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Slow road to stability for emulsions
By studying the behavior of tiny particles at an interface between oil and water, researchers at Harvard have discovered that stabilized emulsions may take longer to reach equilibrium than previously thought. Much longer, in fact.
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Are doing harm and allowing harm equivalent? Ask fMRI
People typically say they are invoking an ethical principle when they judge acts that cause harm more harshly than willful inaction that allows that same harm to occur. That difference is even codified in crimin…
To escape blame, be a victim, not a hero, new study finds
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Great works and praiseworthy behavior may bring respect and admiration, but these won’t help us to escape blame when we do something wrong, says a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland and Harvard University. To …
‘He loves me, he loves me not…’: Women are more attracted to men whose feelings are unclear
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 …
New research shows infants understand social dominance
New research from the University of Copenhagen and Harvard University has found that infants less than one year old understand social dominance and use relative size to predict who will prevail when two individuals’ goals conflict. The finding…
Psychologists find skill in recognizing faces peaks after age 30
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 21, 2010 — Scientists have made the surprising discovery that our ability to recognize and remember faces peaks at age 30 to 34, about a decade later than most of our other mental abilities.
Researchers Laura T. Germine and…