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Weight matters: 'Normal' sized girls are judged to be more attractive by young men

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found that despite the size zero trend, boys really do prefer 'normal' girls of an average weight and build.


Study on effect of electricity on liquids bucks conventional science

Study on effect of electricity on liquids bucks conventional science (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether gazing into lava lamps or watching balsamic vinegar mix with olive oil, people have long been transfixed by the seemingly mystical way that droplets of one liquid find each other within ...


Deep Voices Scare Adolescent Girls but Turn on Teens

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The University of St. Andrews in Scotland has discovered that teenage girls are attracted by deep male voices, while younger girls feel intimidated by them.


Study: Men Losing Their Minds Over Women

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 20

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research reported in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology has shown that men go ga-ga over pretty women. They simply lose their minds (while women keep theirs).


What she sees in you -- facial attractiveness explained

What she sees in you -- facial attractiveness explained

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (19) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to potential mates, women may be as complicated as men claim they are, according to psychologists.


Molten Proteins: Surface-modified liquid protein with liquid-crystalline properties

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Proteins are solids. When heated they do not melt; instead, they decompose or sublime directly to the gas phase at low pressures. They cannot be converted into a liquid form unless they are dissolved in a ...


Dark Matter May be Easier to Detect than Previously Thought

Dark Matter May be Easier to Detect than Previously Thought

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (30) | comments 44

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Milky Way, like many other galaxies, is thought to be embedded in massive, lumpy amounts of dark matter that release gamma rays and other emissions. Although at first these emissions seem ...


Physicists to study attractive and repulsive forces crucial in designing nano-machines

Physicists to study attractive and repulsive forces crucial in designing nano-machines

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

The Casimir force, also known as the Casimir effect, is typified by the small attractive force that acts between two close parallel uncharged conducting plates. Today, this force has become an interdisciplinary ...


Scientists discover repulsive side to light force

Scientists Discover Light Force with 'Push' Power

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (26) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Yale University researchers has discovered a "repulsive" light force that can be used to control components on silicon microchips, meaning future nanodevices could be controlled ...


Cosmetic surgery appeals to men, women with appearance-based rejection sensitivity

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have found that men and women who feel sensitive to rejection based on their physical appearance are more likely to express interest in having cosmetic surgery than those who are less sensitive to appearance-based ...


Rating attractiveness: Study finds consensus among men, not women

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 5

Hot or not? Men agree on the answer. Women don't.


Scientists directly measure charge states of atoms using an atomic force microscope

Scientists directly measure charge states of atoms using an atomic force microscope

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM scientists in collaboration with the University of Regensburg, Germany, and Utrecht University, Netherlands, for the first time demonstrated the ability to measure the charge state of ...


Pressure to Look Attractive Linked to Fear of Rejection in Men and Women

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- People who feel pressure to look attractive are more fearful of being rejected because of their appearance than are their peers, according to a new study by researchers at the University at Buffalo and the ...


Brains or beauty: New study confirms having both leads to higher pay

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

People looking for a good job at a good salary could find their intelligence may not be the only trait that puts them at the top of the pay scale, according to researchers. A new study finds attractiveness, along with confidence, ...


Remembrance of Things Past Influences How Female Field Crickets Select Mates

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Riverside biologists researching the behavior of field crickets have found for the first time that female crickets remember attractive males based on the latter’s song, and use this information when choosing ...




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