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Released: 9-Feb-2021 11:45 AM EST
How Robinhood’s trading app spurs investors’ herding instincts: Q&A with Prof. Odean
University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business

Last year, when Berkeley Haas finance professor Terrance Odean was researching why users of the popular trading app Robinhood tended to “herd” into a small number of stocks, he never imagined a situation like what unfolded last week with GameStop.

Released: 8-Feb-2021 4:30 PM EST
Mount Sinai Study Finds Wearable Devices Can Detect COVID-19 Symptoms and Predict Diagnosis
Mount Sinai Health System

Wearable devices can identify COVID-19 cases earlier than traditional diagnostic methods and can help track and improve management of the disease, according to a Mount Sinai study.

Released: 8-Feb-2021 2:30 PM EST
DHS S&T Awards $198,600 to Develop Security and Privacy Testing of COVID-19 Contract Tracing Apps
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T has awarded $198,600 to AppCensus, a start-up based in El Cerrito, California, to develop testing and validation services for digital contact tracing applications.

20-Jan-2021 11:10 AM EST
UK public supports usage of tracking technology and immunity passports in global pandemic
University of Bristol

New research suggests the majority of people in the UK are willing to use privacy-encroaching tracking technology and support the introduction of ‘immunity passports’ to protect themselves and others in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Released: 20-Jan-2021 8:55 AM EST
A mobile app against food waste
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Today, data.org announced the eight global winners of the $10 million Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge, which aims to address major societal challenges through computer and data science. Among the winners is a project by BASE (Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy) and Empa that aims to give smallholder farmers in India access to sustainable cooling facilities through a mobile app to reduce food waste.

Released: 7-Dec-2020 12:55 PM EST
UC San Diego Health Supports Statewide Rollout of CA Notify Exposure Notification System
UC San Diego Health

The California governor’s office today announced a statewide expansion to make CA Notify available to all Californians starting Thursday, December 10 in partnership with UC San Diego Health.

Released: 23-Nov-2020 1:30 PM EST
UAH helps develop air quality monitoring application for Thailand
University of Alabama Huntsville

Thailand will get help mitigating air pollution from a new satellite data application co-developed by The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System.

16-Nov-2020 10:40 AM EST
Smartphone Use Offers Tool to Treat MS, Other Diseases
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Monitoring how patients with multiple sclerosis or other degenerative diseases use their smartphones could provide valuable information to help get them better treatment. In the journal Chaos, researchers used an app to record the keystroke dynamics of a control group and those of subjects in various stages of MS treatment. In doing so, they observed changes in the way people with MS typed that were not seen in subjects who did not have the disease.

Released: 12-Nov-2020 2:15 PM EST
The Secret City: Project Y mobile app is back
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory is proud to announce the re-release of The Secret City: Project Y, the app that lets you explore Los Alamos in New Mexico as it was during the Manhattan Project.

   
Released: 12-Nov-2020 11:55 AM EST
App Developed at Rensselaer Can Help Guide COVID-19 Management on Any Campus
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Leaders at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute relied on a powerful algorithm, COVID Back-to-School - now freely available to the public - to determine that twice-weekly testing of all students would be the optimal regimen for keeping the infection rate on campus safely below 1% for any two-week period.

6-Nov-2020 4:35 PM EST
New Tool Detects Unsafe Security Practices in Android Apps
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Computer scientists at Columbia Engineering have shown for the first time that it is possible to analyze how thousands of Android apps use cryptography without needing to have the apps’ actual codes. The team’s new tool, CRYLOGGER, can tell when an Android app uses cryptography incorrectly—it detects the so-called “cryptographic misuses” in Android apps. When given a list of rules that should be followed for secure cryptography, CRYLOGGER detects violations of these rules.

Released: 30-Oct-2020 2:30 PM EDT
Researcher develops app to reach Black community with COVID-19 information
University of Cincinnati

A University of Cincinnati cardiologist is partnering with researchers in St. Louis and rural Georgia to develop a smartphone app that will deliver COVID-19 information and education that is targeted toward Black communities.

   
Released: 30-Oct-2020 10:15 AM EDT
New York Giants Rookies Virtually Visit Patients at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital to Celebrate Halloween
Hackensack Meridian Health

Continuing their annual Halloween tradition, New York Giants rookies visit patients at Hackensack Meridian Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital virtually.

   
Released: 21-Oct-2020 3:30 PM EDT
UH Implements Virtual Waiting Room for Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

UH has implemented PatientTrak, a virtual waiting room that enables the patient to communicate effectively with staff so they can arrive at their appointment on time while avoiding an in-person waiting room.

Released: 13-Oct-2020 5:05 PM EDT
Disaster Preparedness in the Palm of Your Hand
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

Two CUSEC apps help emergency managers prepare for and recover from disasters like earthquakes. Both are free and available for use via the S&T-supported Regional Information Sharing Platform.

Released: 13-Oct-2020 5:00 PM EDT
Design and test potential COVID-19 treatments from your phone
University of Utah

Anyone with a smartphone can download the app ViDok, which lets users pick from a library of molecules that might bind to key proteins on the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, and then can tweak the molecules to try to find a better fit.

Released: 13-Oct-2020 8:00 AM EDT
Want to wait less at the bus stop? Beware real-time updates
Ohio State University

Smartphone apps that tell commuters when a bus will arrive at a stop don’t result in less time waiting than reliance on an official bus route schedule, a new study suggests.

Released: 8-Oct-2020 12:25 PM EDT
The Future of Precision Medicine
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Precision medicine is a rapidly growing approach to health care that focuses on finding treatments and interventions that work for people based on their genetic makeup, rather than their symptoms. Zeeshan Ahmed, director of the new Ahmed Lab at Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, discusses the future of precision medicine, what needs to be done to successfully analyze the data necessary to develop individualized treatments and the role genetics play during the COVID-19 pandemic.

   
Released: 5-Oct-2020 2:15 PM EDT
Protecting Device Software from Zero-Day Attacks with TrustMS
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T collaborates with Intelligent Automation, Inc., to develop system that protects operating systems and apps on embedded platforms against cyberattacks.

Released: 17-Sep-2020 2:00 PM EDT
New app a lifeline for eggplant farmers in Bangladesh
Cornell University

A new app co-developed by Cornell University researchers is expected to streamline information-sharing, during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, for farmers growing one of the most important crops for food security in Bangladesh.

Released: 15-Sep-2020 3:25 PM EDT
UIC researcher to test voice-activated AI to manage mental health symptoms
University of Illinois Chicago

Researchers at University of Illinois Chicago are studying a novel approach to delivering care to those with moderate depression and anxiety: through artificial intelligence, or AI. The first part of the two-phase, five-year project will develop and test a voice-enabled, AI virtual agent named Lumen, trained to deliver Problem Solving Therapy (PST), for patients with moderate, untreated depressive and/or anxiety symptoms. This first phase is awarded for two years.

   
Released: 15-Sep-2020 12:00 PM EDT
NIH award contracts to develop innovative digital health technologies for COVID-19
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

NIH has awarded seven contracts to companies and academic institutions to develop digital health solutions that help address the COVID-19 pandemic.

   
Released: 11-Sep-2020 8:05 PM EDT
UC Campuses Pilot Google-Apple Notification Technology to Help Prevent COVID-19 Outbreaks
UC San Diego Health

Today, California approved a new voluntary pilot program that uses Apple and Google smartphone technology to help rapidly control COVID-19 outbreaks. The program will launch on the campus of UC San Diego for any students and employees who opt in.

Released: 8-Sep-2020 5:05 PM EDT
Mount Sinai Health System Deploys Artifact Health Mobile Solution to Reduce Physician Documentation Burden
Artifact Health

Expansion of Artifact Health mobile physician query solution rolled out across the eight-hospital system

4-Sep-2020 2:05 PM EDT
Some Children at Higher Risk of Privacy Violations from Digital Apps
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

While federal privacy laws prohibit digital platforms from storing and sharing children’s personal information, those rules aren’t always enforced, researchers find.

Released: 31-Aug-2020 12:30 PM EDT
College students access eating disorders therapy via phone app
Washington University in St. Louis

Studying college women with eating disorders, a team led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that a phone-based app that delivers a form of cognitive behavioral therapy was an effective means of intervention in addressing specific disorders.

Released: 28-Aug-2020 6:05 PM EDT
New COVID-19 app helps users communicate health risks with each other
University of Chicago Medical Center

UChicago Medicine physicians helped develop an app to track COVID-19 symptoms, piggybacking on a similar platform for parents of premature babies who record and monitor health issues. MyCovid Passport lets users track symptoms and keep up to date on the latest health information.

Released: 25-Aug-2020 4:45 PM EDT
One size may not fit all: BILH psychiatrists develop mental health app assessment tool
Beth Israel Lahey Health

Researcher-clinicians from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, both part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, have collaborated to develop an online assessment tool to help patients and providers make more informed decisions about choosing and using a mental health app.

   
Released: 19-Aug-2020 4:15 PM EDT
S&T-Funded App Allows Emergency Responders to Communicate Seamlessly on the Front Lines
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

Bridge 4 Public Safety is a free app to that allows for interoperable, secure collaboration and communication during response efforts.

Released: 5-Aug-2020 8:00 AM EDT
Smartphones prove to be time-saving analytical tools
American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Scientists use a smartphone camera to easily measure soil density — a key metric for analyzing our soils

Released: 4-Aug-2020 4:35 PM EDT
UCLA launches major mental health study to discover insights about depression
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

UCLA has launched a major new study, sponsored by and in collaboration with Apple, designed to help revolutionize detection and treatment of depression.

Released: 21-Jul-2020 11:20 AM EDT
Tracking COVID-19 with a new app that assures user privacy
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A multi-disciplinary team of Rutgers professors have developed the COVIDNearby app that allows individuals to report coronavirus symptoms with an assurance of privacy.

   
Released: 30-Jun-2020 11:40 AM EDT
Need to Check Patient’s Jugular Venous Pressure? There’s An App For That
UT Southwestern Medical Center

DALLAS – July 1, 2020 – A new report from cardiologists at UT Southwestern raises the hope that doctors will be able to visually check the jugular venous pressure of heart failure patients remotely, using the camera on a smartphone. The finding is especially timely as telemedicine expands during the pandemic.

   
Released: 29-Jun-2020 4:25 PM EDT
S&T and NSA Test Automated Security Vetting for Mobile Apps
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

Under a joint pilot program, DHS S&T and NIAP within the National Security Agency (NSA) cybersecurity mission have demonstrated that the process can be automated.

Released: 16-Jun-2020 4:05 PM EDT
Cornell research powers Facebook’s new AI shopping tool
Cornell University

A new artificial intelligence system allowing shoppers on Facebook to identify characteristics of items in uploaded photographs is based on Cornell University computer vision research into fine-grained visual recognition.

Released: 16-Jun-2020 2:20 PM EDT
Platform empowers users to control their personal data
Cornell University

To help individuals take greater control of their personal information, a team of Cornell researchers has developed and tested a platform, Ancile, that allows users to set restrictions on what kind of digital data they’ll release, and to whom.

Released: 16-Jun-2020 9:00 AM EDT
The Wound Pros Introduces Mobile App to Combat COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities
The Wound Pros

New app provides camera-based vitals monitoring for high-risk patients

Released: 21-May-2020 6:05 AM EDT
Harness artificial intelligence and take control your health
University of South Australia

Sedentary behaviours, poor sleep and questionable food choices are major contributors of chronic disease, including diabetes, anxiety, heart disease and many cancers. But what if we could prevent these through the power of smart technologies?

Released: 20-May-2020 8:55 AM EDT
The UK Public want the NHS to be the controlling body in Covid-19 contact-tracing app – says new research
University of Warwick

The public have massive trust in the NHS, who should have control and access to data in the Covid-19 contact-tracing app, according to new research by researchers in WMG at the University of Warwick, and at the University of Birmingham.

13-May-2020 6:05 PM EDT
Most parents concerned about privacy, body image impact of tweens using health apps
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Most parents say they have concerns about how health apps may impact children ages 8-12, according to the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health at Michigan Medicine.

12-May-2020 3:20 PM EDT
Physera Delivers Physical Therapy to the Masses with New Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth Service
Physera

To ease access to needed healthcare services during the COVID-19 crisis, Physera, an app-based platform for remote physical therapy, today announced that it has launched a new direct-to-consumer service for people who have musculoskeletal (MSK) issues and pain.



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