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. Trying to persuade people with different political views can be fatiguing and frustrating, but it's not as pointless as we might think. New research shows that even on divisive issues, far more persuasion attempts succeeded than backfired. https://phys.org/news/2025-03-approach-citizen-exchanges-minds-politically.html Political science Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:34:04 EDT news661682042 A single, 10-minute meeting between teachers and their principals can increase teacher job satisfaction, our new research shows. This increase in job satisfaction could potentially encourage teachers to stay in the profession longer, thereby reducing turnover and potentially saving school districts hundreds of thousands of dollars. https://phys.org/news/2023-05-short-teachers-stay-job.html Social Sciences Tue, 16 May 2023 13:38:03 EDT news603463081 The vast majority of parents believe social media is a major distraction for students, according to a new nationwide study. https://phys.org/news/2023-01-parents-social-media-major-distraction.html Social Sciences Tue, 17 Jan 2023 12:42:39 EST news593181754 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 The rollout of remote teaching in New Jersey during the COVID-19 pandemic was haphazard, under-resourced, inequitably delivered, contributed to student and teacher stress and may exacerbate digital and social inequality, according to a Rutgers study. https://phys.org/news/2022-05-remote-pandemic-disadvantages-students-jersey.html Education Wed, 18 May 2022 14:59:04 EDT news572104742 The internet is typically not associated with serious self-directed learning where teenagers are involved. https://phys.org/news/2022-03-restricted-internet-access-key-academic.html Education Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:13:36 EDT news567274413 From 2015 to 2019, public school districts in the United States invested nearly $5 billion to upgrade their Wi-Fi networks, according to EducationSuperHighway. However, in the age of COVID-19-mandated virtual learning, millions of K-12 students still lack the minimal connectivity at home for digital learning. https://phys.org/news/2021-02-internet-access-schools-scores-disciplinary.html Education Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:25:57 EST news532707953 The pandemic has placed significant financial pressures on poorer households—with the cost of extra food, energy, and remote learning having a greater impact on low-income families, a new study shows. https://phys.org/news/2021-01-extra-pile-financial-pressure-low-income.html Economics & Business Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:10:05 EST news529666183 The coronavirus pandemic has driven much of daily life—work, school, socializing—online. Unfortunately, perpetrators of violence against women and girls are also increasingly turning to technology in response to the pandemic. https://phys.org/news/2020-06-domestic-abusers-tech-weapon-coronavirus.html Social Sciences Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:19:27 EDT news511780761 Since 2014, the Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research, located at the University of Southern California, has been tracking trends in health economic well-being, attitudes and behaviors through a nationwide survey for its Understanding America Study, asking the same individuals questions over time. https://phys.org/news/2020-05-kids-left-schools-coronavirus.html Education Fri, 08 May 2020 10:20:01 EDT news508151208 During the first week that her San Diego public school was shuttered to slow the spread of the coronavirus, not one of Elise Samaniego's students logged on to her virtual classroom. https://phys.org/news/2020-04-virus-schools-online-students-didnt.html Education Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:42:38 EDT news506338954 Animated shows with animal characters can increase public interest in real wildlife, including boosting donations to conservation programs at zoos. A new national analysis in Japan highlights the potential of entertainment-conservation partnerships to increase public interest in the natural world even as communities become increasingly urbanized. https://phys.org/news/2019-11-japanese-anime-zoos-boost-real-life.html Plants & Animals Wed, 27 Nov 2019 10:33:35 EST news494073210 A law requiring internet companies in Vietnam to remove content communist authorities deem to be against the state came into effect Tuesday, in a move critics called "a totalitarian model of information control". https://phys.org/news/2019-01-vietnam-draconian-cybersecurity-bill-effect.html Internet Tue, 01 Jan 2019 04:06:03 EST news465537947 Only a couple of months after they were installed in 2016, New York City decided to cut off internet access to a series of "smart city" kiosks it built to replace old telephone booths after homeless people monopolized them with such socially unpleasant activities as watching pornography and listening to loud music. https://phys.org/news/2018-09-dark-fiber-broadband-networks.html Internet Thu, 06 Sep 2018 09:25:53 EDT news455444748 One of the world's least-wired countries was a little more connected on Wednesday. https://phys.org/news/2018-08-cubans-early-mobile-internet.html Telecom Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:00:36 EDT news454165230 A unit of electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn said it will launch an initial public offering in China on Thursday aimed at raising $4.2 billion, in the biggest mainland debut for three years. https://phys.org/news/2018-05-foxconn-42bn-china-ipo.html Business Wed, 23 May 2018 02:53:24 EDT news446262784 Dropbox shares surged Friday as the cloud data storage firm made its Wall street debut following a public offering raising some $750 million. https://phys.org/news/2018-03-cloud-firm-dropbox-surges-wall.html Business Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:50:20 EDT news441035408 Businesses routinely use internet data to learn about customers and increase profits - and similar techniques could be used to boost conservation. https://phys.org/news/2016-12-internet-boost.html Ecology Fri, 16 Dec 2016 11:06:35 EST news401108786 It may be a jilted lover looking for payback after a breakup. Or it could be a hacker releasing intimate images of a celebrity. https://phys.org/news/2016-12-revenge-porn-toll-victims.html Security Tue, 13 Dec 2016 10:28:40 EST news400847316 Match Group, the new firm which operates dating apps Tinder and OK Cupid, scored well in its first date on Wall Street as the market warmed to its stock offering. https://phys.org/news/2015-11-tinder-parent-wall-street-debut.html Business Thu, 19 Nov 2015 13:20:01 EST news367159520 Amazon is widely known for its prowess as an online retail colossus, but is also thriving when it comes to sending business aloft in the Internet cloud. https://phys.org/news/2015-11-amazon-flies-high-internet-cloud.html Business Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:00:02 EST news366475635 Chinese authorities have proposed a sweeping but vaguely worded Internet security law that would strengthen protection of private information, ban hacking activities and also allow authorities to restrict Internet access to maintain public order. https://phys.org/news/2015-07-china-mulls-privacy-curbs-internet.html Internet Wed, 08 Jul 2015 08:04:02 EDT news355561431 Near the popular Hotel Habana Libre in Cuba's capital, a gaggle of young people on cellphones, tablets and laptops log onto the new wifi hotspot—a small milestone in one of the least connected countries. https://phys.org/news/2015-07-cuba-wifi-hotspots-eager-users.html Telecom Fri, 03 Jul 2015 01:17:15 EDT news355105028 Cuba wants to boost public Internet access while keeping the Communist government's control over it, a senior US official close to talks with Havana on technology said Monday. https://phys.org/news/2015-03-cuba-internet-access-state.html Internet Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:18:28 EDT news346958302 It's taken just a few decades for the Internet to sweep the globe as an economic, cultural, and political force. The question now is how and by whom should this border-spanning technology be governed. John Savage, professor of computer science at Brown University, will address the issue of Internet governance at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Jose. https://phys.org/news/2015-02-professor-discuss-multi-stakeholder-internet-aaas.html Internet Fri, 13 Feb 2015 17:24:00 EST news343070634 Cuba, where Internet access is largely limited to government employees and pricey pay-by-hour public access, plans to start offering wireless service for the first time this month, officials said Saturday. https://phys.org/news/2015-01-cuba-censorship-wades-wifi.html Telecom Sat, 10 Jan 2015 19:21:23 EST news340140070 Top executives from US technology giant Apple and Chinese smartphone upstart Xiaomi traded light-hearted barbs on Thursday at a Chinese Internet conference, acknowledging the fierce competition between the rivals. https://phys.org/news/2014-11-apple-xiaomi-smartphone-barbs-china.html Business Thu, 20 Nov 2014 03:33:57 EST news335676827 China's top court is putting pressure on Internet service providers to provide the personal details of Web users suspected of "rights violations", state media said Friday. https://phys.org/news/2014-10-china-court-tighten-disorderly-internet.html Internet Fri, 10 Oct 2014 05:10:01 EDT news332136035 Yahoo on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings showing a revenue slump and prompting chief executive Marissa Mayer to declare "we are not satisfied." https://phys.org/news/2014-07-mayer-yahoo-results-disappoint.html Business Tue, 15 Jul 2014 16:53:42 EDT news324662014 German media reported Thursday that users and supporters of a popular online anonymity tool are among those automatically singled out for special attention by U.S. security services. https://phys.org/news/2014-07-nsa-german-privacy-activist.html Security Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:00:08 EDT news323613141