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. People with lower incomes value the institution of marriage just as much as those with higher incomes and have similar romantic standards for marriage, according to a new study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family. The new research suggests that government initiatives to strengthen marriage among low-income populations should move beyond promoting the value of marriage and instead focus on the actual problems that low-income couples face. http://phys.org/news261137591.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:13:18 EST news261137591 Nearly two in three Americans think President Barack Obama is better suited than Republican rival Mitt Romney to deal with an alien invasion, according to a survey released Wednesday. http://phys.org/news260044046.html Space & Earth Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:27:35 EST news260044046 More than half of New York state residents believe that the environmental risks of natural gas drilling outweigh the revenues produced by such activity, according to the latest Empire State Poll conducted by Cornell's Survey Research Institute. http://phys.org/news258612778.html Space & Earth Mon, 11 Jun 2012 05:53:03 EST news258612778 There are over 500,000 professional footballers, yet openly gay players appear almost entirely absent. It is often claimed that the problem lies with an intolerant fan culture, but a new study reveals that 93% of football fans oppose homophobia and would support openly gay players. The study, published in the British Journal of Sociology, identifies conservative clubs and agents to be the sport's strongest barriers to change. http://phys.org/news257706605.html Other Sciences Thu, 31 May 2012 19:00:03 EST news257706605 The average U.S. citizen is willing to pay 13 percent more for electricity in support of a national clean-energy standard (NCES), according to Yale and Harvard researchers in Nature Climate Change. http://phys.org/news256047845.html Technology Sun, 13 May 2012 13:00:07 EST news256047845 Spaniards came bottom of the class in an 11-nation science test and nearly half of them could not name a single important scientist in history, a survey showed Tuesday. http://phys.org/news255708210.html Other Sciences Tue, 08 May 2012 15:30:02 EST news255708210 Having attractive friends will make you more popular on Facebook, especially if you are a woman, according to a new study that takes Charles Darwin into the domain of cyber networking. http://phys.org/news254418366.html Other Sciences Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:46:23 EST news254418366 (Phys.org) -- Women and people from ethnic minorities have to employ special strategies to overcome institutional discrimination when working in large law firms. http://phys.org/news253524268.html Other Sciences Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:40:01 EST news253524268 With the global recession and the food price spike of 2008, one would expect migrants to be particularly affected, but a recent University of Illinois study revealed migrants in at least one Central Illinois county to be surprisingly resilient in their ability to control their environment through work, particularly women. http://phys.org/news253461033.html Other Sciences Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:50:41 EST news253461033 The surveyed women spend an average of 81 minutes per day on Facebook, whereas men spend 64 minutes. Low educated groups and low income groups who spend more time on Facebook also report feeling less happy and less content with their lives. This relationship between time spent on Facebook and well-being is also salient for women, but not for men. These are some of the results of Sweden's largest Facebook study ever, a project led by Leif Denti, doctoral student of psychology at the University of Gothenburg. http://phys.org/news252588891.html Other Sciences Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:36:18 EST news252588891 Planning your diet won't really help you gain self-control unless you're feeling good about your weight in the first place, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. And the same goes for saving money. http://phys.org/news251026086.html Other Sciences Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:00:08 EST news251026086 Australians have a high level of internet use but are wary of websites that collect too much information about their visitors, a large-scale University of Queensland survey has revealed. http://phys.org/news251009909.html Technology Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:58:36 EST news251009909 Only one in four Americans favors Israel conducting a military strike against Iran's nuclear program, finds a new University of Maryland poll. Nearly seven in ten (69 percent) favor the United States and other major powers continuing to pursue negotiations with Iran, a position supported by majorities of Republicans (58 percent), Democrats (79 percent) and Independents (67 percent). http://phys.org/news250874910.html Other Sciences Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:28:40 EST news250874910 Attracting workers into science and technology fields could be hampered by work-life integration issues according to a new international survey. Drawing data from 4,225 publishing scientists and researchers worldwide, the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) finds that lack of flexibility in the workplace, dissatisfaction with career development opportunities and low salaries are driving both men and women to re-consider their profession. http://phys.org/news250435502.html Other Sciences Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:25:16 EST news250435502 The downturn in the housing market in the last three years has left the UK a nation of frustrated, unfulfilled house-movers, according to the latest data from Understanding Society, a study of 40,000 UK households funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. http://phys.org/news250228573.html Other Sciences Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:58:23 EST news250228573 Partners provide a vital source of positive emotional support for the vast majority of people in the UK. Nine out of ten people who were married or cohabiting talk to their partner about their worries, according to data from Understanding Society, the world's largest longitudinal household study of 40,000 UK households. Ninety four per cent of those surveyed rely on their partner for support when a problem crops up. http://phys.org/news248436077.html Other Sciences Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:01:26 EST news248436077 Do baby-faced opponents have a better chance of gaining your trust? By subtly altering fictional politicians' faces, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem examined whether minor changes in appearance can affect people's judgment about "enemy" politicians and their offer to make peace. In the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the research showed that peace offers from baby-faced politicians had a better chance of winning over the opposing population than the exact same offer coming from more mature-looking leaders. http://phys.org/news247120004.html Other Sciences Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:40:01 EST news247120004 The resistance towards ethnically mixed neighborhoods decreases if higher-educated people from ethnic minorities live there. Yet even then a large proportion of the autochthonous Dutch population still prefer to avoid neighbourhoods with a high concentration of people from ethnic minorities. This is the conclusion of Dutch researcher Marieke van Londen who defended her PhD thesis on 12 January at the Radboud University Nijmegen. http://phys.org/news245322474.html Other Sciences Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:40:01 EST news245322474 (PhysOrg.com) -- Despite having an eight-year head start on Marcellus Shale natural gas extraction, Pennsylvania residents are just as uncertain about the effects of horizontal hydraulic drilling as New Yorkers, researchers at Cornell and Penn State have found. http://phys.org/news243156826.html Space & Earth Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:34:00 EST news243156826 Traditional media, such as newspapers and television news, require readers and viewers to intentionally seek out news by picking up a newspaper or turning on the television. The Internet and new technologies now are changing the way readers consume online news. New research from the University of Missouri shows that Internet users often do not make the conscious decision to read news online, but they come across news when they are searching for other information or doing non-news related activities online, such as shopping or visiting social networking sites. http://phys.org/news241962105.html Technology Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:41:56 EST news241962105 Despite the proliferation of social networks, many Americans feel alone and isolated. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, lonely individuals behave differently in the marketplace than people with strong social networks. http://phys.org/news238420697.html Other Sciences Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:00:01 EST news238420697 A majority of Wisconsinites support the use of ethanol blends if it keeps dollars and jobs in the United States and reduces air pollution, according to a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers. http://phys.org/news235110835.html Other Sciences Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:10:17 EST news235110835 As firms begin the 2011 annual report process, which many do at this time of year, they may want to pay closer attention to the way those reports look. A recent study out of the University of Miami School of Business Administration found that investors, regardless of their experience, place a higher value on firms with attractive annual reports than they do on those that produce less attractive reports. The study found that annual reports that utilize more color are perceived to have at least one percent higher annual revenues than those with lackluster designs. http://phys.org/news233331888.html Other Sciences Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:25:02 EST news233331888 American voters sympathetic to the Tea Party movement reflect four primary cultural and political beliefs more than other voters do: authoritarianism, libertarianism, fear of change, and negative attitudes toward immigrants and immigration, according to new research to be presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. http://phys.org/news233225339.html Other Sciences Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:49:11 EST news233225339 Think about how much you fight and argue with your spouse today. A new study suggests that your current level of conflict probably won't change much for the remainder of your marriage. http://phys.org/news232623726.html Other Sciences Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:42:15 EST news232623726 Parents who move to the United States without legal status generally seek better opportunities for their young children. Their kids grow up Americanized: speaking English, attending public school, going to the prom and dreaming about what they want to do when they grow up. http://phys.org/news230870300.html Other Sciences Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:40:10 EST news230870300 Public gardens and arboreta rely on members as stable sources of funding and to fill critical volunteer needs. Maturing membership demographics coupled with flat enrollment numbers presents multiple challenges for arboreta directors and boards in attracting new members and competing for limited consumer discretionary entertainment and activity dollars. Researchers from the Department of Horticulture at Pennsylvania State University and The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College recently conducted two studies designed to better understand arboreta and community members' attitudes toward programming and memberships benefits. The study produced recommendations that the researchers hope will contribute to more sustainable institutions. Kathleen M. Kelley, James C. Sellmer, and Rebecca H. Robert reported on their research in HortTechnology. http://phys.org/news228387998.html Biology Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:06:56 EST news228387998 Flying the EU flag on public buildings on Europe Day (Monday, 9th May) has no impact on public attitudes to the EU. http://phys.org/news224153577.html Other Sciences Mon, 09 May 2011 09:53:12 EST news224153577 Plans by the coalition government for new social enterprises and Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) to help build the 'big society' have been given short shrift in online surveys of businesses and business advisers run by The University of Nottingham. http://phys.org/news210427807.html Other Sciences Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:10:26 EST news210427807 Social promotions such as those offered by deal-of-the-day website Groupon are wildly popular with shoppers, but they might not be as big a hit for businesses, according to a recent study by Rice University's Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business. http://phys.org/news204987081.html Other Sciences Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:51:45 EST news204987081