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New research from Michigan State University's Close Relationships Lab finds that people's reason for "swiping right" is based primarily on attractiveness and the race of a potential partner, and that decisions are often made in less than a second.

MIT researchers found that Covid-19 skeptics on Twitter and Facebook -- far from being "data illiterate" -- often use sophisticated data visualization techniques to argue against public health precautions like mask mandates.

Tiny photonic devices could be used to find new exoplanets, monitor our health, and make the internet more energy efficient. Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, now present a game changing microcomb that could bring advanced applications closer to reality. The new microcomb is a coherent, tunable and reproducible device with up to ten times higher net conversion efficiency than the current state of the art.

MIT researchers have simulated a soft-bodied robot that turns rigid on demand. The advance may help broaden robots' range of tasks and allow for safe interactions with people, including in patient care settings.

When quantum computers become more powerful and widespread, they will need a robust quantum internet to communicate. Purdue University engineers have addressed an issue barring the development of quantum networks that are big enough to reliably support more than a handful of users.