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. (Phys.org) —When judging the ethics of an action, most people believe themselves to be fair and impartial. Bad is bad, and greater offenses deserve greater punishment. However, according to research conducted at the University of Cincinnati, such judgments can be profoundly biased by one's relationship to the parties involved. This is a bias "blind spot" that people recognize in others, but deny having themselves. http://phys.org/news283423756.html Other Sciences Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:50:04 EST news283423756 (Phys.org)—A set of revolutionary new techniques that make it possible to recover invisible prints left on fabric by the sole of a person's shoe, have been developed by scientists at the University of Abertay Dundee. http://phys.org/news273397678.html Chemistry Thu, 29 Nov 2012 08:20:01 EST news273397678 (Phys.org)—This much everyone knows: As technologies break new ground in speed and performance, mischief-makers also break new ground in finding ways to disrupt. Now an academic research group has warned a U.S. government agency of their findings, which show that the LTE high-speed wireless data networks of today and tomorrow are vulnerable to a jamming technique that could destroy service across a city. They say it could take nothing more complex than a laptop and $650 battery-operated radio unit aimed at portions of the LTE signal, to knock out an LTE base station, affecting large numbers of city residents. http://phys.org/news272216895.html Technology Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:20:01 EST news272216895 A new computer algorithm can analyze the footwear marks left at a crime scene according to clusters of footwear types, makes and tread patterns even if the imprint recorded by crime scene investigators is distorted or only a partial print. http://phys.org/news270466052.html Technology Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:28:15 EST news270466052 Children ages 2-11 view an alarming amount of television shows that contain forms of social bullying or social aggression. Physical aggression in television for children is greatly documented, but this is the first in-depth analysis on children's exposure to behaviors like cruel gossiping and manipulation of friendship. http://phys.org/news267951908.html Other Sciences Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:05:13 EST news267951908 (Phys.org)—Researchers from the Max Planck institute have been conducting experiments with chimpanzees that appear to indicate that the apes are not willing to punish other chimps when witnessing them doing something "bad" but will do so if they are the injured party. The team has published their findings in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://phys.org/news265359818.html Biology Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:04:03 EST news265359818 As any crime show buff can tell you, DNA evidence identifies a victim's remains, fingers the guilty, and sets the innocent free. But in reality, the processing of forensic DNA evidence takes much longer than a 60-minute primetime slot. http://phys.org/news254761602.html Biology Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:06:54 EST news254761602 (PhysOrg.com) -- After examining murder-suicides over a 145-year period, a Ball State research team has found the majority of such acts occur in the home and the perpetrator and victim are in an intimate relationship. http://phys.org/news250317578.html Other Sciences Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:42:06 EST news250317578 An Israeli hacker published details of what he claimed were more than 200 Saudi-owned credit cards online overnight in a revenge attack after a similar move by "Saudi" hackers earlier this month. http://phys.org/news245481158.html Technology Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:20:01 EST news245481158 Finland's top prosecutor aims to impose clear legal boundaries on hate speech found on the Internet and to provide police with stricter guidelines, his office said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news232122661.html Technology Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:40:01 EST news232122661 A portable device can detect the presence of the anthrax bacterium in about one hour from a sample containing as few as 40 microscopic spores, report Cornell and University of Albany researchers who invented it. The device could provide early detection in the case of an anthrax attack, saving many lives. http://phys.org/news231394972.html Nanotechnology Mon, 01 Aug 2011 06:10:01 EST news231394972 A brutal case of infanticide has been recently reported in the black-billed magpie. In a series of vivid videos, an adult perpetrator kills or drags out all six nestlings from a nest. Who could have done it, and why? http://phys.org/news229597843.html Biology Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:11:05 EST news229597843 For the first time, eye-witness identifications are to be studied to determine if people avoid pointing the finger at someone they like in a police line-up. http://phys.org/news203595249.html Medicine & Health Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:40:05 EST news203595249 Adolescent victims and perpetrators of electronic bullying appear more likely to report having psychiatric and physical symptoms and problems, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. http://phys.org/news197544862.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:00:08 EST news197544862 Sampling just a few genes can reveal not only the "lifestyle" of marine microbes but of their entire environments, new research suggests. http://phys.org/news171559310.html Biology Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:23:06 EST news171559310 (PhysOrg.com) -- A Northeastern University study of college students from an unidentified university found that both the perpetrators and the victims of physical and sexual violence report high substance use during those incidents. http://phys.org/news151941015.html Medicine & Health Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:51:09 EST news151941015