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Education Aug 7, 2025

Study suggests incentives are a valuable alternative to school cell phone bans

As schools increasingly move to ban smartphones in classrooms, new research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) suggests that there may be a more effective way to boost focus and academic engagement.

Education Aug 7, 2025

Students have been called to the office—and even arrested—for AI surveillance false alarms

Lesley Mathis knows what her daughter said was wrong. But she never expected the 13-year-old girl would get arrested for it.

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Aug 6, 2025

Friction that cools: Threshold effects enable self-stopping robot swarms

How can a horde of active robots be automatically brought to a standstill? By arresting their dynamics in a self-sustained way. This phenomenon was discovered by physicists at Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf (HHU) and ...

Quantum Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Aug 4, 2025

Gaussian processes provide a new path toward quantum machine learning

Neural networks revolutionized machine learning for classical computers: self-driving cars, language translation and even artificial intelligence software were all made possible. It is no wonder, then, that researchers wanted ...

Nanophysics Aug 1, 2025

A silver nanowire web: Engineers develop new transparent electrode for infrared cameras

Infrared imaging helps us see things the human eye cannot. The technology—which can make visible body heat, gas leaks or water content, even through smoke or darkness—is used in military surveillance, search and rescue ...

Social Sciences Jul 28, 2025

Critics claim gender clinics are seeing an excess of trans boys. But new data suggest otherwise

Gender clinics provide multidisciplinary care that helps trans people to explore and affirm their gender identity.

Economics & Business Jul 28, 2025

Job losses across multiple sectors expected as AI transforms workplace, expert warns

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform work, Brock University experts are weighing in on AI's impact on human employees and the companies employing them.

Biotechnology Jul 25, 2025

Beta-carotene keeps enzymes active under heavy load

Enzymes are vital to metabolism and drive countless biological processes in humans, plants, and industry. Yet, when overwhelmed by excess substrate, some enzymes slow down—a phenomenon known as substrate inhibition. This ...

Social Sciences Jul 24, 2025

What happens when society stops expecting you to work?

Many believe that happiness rebounds after midlife—a view supported by the widely cited "U-shaped curve of well-being" popularized by the book "The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50." But a new study suggests ...

Materials Science Jul 24, 2025

New AI system forecasts practical applications for newly synthesized materials

Every year, thousands of new materials are created, yet many never reach their full potential because their applications aren't immediately obvious—a challenge University of Toronto researchers aim to address using artificial ...

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