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City, University of London academics Professor David Bawden and Dr. Lyn Robinson say the coronavirus pandemic has given rise to a relentless flood of information which leads people to pick out the bizarre and sensational That the…

Phony Twitter accounts pushed a topic that wasn't traditionally politically divisive toward a state of polarization, says University at Buffalo expert BUFFALO, N.Y. - Activity from phony Twitter accounts established by the Russian Internet…

Fake personas targeted pro- and anti-vaccination messages to Americans, based on their political preferencesCredit: D. Walter, , "Russian Twitter Accounts and the Partisan Polarization of Vaccine Discourse, 2015-2017, " American Journal of…

Research shows that not all types of service firms are equally suited to automation TROY, N.Y. -- The temptation for businesses to use artificial intelligence and other technology to improve performance, drive down labor costs, and better…

563 researchers and students participate remotely using ITCredit: © National Institute of Informatics In light of the current circumstances surrounding the spread of the COVID-19 in Japan, academic conferences and events…

Credit: Faraon lab/Caltech Engineers at Caltech have shown that atoms in optical cavities--tiny boxes for light--could be foundational to the creation of a quantum internet. Their work was published on March 30 by the journal Nature.…

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Army Research Office have demonstrated a new model of how competing pieces of information spread in online social networks and the Internet of Things (IoT). The findings could be…

Researchers at EPFL have developed a nanodevice that operates more than 10 times faster than today's fastest transistorsCredit: EPFL / POWERlab Terahertz (THz) waves fall between microwave and infrared radiation in the electromagnetic…

News from the Journal of Marketing Researchers from the University of Nebraska, University of Missouri, and Case Western Reserve University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that analyzes B2B e-negotiation communications in…

A special blend of circuits and memristive devices was created for brain-mimicking processing systemsCredit: Elisabetta Chicca WASHINGTON, March 24, 2020 -- During the 1990s, Carver Mead and colleagues combined basic research in…

Researchers demonstrate the missing link for a quantum internetCredit: (Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer) A quantum internet could be used to send unhackable messages, improve the accuracy of GPS, and enable cloud-based quantum…

The 'International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge 2020' (LAK20) is dedicated to the measurement and analysis of data from technology-based learning processes -- registration is still open Learning Analytics reflects…

Electronically controlled 2-D reflector promises improved microwave communications, beam steering without moving pieces, and one-way microwave mirrorsCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 20, 2020 -- Researchers…

German psychologists investigate advice given on the internetCredit: Lars König/Regina Jucks More and more, people are using internet forums as first place to look for information on health issues. However, the scientific medical…

Credit: © 2020 Filho et al. A system that can concurrently transmit light and energy to underwater energy devices is under development at KAUST. Self-powered internet of underwater things (IoUT) that harvest energy and decode information…

The GovLab at NYU Tandon helps debunk misinformation and provide solid advice from the American Federation of ScientistsCredit: NYU Tandon School of Engineering BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - Unreliable tips on how to…

Credit: Franziska Roesner/University of Washington Social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, provide people with a lot of information, but it's getting harder and harder to tell what's real and what's not. Researchers at…

Credit: Purdue University/Y. Charlie Hu WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Virtual reality headsets and application programs for VR are not gaining traction with users because of a chicken-and-egg dilemma, lack of VR content and slow market…

Credit: IMDEA Networks Institute Julien Gamba, predoctoral researcher at IMDEA Networks Institute, has been awarded with one of the 2020 NortonLifeLock Research Group Graduate Fellowship. This is one of the most selective world…

Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz Whether networked vehicles that warn of traffic jams in real time, household appliances that can be operated remotely, "wearables" that monitor physical activity, or industrial plants that detect possible…