News tagged with differences

New measurements from MINOS experiment suggest a difference in a key property of neutrinos and antineutrinos

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists of the MINOS experiment at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator laboratory today announced the world's most precise measurement to date of the parameters that govern ...

Physics / General Physics

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'Power Felt' uses body heat to generate electricity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Among the many applications of flexible thermoelectric materials is a wristwatch powered by the temperature difference between the human body and the surrounding environment. But if you wanted ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 17 | with audio podcast feature

In The Brain, Early-Stage Intense Passionate Love Seems To Be Universal

(PhysOrg.com) -- Close relationship researchers have previously found that Easterners (those from collectivistic cultures such as China) seem to regard love differently from Westerners (those from individualist ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 28, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

MEMS device generates power from body heat

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an attempt to develop a power source that is compact, environmentally friendly, and has an unlimited lifetime, a team of researchers from Singapore has fabricated an energy harvesting device ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 29, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 9 | with audio podcast feature

Alpha males take greater risks: Study links finger length to behavior

Potential investors might wish to examine the fingers of their financial advisor prior to signing over any savings. A new study from Concordia University has found the length between the second and fourth finger is an indicator ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (18) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Extra testosterone reduces your empathy

A new study from Utrecht and Cambridge Universities has for the first time found that an administration of testosterone under the tongue in volunteers negatively affects a person's ability to 'mind read', an indication of ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Male maturity shaped by nutrition during first six months of life

It seems the old nature versus nurture debate can't be won. But a new Northwestern University study of men in the Philippines makes a strong case for nurture's role in male to female differences -- suggesting that rapid weight ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Shared genes with Neanderthal relatives not unusual

During human evolution our ancestors mated with Neanderthals, but also with other related hominids. In this week's online edition of PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), researchers from Uppsala Univer ...

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Explained: Thermoelectricity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thermoelectricity is a two-way process. It can refer either to the way a temperature difference between one side of a material and the other can produce electricity, or to the reverse: the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 27, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (13) | comments 3

'Junk DNA' defines differences between humans and chimps

For years, scientists believed the vast phenotypic differences between humans and chimpanzees would be easily explained – the two species must have significantly different genetic makeups. However, when ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Predicting divorce: Study shows how fight styles affect marriage

It's common knowledge that newlyweds who yell or call each other names have a higher chance of getting divorced. But a new University of Michigan study shows that other conflict patterns also predict divorce.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 28, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Study finds evidence of sperm whale culture

Differences in the patterned clicks that sperm whales use to communicate with each other seem to be down to culture and not genetics, say researchers.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Researcher compiles evidence in support of Darwin's theory of sexual selection

In 1871, Charles Darwin sparked debate that continues today when he proposed that human sex differences evolved based on sexual selection. Sexual selection is Darwin's theory that certain physical, mental or psychological ...

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Malarial mosquitoes are evolving into new species, say researchers

Two strains of the type of mosquito responsible for the majority of malaria transmission in Africa have evolved such substantial genetic differences that they are becoming different species, according to researchers ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

Happy extraverts are more creative: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- Outgoing people who are in a good mood are significantly more creative than people who keep themselves to themselves, according to a new study.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (11) | comments 7

Differences

"Differences" is the title of a number-one R&B single by singer Ginuwine. The hit song spent four weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart.This is Ginuwine's best selling and top charting single yet in his career, also peaking at number four on the main US pop chart.

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