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. The ability to make, test, and map the atomic structure of new anti-cancer agents has enabled a team of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists to discover a compound capable of halting a common type of drug-resistant lung cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news180784894.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:40:02 EST news180784894 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 study finds that the average ecosystem will need to shift about a quarter mile per year to keep pace with global climate change. http://www.physorg.com/news180783744.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:00:15 EST news180783744 The Earth is estimated to have about a nonillion (1030) microbes in, on, around, and under it, comprised of an unknown but very large number of distinct species. Despite the widespread availability of microbial genome data -close to 2,000 microbes have been and are being decoded to date -a vast unknown realm awaits scientists intent on exploring microorganisms that inhabit this "undiscovered country." http://www.physorg.com/news180785441.html Biology Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:00:10 EST news180785441 It's been used to dye the Chicago River green on St. Patrick's Day. It's been used to find latent blood stains at crime scenes. And now researchers at Northwestern University have used it to examine the thinnest material in the world. http://www.physorg.com/news180789864.html Nanotechnology Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:24:48 EST news180789864 India's reliance on coal means the country is heading for an energy crisis unless it diversifies its sources of power, the chairman of the UN's top climate change panel predicted on Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news180787178.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:10:03 EST news180787178 How do one-celled parasites move from the salivary gland of a mosquito through a person's skin into red blood cells? What molecular mechanisms form the basis for this very important movement of the protozoa? A team of researchers headed by Dr. Friedrich Frischknecht, head of a research group at the Department of Infectious Diseases at Heidelberg University Hospital, observed the initial stage of the malaria parasite that is transmitted by mosquitoes with new microscope techniques. http://www.physorg.com/news180784195.html Medicine & Health Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:50:25 EST news180784195 Taiwan has unveiled what it calls Asia's biggest solar power plant as the island, which imports almost all its energy, seeks to tap into clean renewable resources, the government said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news180766588.html Technology Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:40:03 EST news180766588 Global warming, pollution, and the environmental consequences of energy production impose a greater burden on low-income, disadvantaged communities, and strategies to prevent these inequities are urgently needed. A provocative collection of articles on climate justice presents the global implications of climate change and its effects on human health and the environment in a special issue of Environmental Justice, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news180727350.html Space & Earth Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:40:03 EST news180727350 Most teddy bears, regretfully, face a lonesome retirement once their owners grow up or move on. http://www.physorg.com/news180726420.html Technology Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:00:02 EST news180726420 In finding answers to the mystery of the origin of life, scientists may not have to dig too deep. New research is shedding light on shallower waters as a possible location for where life on Earth began. http://www.physorg.com/news180726917.html Space & Earth Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:40:01 EST news180726917 A team of researchers at the FOM institute AMOLF (The Netherlands) has succeeded for the first time in powering an energy transfer between nano-electromagnets with the magnetic field of light. http://www.physorg.com/news180724252.html Physics Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:20:01 EST news180724252 (PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has collected and analyzed fuel economy, maintenance and other vehicle performance data from UPS`s first generation hybrid diesel step delivery vans powered by an Eaton Corp. electric hybrid propulsion system. http://www.physorg.com/news180723056.html Technology Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:10:03 EST news180723056 (PhysOrg.com) -- At first glance, a dog chasing its tail seems a harmless, if fruitless, pursuit. But for many dogs and their owners, the habit has a dark side, one that means endless hours and energy spent on the same task, to the exclusion of nearly all others. The cause, a type of compulsive disorder, can result in lack of sleep and even physical injury. http://www.physorg.com/news180722905.html Biology Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:00:02 EST news180722905 Using a technique that provides detailed images of nanoscale structures, researchers at the University of Michigan and Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital have discovered changes in the collagen component of bone that directly relate to bone health. http://www.physorg.com/news180721167.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:50:05 EST news180721167