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Study uses brain scans to discover how children 'read' faces

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Nov 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford University scientists are using brain-scanning technology to understand how we learn to recognise and 'read' faces as children.

A glimpse at the Earth's crust deep below the Atlantic

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Long-term variations in volcanism help explain the birth, evolution and death of striking geological features called oceanic core complexes on the ocean floor, says geologist Dr Bram Murton of the National ...

Improving security with face recognition technology

Technology / Computer Sciences

Nov 10, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (4) | 1

A number of U.S. states now use facial recognition technology when issuing drivers licenses. Similar methods are also used to grant access to buildings and to verify the identities of international travelers. ...

Saving sand: South Carolina beaches become a model for preservation

Space & Earth / Environment

Oct 23, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

While most people head to Myrtle Beach for vacation, a group of scientists have been hitting the famous South Carolina beach for years to figure out how to keep the sand from washing away.

Finding the ASX200 for marine ecosystems

Space & Earth / Environment

Oct 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are building the environmental equivalent of the ASX200 as a means of monitoring the health of Australian marine ecosystems.

Fracture zones endanger tombs in Valley of Kings

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

Ancient choices made by Egyptians digging burial tombs may have led to today's problems with damage and curation of these precious archaeological treasures, but photography and detailed geological mapping ...

Gmail tool catches misdirected messages

Technology / Internet

Oct 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Google on Tuesday added an embarrassment-avoidance tool that catches misdirected Gmail messages before they are fired off by users of the free Web-based email service.

First complete image created of Himalayan fault, subduction zone

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 11, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 1

An international team of researchers has created the most complete seismic image of the Earth's crust and upper mantle beneath the rugged Himalaya Mountains, in the process discovering some unusual geologic ...

Women Are Sort of More Tentative Than Men, Aren't They?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Aug 24, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (8) | 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Women hedge, issue disclaimers and ask questions when they communicate, language features that can suggest uncertainty, lack of confidence and low status. But men do the same, according to new research from ...

Mini Gradiometer Could Map Other Planets' Gravity Fields

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 10, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (6) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although it may seem like gravity is the same everywhere on the Earth, it actually varies a small amount from place to place. Factors such as mountains, ocean trenches, and interior density ...

Our brain looks at eyes first to identify a face

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Jul 20, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 1

A study by the University of Barcelona (Spain) has analysed which facial features our brain examines to identify faces. Our brain adapts in order to obtain the maximum amount of information possible from each ...

How the moon got its stripes

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 15, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 5

A new study has revealed the origins of tiger stripes and a subsurface ocean on Enceladus- one of Saturn's many moons. These geological features are believed to be the result of the moon's unusual chemical ...

Rating attractiveness: Study finds consensus among men, not women

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Jun 26, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (12) | 5

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

Researchers identify parallel mechanism monkeys and humans use to recognize faces

Biology / Plants & Animals

Jun 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have demonstrated for the first time rhesus monkeys and humans share a specific perceptual mechanism, configural perception, for discriminating ...