http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- While the majority of dating websites do a good job of managing the privacy of their users, a class research project at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds School of Business found that 21 of 90 dating websites the class examined did not properly remove location data from pictures uploaded by their users. http://phys.org/news245643835.html Technology Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:24:06 EST news245643835 The drilling through the ice sheet at NEEM (77 N, 51V) was completed in August and now scientists can begin to review whether the drilling was a success. 14 nations participated in the scientific work at NEEM, a project of the International Polar Year. The primary scientific objective was to drill an ice core that contains ice from the present, the last ice age, the previous interglacial period (the Eemian) and the last ice age prior to that in order to study trends in the climate, greenhouse gasses and the chemical composition of the atmosphere over more than 150,000 years in an unbroken sequence of layers. http://phys.org/news237198857.html Space & Earth Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:34:32 EST news237198857 New research suggests that individuals attempting to attract a mate often avoid advertising their political leanings. The findings, co-authored by political scientists Rose McDermott of Brown University, Casey A. Klofstad of the University of Miami, and Peter K. Hatemi, a genetic epidemiologist at Pennsylvania State University, are published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior. http://phys.org/news235660533.html Other Sciences Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:15:50 EST news235660533 Sitting in the stands at Dodger Stadium, Steve Bergmann began checking out nearby women he might hit on. But his eyes weren't scanning the seats - they were fixed on his smartphone. http://phys.org/news225563613.html Technology Wed, 25 May 2011 23:40:01 EST news225563613 China's top online dating site, Jiayuan, is seeking to raise nearly $78 million with an initial public offering on Wall Street on Wednesday. http://phys.org/news224305664.html Technology Wed, 11 May 2011 04:08:02 EST news224305664 (PhysOrg.com) -- According to a newly released report in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a newly refined method of radiocarbon dating has found that Neanderthals died off much earlier than originally believed. Where previous testing had shown fossils as young as 29,000 years ago, this new method puts the date closer to 39,000 years ago, sparking the debate that Neanderthals and modern humans probably never interacted in Europe. http://phys.org/news224241426.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 May 2011 10:17:29 EST news224241426 Textiles and rope fragments found in a Peruvian cave have been dated to around 12,000 years ago, making them the oldest textiles ever found in South America, according to a report in the April issue of Current Anthropology. http://phys.org/news221918028.html Other Sciences Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:54:53 EST news221918028 In the cosmopolitan US capital, singles are seeking everything from "Morocco" to "Ethiopia", "Kazakhstan" and "steppes", to "Ascot" and "Bourgogne." http://phys.org/news221317913.html Technology Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:12:11 EST news221317913 The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) conducted an online questionnaire with 12,000 couples from 18 countries, all of whom had regular access to the internet. They were asked a series of questions about whether they had visited dating websites, other online services and where else they might go looking for a partner. The questions related to the period 1997 to 2009. http://phys.org/news216901020.html Other Sciences Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:17:17 EST news216901020 (PhysOrg.com) -- Has Valentine’s Day become post-racial? Not yet, it seems. http://phys.org/news216661017.html Other Sciences Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:37:29 EST news216661017 (PhysOrg.com) -- While enthusiasts across the world pored over the Voynich manuscript, one of the most mysterious writings ever found – penned by an unknown author in a language no one understands – a research team at the UA solved one of its biggest mysteries: When was the book made? http://phys.org/news216557332.html Other Sciences Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:53:31 EST news216557332 Are you still looking for a date for Valentine's Day? Here's some dating advice straight from the laboratory: It turns out there may be something to "playing hard to get." A study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that a woman is more attracted to a man when she is uncertain about how much he likes her. http://phys.org/news216310072.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:40:05 EST news216310072 New research by an international team of scholars shows early human colonization of Eastern Polynesia took place much faster and more recently than previously established. http://phys.org/news213356254.html Other Sciences Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:37:46 EST news213356254 Dating violence among adolescents is common and those who physically assault dating partners are also likely to have perpetrated violence involving siblings and peers, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. http://phys.org/news210875831.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:00:07 EST news210875831 The US government consumer protection agency warned Americans on Tuesday to be on the lookout for online dating scams. http://phys.org/news209751066.html Technology Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:11:18 EST news209751066 (AP) -- IAC/InterActiveCorp, the Internet company run by billionaire Barry Diller, saw a big jump in revenue in the latest quarter because of improvements in online advertising and an expansion in the number of people looking online for love. http://phys.org/news207408412.html Technology Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:27:09 EST news207408412 (AP) -- Nearly one-tenth of sexually active New York City high school students say they have had at least one same-sex partner, and teens who say they've had sexual contact with both sexes report higher-than-average rates of dating violence, forced sex and risky sexual behavior, a new study says. http://phys.org/news207197127.html Medicine & Health Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:46:13 EST news207197127 Recent puzzling observations of tiny variations in nuclear decay rates have led some to question the science of using decay rates to determine the relative ages of rocks and organic materials. Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), working with researchers from Purdue University, the University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Wabash College, tested the hypothesis that solar radiation might affect the rate at which radioactive elements decay and found no detectable effect. http://phys.org/news203788993.html Physics Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:03:34 EST news203788993 Radiocarbon dating is used to determine the age of everything from ancient artifacts to prehistoric corals on the ocean bottom. http://phys.org/news202057818.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:10:35 EST news202057818 Online dating profiles may serve an important role in the grieving process, say two University of Delaware communication professors. Their new study, published in the August issue of the journal Death Studies, chronicles how widowed online daters use their profiles as a place to make sense of the past while articulating a vision of a future life. http://phys.org/news200926425.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:53:54 EST news200926425 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered evidence of Southeast Asian sailing vessels visiting Australia in the mid-1600s -- the oldest contact rock art in Australia. http://phys.org/news199101603.html Other Sciences Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:02:16 EST news199101603 (AP) -- After tens of thousands of years under the Siberian frost, a baby woolly mammoth is taking a summer vacation in southeast France. http://phys.org/news198500738.html Other Sciences Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:06:00 EST news198500738 In a large natural disaster, such as the Haitian earthquake earlier this year, or in an unsolved homicide case, knowing the birth date of an individual can guide forensic investigators to the correct identity among a large number of possible victims. http://phys.org/news193498294.html Chemistry Wed, 19 May 2010 14:31:58 EST news193498294 (PhysOrg.com) -- Online dating sites that are used around the world need to take into account cultural differences, researchers at the University of Bath have found. http://phys.org/news191605549.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:20:02 EST news191605549 As hooking up takes over from dating as a means of heterosexual interaction on university campuses, more women than men continue to prefer dating whereas more men than women rate hooking up above dating. Both genders however perceive similar benefits and risks to dating and hooking up. Carolyn Bradshaw from James Madison University in Virginia, US, and colleagues explored the reasons that motivate college men and women to hook up or to date, as well as the perceived relative benefits and costs of the two practices. Their findings are published online in Springer's journal Sex Roles. http://phys.org/news189862448.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:50:03 EST news189862448 Scientists today described development of a new method to determine the age of ancient mummies, old artwork, and other relics without causing damage to these treasures of global cultural heritage. Reporting at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), they said it could allow scientific analysis of hundreds of artifacts that until now were off limits because museums and private collectors did not want the objects damaged. http://phys.org/news188579046.html Chemistry Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:06:07 EST news188579046 Be true to yourself, and better romantic relationships will follow, research suggests. http://phys.org/news187877019.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:40:04 EST news187877019 There's no doubt that meeting partners on the Internet is a growing trend. But can we trust the information that people provide about themselves via online dating services? And why is depression so dissatisfying in relationships? These two questions are explored in articles appearing in the latest issue of the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, published by SAGE. The authors also discuss their findings in a new podcast series: Relationship Matters. http://phys.org/news187270990.html Other Sciences Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:43:39 EST news187270990 People who lie on online dating services likely are people-pleasers who want to present themselves in the most favorable light to get someone to like them — just as they would in face-to-face dating, according to a University of Kansas researcher. http://phys.org/news186846469.html Other Sciences Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:48:11 EST news186846469 (PhysOrg.com) -- With the ease of online dating services and the explosion of Facebook and virtual communities, it's no surprise that a growing number of people have found their valentine through the Internet. http://phys.org/news185201213.html Other Sciences Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:10:01 EST news185201213