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What Does Signing Your Name Mean in the Marketplace?
March 17, 2011 — Signing your name on the dotted line heightens your sense of self and leads to purchase behavior that affirms your self-identity, according to a new study. But signing can reduce engagement in ... > full story -
Innovative Technique Gives Vision Researchers Insight Into How People Recognize Faces
March 16, 2011 — Scientists have used an original approach -- a method that "shakes" the brain gently and repeatedly by making an image appear and disappear at a constant rate -- to evaluate its sensitivity to ... > full story -
How Do We Combine Faces and Voices?
March 9, 2011 — Faces and voices are known to be some of the key features that enable us to identify individual people, and they are rich in information such as gender, age, and body size, that lead to a unique ... > full story -
Identifying 'Anonymous' Email Authors
March 8, 2011 — Researchers have developed an effective new technique to determine the authorship of anonymous emails. Tests showed their method has a high level of accuracy -- and unlike many other methods of ... > full story -
DNA Better Than Eyes When Counting Endangered Species
March 7, 2011 — Using genetic methods to count endangered eagles, a group of scientists showed that traditional counting methods can lead to significantly incorrect totals that they believe could adversely affect ... > full story -
Stone Tools Influenced Hand Evolution in Human Ancestors, Anthropologists Say
March 7, 2011 — Anthropologists have confirmed Charles Darwin's speculation that the evolution of unique features in the human hand was influenced by increased tool use in our ... > full story -
Racial Identity Tied to Happiness, Study Finds
March 4, 2011 — African American people who identify more strongly with their racial identity are generally happier, according to a study by psychology ... > full story -
Method Developed to Match Police Sketch, Mug Shot: Algorithms and Software Will Match Sketches With Mugshots in Police Databases
March 3, 2011 — Researchers have developed a set of algorithms and created software that will automatically match hand-drawn facial sketches to mug shots that are stored in law enforcement ... > full story -
New Technology Pinpoints Genetic Differences Between Cancer and Non-Cancer Patients
February 22, 2011 — Scientists have developed a new technology that detects distinct genetic changes differentiating cancer patients from healthy individuals and could serve as a future cancer predisposition ... > full story -
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Enhancing Nuclear Security
February 19, 2011 — While a world free of nuclear weapons remains a goal for governments around the world, nuclear security constitutes a major challenge for the 21st century, as recognized at the 2010 nuclear security ... > full story
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