Research in psychology and cognitive science suggests there are ways to fight back against this and reclaim your attention.

Numerous sensors allow smartphones to silently witness everything we do, says Ian Kim, a postdoctoral fellow in psychology at Stanford University. They count each smartphone owner's steps, measure ...

Overprescribing antibiotics breeds antibiotic resistance. A new tool aims to lower a notably high rate of such prescriptions in Rwanda.

There are small miracles of nature that we miss so much. The fine details of the natural world can be shown as minute as the veins of a leaf, the ...

A new study of ancient pottery adds to evidence that hunter-gatherers in Europe ate more than meat and developed early ...

Digital engagement is neither inherently benign nor uniformly harmful among young people. Later in life, it can fortify specific cognitive skills through intentional practice.

Vietnam looks to make anonymity on social media a memory — as it prepares to fuse social media with its national digital identity system VNeID, ...

For those of us who weren't paying attention, over the last few years, scientists around the world have been one-upping each other in a bid to create the smallest QR code that can be reliably read.

When using a measurement microscope, users can measure the size and dimensions of sample features in both two and three dimensions, which is important for inspection, quality control (QC), failure ...

ZEISS ARTEVO 750 and 850 microscopes enhance surgical visualization with advanced optical and digital features, including 3D heads-up displays and integrated OCT. Digital visualization systems may ...

You can tell a lot about a material based on the type of light shining at it: Optical light illuminates a material's surface, while X-rays reveal its internal structures and infrared captures a ...

For the first time, the new scope allowed physicists to observe terahertz 'jiggles' in a superconducting fluid. (Nanowerk News) You can tell a lot about a material based on the type of light you shine ...