Social media platforms are a great source of information and entertainment. They also help us to maintain contact with friends and family. But social media can also—and has, often—become a toxic environment for spreading ...
Social Sciences
Nov 3, 2023
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A study by the eLearning Innovation Center (eLinC) at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), in partnership with Accenture, has provided an overview of the main trends in how young people consume digital content. The ...
Social Sciences
Mar 2, 2023
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Devotees of electronic music are snapping up space-enabled creative content as they collect unique digital keepsakes and access the latest releases.
Space Exploration
Mar 30, 2020
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People searching online restaurant reviews give less value to those written on mobile devices than on other platforms, according to new research in the published journal Marketing Science.
Economics & Business
Oct 21, 2019
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If you're getting your news from a smartphone, size matters.
Social Sciences
Jul 8, 2019
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How can you send documents, watch educational videos or work collaboratively in regions where there is no internet coverage or electricity? These were the challenging questions taken up by researchers at the University of ...
Hardware
Jun 12, 2019
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West Africa lags behind the northern hemisphere when it comes to software development but moves are afoot to tap into a growing interest in the region and across the continent.
Software
Apr 10, 2019
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Texting under the table should be a thing of the past after French children returned to class Monday following a nationwide ban on mobile phones in schools.
Social Sciences
Sep 3, 2018
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Scientists have come up with a strange new method for detecting explosives: using spinach. The plants are impregnated with fluorescent "bionic" nanotubes that emit infrared light. In the presence of specific chemicals, the ...
Biotechnology
Dec 7, 2016
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Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a flexible wearable sensor that can accurately measure a person's blood alcohol level from sweat and transmit the data wirelessly to a laptop, smartphone ...
Engineering
Aug 2, 2016
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