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Released: 29-Apr-2025 8:25 PM EDT
Smartphone Apps Claim to Assess Hot Weather Threats. But Are They Accurate?
University of Georgia

A recent study from the University of Georgia found a smartphone application designed to assess heat-related risks frequently reported temperatures that were lower than those recorded through direct on-site measurements.

Newswise: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Launches First-of-its-Kind Sleep App and Sleep Registry for Children Using Apple Watch
Released: 22-Apr-2025 5:55 PM EDT
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Launches First-of-its-Kind Sleep App and Sleep Registry for Children Using Apple Watch
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Children's Hospital Los Angeles is launching the first sleep registry in the country for children using Apple Watch as well as a new data collection app called WISE-HARE, or Wearable Intelligent Sensor Enhancement Home Apnea Risk Evaluation.

Released: 27-Mar-2025 9:10 AM EDT
Personalized App Reduces Cancer-Related Fatigue
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

U-M researchers, in collaboration with Arcascope, have developed and tested a personalized app that tracks a user’s circadian rhythm and makes behavioral recommendations to reduce daily fatigue.

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Released: 26-Mar-2025 6:10 PM EDT
NJIT Unveils VR Crime Scene Tech, Research at Nation's Largest Forensic Conference
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

NJIT’s forensics program made an impression at the 77th Annual American Academy of Forensic Sciences’ Conference in Baltimore’s Convention Center, unveiling new research and innovations that tackled this year’s conference theme, “Technology: A Tool for Transformation or Tyranny?”

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Released: 25-Mar-2025 12:00 PM EDT
Form 1099-K: A College Student's Guide
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

UMD expert Samuel Handwerger explains Form 1099-K—an IRS record for online sales and payments through apps.

   
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Released: 10-Mar-2025 6:00 AM EDT
How We React When Apps Crash
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Study examining crashing apps' disruption of user behavior and revenue shows single crashes increase engagement briefly, but frequent failures drive users away.

   
Newswise: Mobile App Tracking Blood Pressure Helps Patients
Released: 24-Feb-2025 7:20 PM EST
Mobile App Tracking Blood Pressure Helps Patients
Tufts University

The AHOMKA platform, an innovative mobile app for patient-to-provider communication that developed through a collaboration between the Tufts University School of Engineering and leading medical institutions in Ghana, has yielded positive results in tests with patients at high risk for heart attack or stroke. Over the course of eight weeks, the participants’ average blood pressure readings decreased from 139/87 mmHG to a more manageable 126/83 mmHg

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Released: 12-Feb-2025 7:50 PM EST
Artificial Intelligence Lightens Administrative Burden on Nurses
Cedars-Sinai

To lessen the administrative burden on hospital nurses and give them more time for meaningful patient care, Cedars-Sinai is testing an artificial intelligence (AI) mobile app called Aiva Nurse Assistant.

Released: 13-Jan-2025 4:25 PM EST
Expert Available: Project Liberty Offers to Buy TikTok in the US
George Washington University

Last Friday the United States Supreme Court heard arguments on the sale of ByteDance’s app, TikTok. Congress is concerned about what China’s ownership of the app does for America's national security... ...

   
Released: 13-Jan-2025 9:15 AM EST
Johns Hopkins Makes It Easy and Free to Know Your Hearing Numbers With New Hearing Test App
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has released an app that makes it free, fast, and easy to test one's hearing in each ear. The app is part of a public health campaign to raise awareness about the importance of monitoring, protecting, and optimizing hearing at all ages.

Released: 10-Dec-2024 4:30 PM EST
NYCEDC and NYU Tandon Launch Applications for New Digital Game Design Incubator
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), in conjunction with NYU Tandon School of Engineering, has officially opened and launched applications for the New York City’s new digital game design incubator—the Game Design Future Lab (GDFL)—within NYU Tandon Future Labs, a startup incubator network operator founded 15 years ago with initial funding from NYCEDC.

Released: 22-Nov-2024 10:00 AM EST
NJIT Computing Researchers Fix Critical Mistakes in Medical Mobile Apps
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

Potentially deadly mathematical errors are prevalent among mobile applications used in clinical and emergency room settings, but a team of researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology's Ying Wu C...

Newswise: Unbound Medicine and Oxford University Press Mobilize
Renowned Medical Handbooks
Released: 19-Nov-2024 11:00 AM EST
Unbound Medicine and Oxford University Press Mobilize Renowned Medical Handbooks
Unbound Medicine

Unbound Medicine and Oxford University Press have launched the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine on mobile platforms. This trusted guide offers real-time updates, medical literature integration, and advanced search, ensuring healthcare professionals have instant access to essential knowledge.

Released: 22-Oct-2024 11:30 AM EDT
Should You Try Apple’s Hearing Aid App? An Audiologist Weighs In
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Apple has marketed its AirPods Pro 2 as soon having “clinical-grade Hearing Aid capability.” To explain what Apple is offering, Devin McCaslin, Ph.D., director of U-M’s audiology program, answers our questions.

Released: 16-Jul-2024 5:05 PM EDT
New Study Finds Uber Eats Reduces Uber Rideshare Volumes
University of Michigan Ross School of Business

Since its inception in 2016, Uber Eats has experienced explosive growth. Yet this didn’t come without a price. In her new research, Yue Maggie Zhou, associate professor of strategy, explores how Uber Eats has cannibalized Uber’s core business, reducing rideshare trip volumes for both Uber and Lyft.

   
Newswise: ‘U-Ride:’ Transforming Transit for College Students in Southeast Florida
Released: 27-Jun-2024 8:30 AM EDT
‘U-Ride:’ Transforming Transit for College Students in Southeast Florida
Florida Atlantic University

U-Ride is the first app that allows users to easily compare and track the environmental and health impacts of their trip. They can see their carbon savings in pounds of CO2 and calories burned as an individual and as a community. Data collected from U-Ride will help improve the transit system over time and ensure that major transportation investments made by universities as well as government agencies are benefitting the greatest number of students.

Newswise: Cleveland Clinic Launches Wellness and Diet Coaching App Featuring State-of-the-Art Food and Fitness Tracking, Support and Education
Released: 27-Jun-2024 4:00 AM EDT
Cleveland Clinic Launches Wellness and Diet Coaching App Featuring State-of-the-Art Food and Fitness Tracking, Support and Education
Cleveland Clinic

Embargoed until 4am EDT Cleveland, OH (Thursday, June 27, 2024) – Cleveland Clinic and app developer FitNow, Inc.  have launched the Cleveland Clinic Diet app, which offers health and diet advice built upon evidence-based nutrition science and clinical success, paired with a comprehensive food and fitness tracker. The app provides individualized guided support with the input of Cleveland Clinic health experts to help users make sustainable changes to their lifestyle and dietary habits for better health and well-being. 

Released: 2-May-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Navigating Relationships in the Age of Dating Apps
Newswise

In today's digital age, dating apps have revolutionized how people meet and connect. However, this convenience comes with its own challenges, leading to what some call a "swipe pandemic."



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