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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 ...


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 ...


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).


Men and women are programmed differently when it comes to temptation

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 15, 2008 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (33) | comments 8

Temptation may be everywhere, but it's how the different sexes react to flirtation that determines the effect it will have on their relationships. In a new study, psychologists determined men tend to look at their partners ...


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 ...


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.


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.


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.


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 ...


Like father, like son? Macho men produce macho sons, according to research

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 29, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found that men with strong masculine traits are likely to produce similarly macho sons but, according to the new study by the University of St Andrews, macho sons are not considered especially ...


Scientists find facial scars increase attractiveness

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Men with facial scars are more attractive to women seeking short-term relationships, scientists at the University of Liverpool have found.


Researchers heat up gold to surprising effect: It gets harder not softer

Researchers heat up gold to surprising effect: It gets harder not softer

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Common sense tells us that when you heat something up it gets softer, but a team of researchers, led by University of Toronto chemistry and physics professor R.J. Dwayne Miller, has demonstrated the exact ...


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, ...


Fame matters more than beauty in consumer behaviour

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 13, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New research from Aston University in Birmingham, UK suggests that fame really does matter more than beauty when it comes to consumer behaviour.


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 ...