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. Understanding how children learn to count can have profound impacts on the kinds of instructional materials used in the classroom. And the way those materials are designed can shape the strategies children use to learn, according to a new paper led by Concordia researchers. https://phys.org/news/2023-09-tens-sophistication-young-children-concepts.html Mathematics Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:32:02 EDT news615054721 In 2018, a song called "Girls Like You" credited to Maroon 5, featuring Cardi B stayed at the top of the U.S. charts for seven weeks. Two other songs with featuring credits reached No. 1 last year: "Havana" by Camila Cabello, featuring Young Thug, and "Psycho" by Post Malone, featuring Ty Dolla $ign. And they are only the tip of the iceberg. Collaborations between rock artists and R&B singers or between pop stars and rappers has become extremely popular. https://phys.org/news/2019-02-songs-featuring-guest-artists-successful.html Economics & Business Wed, 06 Feb 2019 09:55:55 EST news468669342 An interactive website which investigates the rising investment in detention, enforcement, and deportation of immigrant families in the U.S has been released by a group of researchers and academics this week. https://phys.org/news/2018-10-interactive-reveals-multi-billion-dollar-immigration-industry.html Social Sciences Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:00:04 EDT news457689922 Everyone has a song which irritates the hell out of them – but Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus was found by one 2005 study to have been nominated most often as "the worst song ever". The authors, academics from New Zealand and the US, listed a few reasons: awful lyrics, an overly simple melody, negative personal associations, but they also found that their respondents "wrestled – unsuccessfully – with the problem of providing a reasoned, rational analysis of a visceral response". https://phys.org/news/2018-08-bad-song.html Social Sciences Mon, 13 Aug 2018 10:30:02 EDT news453374342 Fifteen years ago, Steve Jobs introduced the iPod. Since then, most music fans have understood this has radically changed how they listen to music. https://phys.org/news/2017-05-music-industry.html Internet Mon, 22 May 2017 08:40:02 EDT news414659055 Americans used less energy overall in 2015 than the previous year, according to the most recent energy flow charts released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. https://phys.org/news/2016-04-americans-energy-analysis.html Energy & Green Tech Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:03:17 EDT news380293379 It's easy to spot a "bad" data visualization—one packed with too much text, excessive ornamentation, gaudy colors, and clip art. Design guru Edward Tufte derided such decorations as redundant at best, useless at worst, labeling them "chart junk." Yet a debate still rages among visualization experts: Can these reviled extra elements serve a purpose? https://phys.org/news/2013-10-visualization.html Computer Sciences Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:14:20 EDT news301155232 There are two standard systems for determining a prescription for eyeglasses to correct refractive errors such as nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. One is to have the patient look through a large device called a phoropter, fitted with dozens of different lenses that can be swung into place in front of each eye in various combinations, while the patient tries to read a standard eye chart on the wall ahead. The other uses a more expensive system called an aberrometer that shines a laser into the eye and uses an array of tiny lenses to measure its characteristics, with no interaction from the patient. https://phys.org/news/2010-06-simple-low-cost-device-affixes-cellphone.html Engineering Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:41:05 EDT news196533639 (PhysOrg.com) -- Google's latest release is an application that allows users to create their own interactive, animated graphs and charts using public data such as census data or government statistics on unemployment or mortality rates. The charts and graphs created can then be embedded into web pages https://phys.org/news/2010-03-google-explorer.html Internet Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:00:02 EST news187336410 Those oft-maligned, and highly embellished, graphs and charts in USA Today and other media outlets may actually help people understand data more effectively than traditional graphs, according to new research from North Carolina State University. https://phys.org/news/2009-11-junk-pictures-graphs.html Social Sciences Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:59:18 EST news176550708 Gossip in the workplace can be a weapon in reputational warfare or a gift and can offer clues to power and influence not found on organizational charts. New research from Indiana University details how the weapon is wielded -- and its influence muted -- in a rare study that catches this national pastime on video. https://phys.org/news/2009-10-gossip-workplace-weapon-gift.html Social Sciences Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:00:01 EDT news175930314