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Adderall Abuse as Final Exam Study Aid 'Trending' Among U.S. Students
May 1, 2013 A growing number of U.S. college students are abusing the ADHD medication Adderall to give them an academic edge and they're tweeting about it. A six-month study tracking Adderall mentions on Twitter ... > full story -
Best of Both Worlds: Towards a Quantum Internet With Combined Optical and Electrical Technique
May 1, 2013 Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in quantum science that brings the prospect of a network of ultra-powerful quantum computers -- connected via a quantum internet -- closer to reality. The team ... > full story -
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New Simulation Speed Record on Sequoia Supercomputer
April 30, 2013 Computer scientists have set a high performance computing speed record that opens the way to the scientific exploration of complex planetary-scale systems. Scientists have announced a record-breaking ... > full story -
Engaging Online Crowds in the Classroom Could Be Important Tool for Teaching Innovation
April 29, 2013 Online crowds can be an important tool for teaching the ins and outs of innovation, educators say, even when the quality of the feedback provided by online sources doesn't always match the ... > full story -
Visitors and Residents: Students' Attitudes to Academic Use of Social Media
April 29, 2013 Research has shown that university students behave very differently when using social media as part of their academic ... > full story -
Sexually Explicit Material Affects Behavior in Young People Less Than Thought
April 25, 2013 Viewing sexually explicit material through media such as the Internet, videos, and magazines may be directly linked with the sexual behavior of adolescents and young adults, but only to a very small ... > full story -
Teenage Password Security: Risk of Identity Theft
April 25, 2013 Many of us are sharing increasing amounts of personal information through online social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others. However, according to researchers, many of us ... > full story -
High-Volume Bitcoin Exchanges Less Likely to Fail, but More Likely Breached, Says Study
April 24, 2013 Online exchanges that trade hard currency for the cyber money Bitcoin have a 45 percent chance of failing -- often taking customer money with them. A new empirical study into the closure of Bitcoin ... > full story -
New NASA Satellite Takes the Salton Sea's Temperature
April 22, 2013 A new NASA image may look like a typical black-and-white image of a dramatic landscape, but it tells a story of temperature. The dark waters of the Salton Sea pop in the middle of the Southern ... > full story -
Honor Among (Credit Card) Thieves?
April 22, 2013 A criminologist dug into the seamy underbelly of online credit card theft and uncovered a surprisingly sophisticated network of crooks that is unique in the cybercrime ... > full story
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