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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 ...


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 ...


Study: Men Losing Their Minds Over Women

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (25) | 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.


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 ...


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 ...


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, ...


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 ...


The importance of attractiveness depends on where you live

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Do good-looking people really benefit from their looks, and in what ways? A team of researchers from the University of Georgia and the University of Kansas found that yes; attractive people do tend to have more social relationships ...


UCSB scientists show that female fruit flies can be 'too attractive' to males

Scientists show that female fruit flies can be 'too attractive' to males

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Females can be too attractive to the opposite sex -- too attractive for their own good -- say biologists at UC Santa Barbara. They found that, among fruit flies, too much male attention directed toward attractive ...


Ecological speciation by sexual selection on good genes: Is speciation adaptive?

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Darwin suggested that the action of natural selection can produce new species, but 150 years after the publication of his famous book, 'On the Origin of Species', debate still continues on the mechanisms of speciation. New ...


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.


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.


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.