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Over 70% of young people, some as young as eight, are using apps, YouTube videos and other digital online technologies to track and manage their health, according to the authors of a new report. The researchers, based at the universities of Bath, Salford and University of New South Wales (Australia) say their findings highlight risks …

A multidisciplinary team of computer science, law, and public policy faculty at the University of Virginia has earned a national grant to establish a course aimed at teaching graduate students to deeply examine the complex ethical, legal, and policy implications of new technologies. The Public Interest Technology University Network, which is part of the Washington, …

A team of international researchers plan to turn the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into rock by permanently injecting it beneath the Earth’s ocean floor through an ambitious, new research partnership announced today by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) at the University of Victoria. The $1.5 million, four-year PICS Theme Partnership entitled “Solid Carbon: …