ELECTIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA

Team develops analytics to predict poll trends – EurekAlert Press Release

Team develops analytics to predict poll trends – Innovation Toronto Press Release

Physicists develop analytics to predict poll trends – Abomus Israel Press Release

Physicists Promise Accurate Election Predictions Using Twitter – Democracy Chronicles Press Release

   SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYTICS

Team breaks down social networking behavior – Article and Research Highlights

Team breaks down social networking behavior – eScience News Press Release

Connections aren’t everything – Nature Physics Cover

Location Determines Social Network Influence, Team Finds – NSF Press Release

   HEALTH CARE ANALYTICS

Collective behavior in the spatial spreading of obesity – Scientific Reports Paper

Environmental factors spread obesity, study reports – Medicalxpress Press Release

Are Supermarkets To Blame For The Obesity Epidemic? – Care2 Press Release

Do Large Cities Produce More CO2 Per Capita Than Small Ones? – MIT Technology Review Press Release

Large Cities Are Less Green: True or False? – NextCity Press Release

Statistical Signs of Social Influence on Suicides – Arxiv Paper

Suicide Rate Lower In Big Cities, As Lonely Find Some Solace – Medical Daily Press Release

   NETWORK SCIENCE

Self-similarity of complex networks – Nature Paper

Sizing Up Complex Webs: Close or far, many networks look the same – ScienceNews Press Release