://phys.org/news/2025-04-century-discovery-scientists-capture-footage.html Plants & Animals Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:30:04 EDT news664021802 The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a shift towards the use of social media platforms in teaching. The South African Department of Basic Education, for one, instructed all schools to adopt online teaching and learning to save the 2020 school year, disrupted by the pandemic and the forced closure of schools. https://phys.org/news/2024-10-social-media-tool-south-african.html Education Mon, 14 Oct 2024 12:28:27 EDT news648127702 Fans of Clementine, the cat who recently captivated TikTok with her rare eye color, should take note. The piercing golden gaze of cheetahs, the striking blue stare of snow leopards, and the luminous green glare of leopards are all traits that can be traced to one ancestor, an ocelot-like feline progenitor that roamed Earth more than 30 million years ago. https://phys.org/news/2024-10-wild-cat-eye-diversity-ancient.html Plants & Animals Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:05:01 EDT news647093095 Astronomers learn about the universe by pointing their telescopes to the sky. But what happens when a satellite comes between them and the cosmological objects they hope to study? https://phys.org/news/2024-08-astronomers-satellite-internet-sky.html Astronomy Mon, 12 Aug 2024 09:54:33 EDT news642675269 Researchers from Radboud University, University of Galway, University of Melbourne, and University of Wisconsin-Madison have published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines common events during the lifecycle of a variety of technology products from adoption to disposal and how companies must consider how they support or limit consumers' "entropy work." https://phys.org/news/2024-08-explores-tech-products-years-quickly.html Economics & Business Tue, 06 Aug 2024 16:34:46 EDT news642180881 Argentina on Monday gave authorization for the deployment of Starlink, the satellite internet service of Elon Musk—a fan of the South American country's self-styled new "anarcho-capitalist" President Javier Milei. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-argentina-authorizes-starlink-rival-amazon.html Space Exploration Tue, 27 Feb 2024 02:24:53 EST news628223083 Just over 5 miles from where folklore has long claimed Vikings scribbled Scandinavian etchings on a runestone, Erica Sawatzke surveys thousands of chirping baby birds in her long barn. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-minnesota-turkey-farmers-rural-broadband.html Agriculture Wed, 29 Nov 2023 13:11:43 EST news620485897 A new study from Michigan State University warns that gains made to address broadband and internet connectivity in Michigan rural communities are beginning to fade. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-pandemic-gains-broadband-access-rural.html Economics & Business Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:28:05 EDT news611940482 You've done it. After years of effort and training, sacrifice, and pain, you become an astronaut and have finally set foot on Mars. Time to post your triumph on TikTok for that sweet social media cred. If only you can get a signal. https://phys.org/news/2023-06-earth-internet-mars-orbital-servers.html Space Exploration Mon, 26 Jun 2023 13:09:02 EDT news607003741 The Internet of Things (IoT) can be described as a loose network of physical devices that might be embedded with sensors, software, and connectivity. While a holistic view would see the IoT as being all the devices in the world with internet connectivity, it is often the case that these portable or remote devices are accessible within clusters or around hubs with specialist access and applications. Nevertheless, devices in the IoT can collect and exchange data with other devices or systems over the internet. https://phys.org/news/2023-03-smarter-farming-world-internet.html Biotechnology Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:54:02 EDT news599482441 Rapid access to information is one of the largest barriers we have to deal with as a group of people in the Internet Age. Earth Map is a free application designed to be easily used and accessible to anyone with an internet connection and the desire to observe any environment at any time, with zero expertise (or travel) required. https://phys.org/news/2023-03-free-app-tandem-users-conscious.html Earth Sciences Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:51:52 EST news597678697 Space-age technologies have made fundamental changes to the way we live our lives. Avionics allow us to fly to other continents on almost a moment's notice. GNSS services enable us to navigate our cars on roads we've never driven before without a paper map. And some form of radio has become the backbone of both our entertainment and communication networks. https://phys.org/news/2023-01-space-weather-ever-increasing-threat-humanity.html Planetary Sciences Mon, 09 Jan 2023 13:44:03 EST news592494241 Doug Boyer was a hit at his daughter's kindergarten show and tell. https://phys.org/news/2022-10-3d-fossils-great-museums-world.html Biotechnology Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:19:00 EDT news585577135 NASA has revamped its "Eyes on the Solar System" 3D visualization tool, making interplanetary travel easier and more interactive than ever. More than two years in the making, the update delivers better controls, improved navigation, and a host of new opportunities to learn about our incredible corner of the cosmos—no spacesuit required. All you need is a device with an internet connection. https://phys.org/news/2022-09-explore-solar-nasa-new-and-improved-3d.html Space Exploration Mon, 05 Sep 2022 09:17:07 EDT news581588225 Residents of a public housing estate in Melbourne, Australia are missing out on education and employment opportunities, and health and income support because of barriers to the access and use of reliable and affordable internet, a new University of Melbourne report has found. https://phys.org/news/2022-08-insufficient-access-reliable-internet-amplifies.html Social Sciences Fri, 19 Aug 2022 11:01:04 EDT news580125662 Social media has the reputation of being spontaneous, rushed, prone to typos and ungrammatical sentences, and generally a linguistic disaster. And some of it is. However, analysis of Twitter posts on the topic of COVID-19 suggests there is more to social media language than first meets the eye. https://phys.org/news/2022-07-analysed-nz-twitter-users-language.html Social Sciences Wed, 27 Jul 2022 09:10:01 EDT news578130180 Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found that the increased use of videoconferencing platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to a higher level of fatigue, as reported by workers. https://phys.org/news/2022-07-videoconferencing-apps-pandemic-fatigue-workers.html Social Sciences Fri, 15 Jul 2022 12:10:07 EDT news577105801 Surveying the cosmos from its isolated position in Antarctica, a collaborative project aims to reveal insights about the universe's beginnings. https://phys.org/news/2022-07-futuristic-south-pole-telescope.html Astronomy Tue, 05 Jul 2022 09:40:03 EDT news576232675 First Nations media outlets provide a critical role in the day-to-day lives of Indigenous people. In times of crisis, the service they provide is even more important. https://phys.org/news/2022-03-natural-disasters-covid-pandemic-reveal.html Social Sciences Wed, 16 Mar 2022 10:10:05 EDT news566643407 Mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria and dengue, kill more than 1 million people each year. Scientists track mosquito populations to predict and combat disease outbreaks, but local communities in infected areas also have a vital role to play in mosquito research. https://phys.org/news/2021-11-app-tracks-mosquitos-crowdsourced-science.html Other Mon, 01 Nov 2021 10:20:01 EDT news554980507 On 20 April 2021, ESA will host the 8th European Conference on Space Debris from Darmstadt, in Germany. Scientists, engineers, industry experts and policy makers will spend the virtual four-day conference discussing the latest issues surrounding space debris. They will exchange the latest research, try to come up with solutions for potential problems and define the future direction of any necessary action. https://phys.org/news/2021-04-video-earth-orbit-space-debris.html Space Exploration Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:52:32 EDT news537529949 The virtual conferencing that has replaced large, in-person gatherings in the age of COVID-19 represents a drastic reduction in carbon emissions, but those online meetings still come with their own environmental costs, new research from the University of Michigan shows. https://phys.org/news/2021-02-virtual-conference-co2-emissions-quantified.html Environment Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:49:49 EST news531413384 The spread of the Internet is shaping migration in profound ways. A McGill-led study of over 150 countries links Internet penetration with migration intentions and behaviours, suggesting that digital connectivity plays a key role in migration decisions and actively supports the migration process. https://phys.org/news/2020-12-internet-migration.html Social Sciences Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:44:41 EST news527359474 Two thirds of school-age children worldwide have no internet at home, a UN report found Tuesday, even as pandemic-induced school closures have made online access vital to getting an education. https://phys.org/news/2020-12-thirds-school-age-kids-internet-access.html Education Tue, 01 Dec 2020 05:46:37 EST news526023992 At least half of households in the four largest U.S. cities—New York , Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston—report facing serious financial problems during the coronavirus outbreak. Their worries include depleting household savings, paying credit card bills and other debts, and affording medical care, according to a new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll. https://phys.org/news/2020-09-households-major-cities-financial-problems.html Economics & Business Mon, 14 Sep 2020 10:00:02 EDT news519295841 A University of Oregon doctoral student is exploring how technological infrastructure located on the ocean floor, particularly submarine internet cables, has influenced people's lives in the Pacific Northwest. https://phys.org/news/2020-05-probes-repercussions-seafloor-society.html Earth Sciences Thu, 14 May 2020 10:10:27 EDT news508669821 Venezuela's first communications satellite, launched in 2008, is out of service due to a systems failure, the country's government said Wednesday. https://phys.org/news/2020-03-venezuelan-satellite.html Space Exploration Thu, 26 Mar 2020 03:32:34 EDT news504412352 Farmers across the world could jack up giant profits using an Artificial Intelligence soil monitoring system developed at Brunel University London. https://phys.org/news/2019-11-ai-magic-bean-farmers-millions.html Environment Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:00:02 EST news494077926