Some people quit smoking on the first try while others have to try to quit repeatedly. Using such mobile technology as hand-held computers and smartphones, a team of researchers from Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh is trying to find out why.

If flying cars and uncannily dexterous robots haven't tipped you off already, know this: the future is here.

As Opower launches a new Facebook app using rivalry to reduce energy use, GreenBiz Senior Writer Marc Gunther discusses how social networks and mobile devices can boost sustainable business.

People who are excluded by others online, such as on Facebook, may feel just as bad as if they had been excluded in person, according to researchers at Penn State and Misericordia Universit

Fifty-seven Irish workers set sail for the United States in April of 1832 to work at Duffy’s Cut, a Pennsylvania Railroad construction site in Malvern, a city about 20 miles outside of Philadelphia. The workers arrived in Philadelphia in June. By the end of August, they were all dead.

Can social media be used effectively in class? There is a growing number of education professionals that believe the answer is ‘yes’.

HR has a trained eye for spotting questionable details on resumes – but now some candidates are turning to fake reference services and it may be time to background-check not just the candidates but the referees.

Scientists have long believed that vitamin D, which is naturally absorbed from sunlight, has an important role in the functioning of the body's autoimmune system.

Interest from China is again driving up applications to American graduate programs, according to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools.

With international education now New Zealand's fifth biggest export, the government wants to double the sector's economic value in the next 15 years.