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University of Bath researchers are joining a new government-commissioned research project, which will lay the groundwork for future studies into the impact on children of smartphone and social media use, and help to direct future government action. The project - led by a team at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Bath and other leading UK universities - is aimed at improving policymakers' understanding of the relationship between children's wellbeing and smartphone use, including social media and messaging.

Cambridge researchers are leading the first phase of a new research This is a complex and rapidly evolving issue, with both potential harms and benefits associated with smartphone use.

Gaia, the European Space Agency (ESA) satellite that maps the Milky Way, has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, in which it has accumulated more than three trillion observations of some

Sports betting has historically been considered an overwhelmingly male pursuit - but those odds could be about to change, a University of Queensland study has found.

An international team of researchers has examined the environmental, social, economic and legal aspects of wind energy. In this interview, Russell McKenna, an expert in energy system analysis, explains where he sees the greatest need for action to further develop wind energy. ETH News: What is the study about, and what is its core message? Russell McKenna: The study looks at the impacts of wind energy on the systems in which it is embedded; whether environmental and climate systems, socio-economic, techno-economic, or political-legal systems.

Researchers at a Scottish university have taken one small step towards a future where orbital factories can 3D print future tech on demand in space.

Test your hearing at home with new app from School of Public Health This article originally appeared on the Bloomberg School of Public Health website.

Virtual reality (VR) has the potential to fully immerse users in digital worlds. But how can we integrate natural walking into VR when the virtual environment is much larger than the physical space available?

Whether on your bank's website or your telephone provider's help line, interactions between humans and chatbots have become part of our daily lives.

Researchers have developed 4M , a next-generation, open-sourced framework for training versatile and scalable multimodal foundation models that go beyond language.

Chip technology is the silent force behind many of our modern innovations. From smartphones and internet connections to smart sensors, our connected world would not exist without constant advancements in chip design.

A global survey has revealed an overwhelming public interest in accessing museum collections through virtual reality (VR) and extended reality (XR) technologies.

At the MITEI Fall Colloquium, the administrator of the US Energy Information Administration explained why long-term energy models are not forecasting tools - and why they're still vitally important.

How researchers are tapping into the power of artificial intelligence to propel research advances in history, sociology, and more This article originally appeared in the Fall 2024 issue of Arts & Sci

Researchers from the UK and Ireland are collaborating on a new Engineers from the University of Glasgow are teaming up with colleagues from the Tyndall National Institute's Wireless Communications Lab

In the current age of technological disruption, Waterloo students are striving to understand the needs of the business world and tackle the biggest challenges they face.

Professor Jessika Trancik's course helps students understand energy levers for addressing climate change at the macro and micro scales.

As we come to the end of a year in which half the world's population went to the polls, researchers developed and field-tested a groundbreaking new technology to protect remote electronic voting or e-voting from voter coercion and vote buying.

Corvus Robotics, founded by Mohammed Kabir '21, is using drones that can navigate in GPS-denied environments to expedite inventory management.

This past year, students, alumni, researchers and staff made significant strides in addressing global challenges and advancing technology.