- Predicting and Controlling Bad Actor AI Activity in a Year of Global Elections https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/predicting-and-controlling-bad-actor-ai-activity-year-global-elections 2 comments technology
- Predicting and Controlling Bad Actor AI Activity in a Year of Global Elections. A road network across 23 social media platforms, which was previously mapped out in previous research, will allow bad actor communities direct links to billions of users worldwide without users’ knowledge https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/predicting-and-controlling-bad-actor-ai-activity-year-global-elections 3 comments science
- Research found while Facebook expended significant effort to remove a lot of anti-vaccine content during the COVID-19 pandemic, overall engagement with anti-vaccine content did not decrease beyond prior trends—and, in some cases, even increased https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/facebooks-design-makes-it-unable-control-misinformation 65 comments science
- Tiny Video Capsule Shows Promise as an Alternative to Endoscopy https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/tiny-video-capsule-shows-promise-alternative-endoscopy 8 comments technology
- Researchers Discover New Species of Salamander From Gulf Coastal Plains Hotspot https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/researchers-discover-new-species-salamander-gulf-coastal-plains-hotspot 2 comments science
- Nearly 2 million children worldwide develop asthma as a result of breathing in traffic- related pollution. A second study by the same research team finds 1.8 million excess deaths around the world linked to urban air pollution. https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/nearly-2-million-children-worldwide-develop-asthma-result-breathing-traffic-related-pollution 20 comments science
- Study: Parenting communities on Facebook were subject to a powerful misinformation campaign early in the Covid-19 pandemic that pulled them closer to extreme communities and their misinformation. The research also reveals the machinery of how online misinformation 'ticks'. https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/online-parenting-communities-pulled-closer-extreme-groups-spreading-misinformation-during-covid-19 469 comments science
- New study reveals large and unequal health burden from air pollution in California’s Bay area. Exposure to the traffic-related pollutant nitrogen dioxide also had alarming health impacts, resulting in more than 2,500 deaths and 5,200 new childhood asthma cases every year. https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/new-study-reveals-large-and-unequal-health-burden-air-pollution-california%E2%80%99s-bay-area 4 comments science
- Aspirin Use May Decrease Ventilation, ICU admission and Death in COVID-19 Patients https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/aspirin-use-may-decrease-ventilation-icu-admission-and-death-covid-19-patients 3 comments science
- Social media bots and Russian trolls promoted discord and spread false information about vaccines on Twitter, using tactics similar to those at work during the 2016 United States presidential election, according to new research. https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/research-finds-bots-and-russian-trolls-influenced-vaccine-discussion-twitter 8 comments science
- Research Finds Bots and Russian Trolls Influenced Vaccine Discussion on Twitter - New Study Discovers Tactics Similar to Those Used During 2016 US Election https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/research-finds-bots-and-russian-trolls-influenced-vaccine-discussion-twitter 3 comments technology
- Voters Poised for Large Midterm Turnout https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/voters-poised-large-midterm-turnout-opposed-drastic-policy-actions-president-trump-according-new-gw 6 comments politics
- Study Finds Bonobos May Be Better Representation of the Last Common Ancestor with Humans than Common Chimpanzees https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/study-finds-bonobos-may-be-better-representation-last-common-ancestor-humans-common-chimpanzees 40 comments science
- New GW Battleground Poll: Clinton Begins to Pull Away from Trump, and Voters Think She’ll Win https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/new-gw-battleground-poll-clinton-begins-pull-away-trump-and-voters-think-she%E2%80%99ll-win 15 comments politics
- New GW Battleground Poll: Clinton Begins to Pull Away from Trump, and Voters Think She’ https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/new-gw-battleground-poll-clinton-begins-pull-away-trump-and-voters-think-she%E2%80%99ll-win 4 comments politics
- Mrs. Clinton leads Mr. Trump by only 3 percentage points nationally (46 to 43; 11 percent undecided). Comparatively, Mr. Sanders fares slightly better against Mr. Trump (51/40/10) https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/americans-overwhelmingly-engaged-2016-election-tone-race-affecting-voters-new-gw-battleground-poll 259 comments politics
- Hillary ONLY 3pts ahead Trump in National Election! https://mediarelations.gwu.edu/americans-overwhelmingly-engaged-2016-election-tone-race-affecting-voters-new-gw-battleground-poll 4 comments politics
- Human Brains Develop Wiring Slowly, Differing from Chimpanzees, George Washington University Professor Finds http://mediarelations.gwu.edu/human-brains-develop-wiring-slowly-differing-chimpanzees-george-washington-university-professor 3 comments science