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Largest one-time award to support development, delivery of new generation of testing, technology LAWRENCE -- The Kansas State Department of Education and Achievement & Assessment Institute at the University of Kansas have announced a…

IMDEA Networks researcher Antonio Fernández Anta launched his innovative method for measuring the incidence of the pandemic in mid-March in Spain The project called CoronaSurveys was created to "Measure the Iceberg" and was based on the…

MU media expert analyzed 10 years of HPV-vaccine related Facebook postsCredit: University of Missouri One of the biggest social media sites -- Facebook -- has allowed "anti-vaxxers" to gain a stronger voice against the use of the…

When it comes to accurately flagging hate speech on social media, context matters, says a new USC study aimed at reducing errors that could amplify racial bias Understanding what makes something harmful or offensive can be hard enough for…

An international study has used data from a major home Internet Protocol (IP) security camera provider to evaluate potential privacy risks for users. IP home security cameras are Internet-connected security cameras that can be…

Data science team at Columbia to enhance probabilistic programming A Columbia University research team affiliated with the Data Science Institute (DSI) has received a Facebook Probability and Programming research award to develop static…

New Orleans, LA - Bradley Spieler, MD, Vice Chairman of Radiology Research at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, is the lead author of a Radiology Research Alliance paper examining the usefulness of social media in Radiology. It…

The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced unique challenges for public health practitioners and health communicators that warrant an expansion of existing health communication principles to take into consideration. In an article…

New book calls for educational change citing the success of an innovative, bite-size digital learning tool currently benefiting children in 100 countries worldwide Credit: Rupert Ward A LEADING University of Huddersfield…

This advancement stops an algorithm from automatically recognizing faces of people as well as specific attributes such as gender, race and the environment they are in -- while remaining fully perceptible to the human eye Credit: National…

Credit: Frontiers In an industry first, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being deployed to help review research papers and assist in the peer-review process. The state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence Review Assistant…

Carnegie Mellon method automatically makes requests more polite Credit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--In a tense time when a pandemic rages, politicians wrangle for votes and protesters demand racial justice, a…

In virtual environments, actions trump more traditional leadership traits When work meetings shifted online this spring, some may have noticed new standouts among their colleagues. According to new research, members of virtual teams…

Millions of websites, including some of the largest Internet companies (e.g., Google, Yahoo), depend on advertising as their main source of revenue, allowing them to offer their content for free. The use of software that blocks ads…

Researchers develop cryptographic scheme that completely hides your personal information from third parties when using single sign-on systems. Credit: Tokyo University of Science Over the last few decades, as the…

Columbia University engineering researchers affiliated with the Data Science Institute (DSI) have received a $2.06M Performance-based Energy Resource Feedback, Optimization, and Risk Management (PERFORM) grant from the U.S.…

Credit: Courtesy of the University of Chicago, Nancy Wong RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Two U.S. Army research projects advance quantum networking, which will likely play a key role in future battlefield operations.…

Those who lack trust in media, and one another, also share it Facebook is a more fertile breeding ground for fake news than Twitter, and those on the far ends of the liberal-conservative spectrum are most likely to share it,…

Tracking instrument nabs apps that violate federal law with 99% accuracyCredit: The University of Texas at Dallas A University of Texas at Dallas study of 100 mobile apps for kids found that 72 violated a federal law aimed at…