Science news articles about 'material possessions'

... it on the right purchases? A new psychology study suggests that buying life experiences rather than material possessions leads to greater happiness for both the consumer and those around them. The ...

... on the right purchases? A new psychology study suggests that buying life experiences rather than material possessions leads to greater happiness for both the consumer and those around them. The study ...

... small organic molecule called DDMEBT that possesses one of the strongest nonlinear optical responses yet ... always a compromise," he says. The DDMEBT bulk material possesses 1,000 times the nonlinearity ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have investigated the purest graphene to date, and have found that the material possesses unprecedented high electronic quality. The discovery has raised the bar for this ...

... food sharing partners, and kinship networks. The team found that some kinds of wealth, like material possessions, are much more easily passed on than social networks or foraging abilities. Societies ...