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Smartphones contain sensors that can detect vibrations, turning them into seismometers for monitoring earthquakes (Credit: Getty Images)

How your phone can detect earthquakes

By Tom Ough

The vibration-based blood clotting test (Credit: Justin Chan/University of Washington)

How your phone can check your heart

By Tom Ough

A woman uses a smartphone in bed (Credit: Getty Images)

Are mobile phones altering our brains?

By Amanda Ruggeri

A surgeon conducts a consultation using a mobile phone (Credit: Getty Images)

A 50-year evolution of the mobile phone

By Tom Ough