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. Taiwan's Inventec Corp, the world's fourth largest contract notebook computer maker, said Monday it will spend 800 million US dollars to build a plant in southwestern China. http://www.physorg.com/news181193916.html Technology Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:39:13 EST news181193916 The sea was heaving, the skies gray. The captain of the research ship was worried about the weather. About 120 miles off the coast of Spain, three Rutgers University scientists had a narrow window of opportunity to find and retrieve their prize -- an 8-foot, torpedo-shaped yellow robot that they had launched seven months earlier off the coast of New Jersey. http://www.physorg.com/news181123469.html Space & Earth Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:30:01 EST news181123469 While it got off to a rocky start with the overhyped Y2K bug and dotcom bubble, the era dubbed the "Digital Decade" by Microsoft's Bill Gates has turned out to be a dizzying period of innovation. http://www.physorg.com/news181122264.html Technology Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:20:04 EST news181122264 (AP) -- A sign inside the Humming Motors auto repair shop says, "We do the worrying so you don't have to." http://www.physorg.com/news181111246.html Technology Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:47:37 EST news181111246 Apple Inc. shares hit a record high on Wall Street on Thursday following reports that the California company may unveil a long-awaited portable tablet computer next month. http://www.physorg.com/news180888712.html Electronics Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:52:11 EST news180888712 (AP) -- Dianne Lynch wanted to give the students of Stephens College a break from the constant digital communication that pervades their generation. So she asked them to put their phones and computers away and revive the 176-year-old school's dormant tradition of vespers services. http://www.physorg.com/news180881330.html Technology Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:40:04 EST news180881330 (PhysOrg.com) -- It is not only people who feel the effects of short winter days - new research by the University of Edinburgh and the University of Warwick has shed light on how plants calculate their own winter solstice. http://www.physorg.com/news180810791.html Biology Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:20:02 EST news180810791 A group of scientists has succeeded in creating the first transistor made from a single molecule. The team, which includes researchers from Yale University and the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea, published their findings in the December 24 issue of the journal Nature. http://www.physorg.com/news180785053.html Nanotechnology Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:20:08 EST news180785053 New cinema blockbuster, Avatar, leapt to the top of box office charts as soon as it came out - a stunning 3D realisation of an alien world. Our fascination with themes of escape to other fantastic places and the thrill of immersion in virtual environments also attracts millions to assume new identities in online virtual worlds. http://www.physorg.com/news180789918.html Technology Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:25:43 EST news180789918 A team of researchers from the University of Girona and the Max Planck Institute in Germany has shown that some mathematical algorithms provide clues about the artistic style of a painting. The composition of colours or certain aesthetic measurements can already be quantified by a computer, but machines are still far from being able to interpret art in the way that people do. http://www.physorg.com/news180784495.html Technology Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:55:55 EST news180784495 Routine screening for postnatal depression in primary care - as recommended in recent guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) - do not appear to represent value for money for the NHS, concludes a study published on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news180768125.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:22:27 EST news180768125 Touchscreens are so yesterday. Remote controls? So last century. The future is controlling your devices with a simple wave of the hand. http://www.physorg.com/news180766475.html Electronics Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:10:04 EST news180766475 Headaches and heartaches. Broken bones and broken spirits. Hurting bodies and hurt feelings. We often use the same words to describe physical and mental pain. Over-the-counter pain relieving drugs have long been used to alleviate physical pain, while a host of other medications have been employed in the treatment of depression and anxiety. But is it possible that a common painkiller could serve double duty, easing not just the physical pains of sore joints and headaches, but also the pain of social rejection? A research team led by psychologist C. Nathan DeWall of the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences Department of Psychology has uncovered evidence indicating that acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Tylenol) may blunt social pain. http://www.physorg.com/news180723689.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:05:56 EST news180723689 From their humble beginnings as offshoots of the ordinary electric light bulb, particle accelerators have evolved in surprising directions. Among the most productive and promising developments have been light sources, first in the form of electron storage rings -- of which the Advanced Light Source is the world's premier source of soft x-rays -- and increasingly as versatile and sophisticated free electron lasers, the next generation of light sources now being studied at Berkeley Lab. http://www.physorg.com/news180718811.html Physics Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:47:11 EST news180718811 (AP) -- A federal appeals court ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling its Word program in January and pay a Canadian software company $290 million for violating a patent, upholding the judgment of a lower court. http://www.physorg.com/news180717012.html Technology Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:40:49 EST news180717012