http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. When we are faced with a decision, and we're not sure what to do, usually we'll just go with the majority opinion. When do we begin adopting this strategy of "following the crowd"? In a new report in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, psychologists Kathleen H. Corriveau, Maria Fusaro, and Paul L. Harris of Harvard University describe experiments suggesting that this tendency starts very early on, around preschool age. http://www.physorg.com/news156169768.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:30:43 EST news156169768 Despite the striking aromatic differences between coffee, peppermint, and pine, a new mapping of the nose's neural circuitry suggests a haphazard patchwork where the receptors for such disparate scents are as likely as not to be neighbors. http://www.physorg.com/news152883865.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:44:51 EST news152883865 (PhysOrg.com) -- Not only has the average global temperature increased in the past 50 years, but the hottest day of the year has shifted nearly two days earlier, according to a new study by scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University. http://www.physorg.com/news151766660.html Space & Earth Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:24:54 EST news151766660 Maybe the Internet isn't just one massive predator preyground after all. Maybe our children are much safer in cyberspace than we thought. http://www.physorg.com/news151510052.html Technology Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:07:32 EST news151510052 (PhysOrg.com) -- From the structure of DNA to nautical rope to distant spiral galaxies, helical forms are as abundant as they are useful in nature and manufacturing alike. Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have discovered a way to synthesize and control the formation of nanobristles, akin to tiny hairs, into helical clusters and have further demonstrated the fabrication of such highly ordered clusters, built from similar coiled building blocks, over multiple scales and areas. http://www.physorg.com/news150646112.html Nanotechnology Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:08:32 EST news150646112