http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled up, a pulsating mass crowding out the catch of mackerel and sea bass. http://www.physorg.com/news177516168.html Biology Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:40:01 EST news177516168 (AP) -- Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off Monday: About 100 of NASA's geekiest fans will be on hand, pecking away at iPhones, BlackBerrys, laptops and other Twittering gadgets. http://www.physorg.com/news177516068.html Space & Earth Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:30:01 EST news177516068 Researchers at Johns Hopkins are reporting what is believed to be the first conclusive evidence in men that the long-term ill effects of vitamin D deficiency are amplified by lower levels of the key sex hormone estrogen, but not testosterone. http://www.physorg.com/news177515840.html Medicine & Health Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:10:01 EST news177515840 In the largest, most comprehensive genetic analysis of childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an international research team has identified five new gene regions, including one involved in a biological pathway that helps drive the painful inflammation of the digestive tract that characterizes the disease. http://www.physorg.com/news177515874.html Medicine & Health Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:59:14 EST news177515874 Targeted postmortem testing to identify genetic mutations associated with sudden unexplained death (SUD) is an effective and less expensive way to determine risk to relatives than comprehensive cardiac testing of first degree relatives, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news177515762.html Medicine & Health Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:56:53 EST news177515762 To best detect early signs of life-threatening heart defects in young athletes, screening programs should include both popular diagnostic tests, not just one of them, according to new research from heart experts at Johns Hopkins. http://www.physorg.com/news177515705.html Medicine & Health Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:56:28 EST news177515705 Rising water temperatures are kicking up more powerful winds on Lake Superior, with consequences for currents, biological cycles, pollution and more on the world's largest lake and its smaller brethren. http://www.physorg.com/news177515344.html Space & Earth Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:53:30 EST news177515344 Researchers in MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering believe they have pinpointed a pathway by which arsenic may be contaminating the drinking water in Bangladesh, a phenomenon that has puzzled scientists, world health agencies and the Bangladeshi government for nearly 30 years. The research suggests that human alteration to the landscape, the construction of villages with ponds, and the adoption of irrigated agriculture are responsible for the current pattern of arsenic concentration underground. http://www.physorg.com/news177515521.html Space & Earth Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:52:45 EST news177515521 Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, the University of British Columbia's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and the University of California, San Diego have found that normal synaptic activity in nerve cells (the electrical activity in the brain that allows nerve cells to communicate with one another) protects the brain from the misfolded proteins associated with Huntington's disease. http://www.physorg.com/news177515236.html Medicine & Health Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:48:15 EST news177515236 Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum informationprocessor able to run any program allowed by quantum mechanics -- the rules governing the submicroscopic world -- using two quantum bits (qubits) of information. The processor could be a module in a future quantum computer, which theoretically could solve some important problems that are intractable today. http://www.physorg.com/news177515046.html Physics Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:45:25 EST news177515046 A group of federal agencies criticized in the past for failing to move quickly to stop Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes announced Friday that they're taking every precaution to keep them out, even poisoning thousands of fish next month to prevent any leaping, dangerous bighead or silver carp from escaping the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. http://www.physorg.com/news177506357.html Biology Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:21:13 EST news177506357 Is Rupert Murdoch bluffing? Making a bold high-stakes gamble that will save the troubled newspaper industry? Or pursuing a pipe dream that can only end in failure? http://www.physorg.com/news177494025.html Technology Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:50:01 EST news177494025 (AP) -- Jenn Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand castles. http://www.physorg.com/news177493998.html Space & Earth Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:30:01 EST news177493998 Less than half of Britons believes that human activity is to blame for global warming, according to a poll carried out for The Times newspaper and published on Saturday. http://www.physorg.com/news177493814.html Space & Earth Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:10:01 EST news177493814 Children as young as 12 have a strong sense of their personal futures and can reflect thoughtfully on what life might hold for them, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and led by Professor Paul Croll of Reading University and Professor Gaynor Attwood of the University of the West of England. http://www.physorg.com/news177493714.html Other Sciences Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:00:01 EST news177493714 Taiwan plans to build its first undersea seismic station, designed to improve the island's early warning system and save valuable seconds when earthquakes strike, officials said. http://www.physorg.com/news177493478.html Space & Earth Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:46:26 EST news177493478 (PhysOrg.com) -- Temperature differences and slow-moving water at the confluence of the Clearwater and Snake rivers in Idaho might delay the migration of threatened juvenile salmon and allow them to grow larger before reaching the Pacific Ocean. http://www.physorg.com/news172423924.html Biology Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:45:57 EST news172423924 (AP) -- NASA has cleared space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Monday on a trip to stock up the International Space Station with several years' worth of spare parts. http://www.physorg.com/news177440471.html Space & Earth Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:02:27 EST news177440471 China can become the world's top exporter of "green technology" if it carries out crucial energy and ecological reforms, leading environmental campaigners said here Saturday. http://www.physorg.com/news177394676.html Space & Earth Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:40:02 EST news177394676 A state-of-the-art underwater robot called BOB may hold the key to protecting millions of people around Turkey's biggest city against a massive earthquake scientists say is all but inevitable. http://www.physorg.com/news177394319.html Space & Earth Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:40:01 EST news177394319 (PhysOrg.com) -- Australian researchers have made two important advances in the development of unmanned aircraft capable of seeing for themselves as they fly fast and low over dangerous terrain. http://www.physorg.com/news173621893.html Technology Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:30:04 EST news173621893 (AP) -- Two people in China who received swine flu vaccinations died in the past week but at least one death appears unrelated to the vaccine and the other was being investigated. http://www.physorg.com/news177394231.html Medicine & Health Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:20:02 EST news177394231 (AP) -- Hawaii officials are appealing to the state's tourism authority for funds to restore part of world-famous Waikiki Beach. http://www.physorg.com/news177394157.html Space & Earth Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:10:08 EST news177394157 (AP) -- The seals can stay and play at a La Jolla swimming cove. http://www.physorg.com/news177394065.html Biology Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:09:45 EST news177394065 (AP) -- Google Inc. will loosen its control over millions of copyright-protected books that will be added to its digital library if a federal judge approves a revised legal settlement addressing the earlier objections of antitrust regulators. http://www.physorg.com/news177333573.html Technology Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:06:47 EST news177333573 Couples who bring thoughtful words to a fight release lower amounts of stress-related proteins, suggesting that rational communication between partners can ease the impact of marital conflict on the immune system. http://www.physorg.com/news177359909.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:10:01 EST news177359909 Satellite imagery and weather ground station readings today along the Mid-Atlantic indicate "Ida the coastal low pressure area" is finally moving away from the U.S. east coast. http://www.physorg.com/news177359826.html Space & Earth Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:00:03 EST news177359826 Whether rallying the crowd at a sporting event or participating in competition, cheerleading can be both fun and physically demanding. Although integral to cheerleading routines, performing stunts can lead to injury. Stunt-related injuries accounted for more than half (60 percent) of U.S. cheerleading injuries from June 2006 through June 2007, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital. http://www.physorg.com/news177359641.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:00:02 EST news177359641 Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have identified a molecular mechanism that allows two powerful signaling pathways to interact and begin a process leading to colorectal tumors. http://www.physorg.com/news177359577.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:50:02 EST news177359577 Security cameras in hallways, double locked doors and strict confidentiality clauses, Ubisoft employees are working in a veritable bunker in downtown Montreal to create their latest 3D video game. http://www.physorg.com/news177359310.html Technology Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:50:01 EST news177359310