A new study led by Marc D. Breton, PhD, found that a University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology-developed algorithm – paired with a continuous glucose monitor – can help users better manage ...

Martin Saveski, an assistant professor at UW’s Information School, collaborated on a recent study that used an AI-powered algorithm to alter users’ X feeds. In a weeklong experiment, Saveski’s ...

A major new study has found what many parents feared but science is only now confirming. It’s not video games. It’s social media that seems to be undermining teenagers’ ability to concentrate. Over ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...

Young people with fewer financial resources, especially boys, are the most exposed to advertising about how to make easy money. So confirms a pioneering study by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), which ...

If he’s smart, he’s safe with your heart. What brainiacs lack in swag — think “Steve Urkel,” of 1990s TV nerd fame, wearing goofy glasses and silly suspenders — they abound in stellar boyfriend ...

Having a smartphone may be harmful for children younger than 12, according to a new study. The study published Monday in the peer-reviewed journal Pediatrics found that owning a smartphone during ...

A major new study has found a notable connection between untreated sleep apnea and an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. A team of researchers from Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Researchers have successfully used a quantum algorithm to solve a complex century-old mathematical problem long considered impossible for even the most powerful conventional supercomputers. The ...