News tagged with dark hair


Dark hair? Don't burn? Your genes may still put you at risk for melanoma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New genetic research suggests that the traditional risk factors for melanoma may not be as helpful in predicting risk in all people as previously thought, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer ...





Search results for dark hair


'Green' hair bleach may become environmentally friendly consumer product

'Green' hair bleach may become environmentally friendly consumer product

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists from Japan today reported development of what could be the world's first "green" hair bleach, an environmentally friendly preparation for lightening the color of hair on the head and other parts ...


Bridge to Nowhere

Crossing 'a bridge to nowhere'

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 20, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (15) | comments 5

Despite thousands of years of research, astronomers know next to nothing about how the universe is structured. One strong and accepted theory is that large galaxies are clustered together on structures similar ...


Hair Fiber

Heads-up study of hair dynamics may lead to better hair-care products

Chemistry /

created Aug 17, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

From frizzy perms to over-bleached waves, "bad hair days" could soon become a less frequent occurrence. Chemists report the first detailed microscopic analysis of what happens to individual hair fibers when ...


curly hair

Single gene may cause curly hair

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Australia have identified a single gene that strongly influences whether you have curly or straight hair.


Making Hair Realistic in Computer Animation

Making Hair Realistic in Computer Animation

Technology / Software

created Jul 19, 2006 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (28) | comments 0

Poets and novelists often describe hair as "shining" or "shimmering." Dark hair has a "sheen"; blond hair "glows." All this comes about because of the complex scattering of incident light off of individual ...


Probing Question: Does stress produce gray hair?

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 18, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (22) | comments 0

A reporter struggling to meet a deadline. A single mother juggling work and kids. A student cramming for exams. Could any of these folks justifiably fault their harried lifestyles when they notice a few gray hairs?


Do we need dark matter?

Do we need dark matter?

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (20) | comments 34

It's the biggest problem in physics: the matter we can see in the universe accounts for just five per cent of the observed gravity that holds galaxies together.


Studying hair of ancient Peruvians answers questions about stress

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent studies show that one in three Canadians suffer from stress and the number is on the rise. But stress isn't a new problem.


New evidence that dark chocolate helps ease emotional stress

New evidence that dark chocolate helps ease emotional stress

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

The "chocolate cure" for emotional stress is getting new support from a clinical trial published online in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research.


Goose bumps, laughter and butterflies

Goose bumps, laughter and butterflies

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The human body is as mysterious as it is magnificent. For every essential function like thought or a heartbeat, the body exhibits quirky behaviors that seem to defy explanation. Like goose bumps. Or hiccups. ...



List of search results for dark hair