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. Former colleagues of two American scientists who won the 2009 Nobel physics prize say the winners, Willard Boyle and George Smith, did not deserve the award, Canada's Globe and Mail reported Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news180727463.html Other Sciences Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:04:54 EST news180727463 Driven by fast-growing use of smart phones and Internet videos, wireless communication among Americans is expanding so rapidly that a tsunami of megabytes could soon threaten to overwhelm the bandwidth available. http://www.physorg.com/news180711540.html Technology Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:00:04 EST news180711540 (PhysOrg.com) -- The European Space Agency has released a preview of the first science results from the Herschel Space Observatory, including the UK-led SPIRE instrument. The new data which include images of previously invisible stardust - the stuff that all life is made from - will give us valuable new information about how stars and galaxies are made and reveal the life cycle of the cosmos. http://www.physorg.com/news180369536.html Space & Earth Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:00:02 EST news180369536 Next year will mark the 50th birthday of the laser, one of the most productive and widely used mega-inventions of the last century. Scientists hope that 2010 also will see the launch of laser technology's greatest challenge: creating an inexhaustible supply of clean, carbon-free energy. http://www.physorg.com/news180125332.html Technology Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:50:47 EST news180125332 (PhysOrg.com) -- Jules Verne (1828-1905) is often remembered as a 19th-century founder of science fiction, whose enthusiasm for invention fills his books - from the spacecraft in From the Earth to the Moon (1865) to the submarine in 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (1869), and many more. http://www.physorg.com/news180107594.html Other Sciences Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:59:48 EST news180107594 Fed up with foreign companies patenting traditional medicine from India, the country's top scientific body is compiling a giant database of everything from yoga positions to medicinal fruit juice. http://www.physorg.com/news179740391.html Technology Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:30:01 EST news179740391 (PhysOrg.com) -- Two scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a method to control the buildup of hydrogen fluoride gas during the growth of precision crystals needed for applications such as superconductors, optical devices, and microelectronics. The invention -- by Vyacheslav Solovyov and Harold Wiesmann and recently awarded U.S. Patent number 7,622,426 -- could lead to more efficient production and improved performance of these materials. http://www.physorg.com/news179664593.html Physics Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:50:30 EST news179664593 I can't imagine there is any more room for awards on the mantels at John Warnock's and Chuck Geschke's homes. The Adobe co-founders have been honored by trade groups, engineering societies, magazines and universities. But the awards just keep coming. http://www.physorg.com/news179651171.html Technology Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:10:04 EST news179651171 An international group of anthropologists offers a new theory about the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern United States and the impact it had. http://www.physorg.com/news179511725.html Other Sciences Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:22:37 EST news179511725 (AP) -- Five of the nation's largest publishers of newspapers and magazines plan to challenge Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle electronic-book reader with their own digital format that would display in color and work on a variety of devices. http://www.physorg.com/news179497893.html Technology Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:32:13 EST news179497893 Johan Wesselink of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has developed a device to actively combat noise nuisance. This invention curtails sound waves and vibrations by producing anti-noise. The researcher is confident that his device will be used in the transport and industrial sectors within a matter of years. http://www.physorg.com/news178903738.html Technology Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:29:47 EST news178903738 Scientists at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with colleagues from Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton and York universities, have developed technology which will help microchip designers create future integrated circuits. http://www.physorg.com/news178721729.html Technology Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:20:02 EST news178721729 Research conducted by University of Minnesota scientists, in collaboration with Celladon Corporation, has led to the invention of technology to more rapidly identify compounds for the treatment of heart failure. http://www.physorg.com/news178213416.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:10:06 EST news178213416 With the introduction of a single bacterial gene into yeast, researchers from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands achieved three improvements in bioethanol production from agricultural waste material: 'More ethanol, less acetate and elimination of the major by-product glycerol' This week the invention was published in the scientific journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. http://www.physorg.com/news177943641.html Biology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:02 EST news177943641 (PhysOrg.com) -- Will advances in neuroscience make the justice system more accurate and unbiased? Or could brain-based testing wrongly condemn some and trample the civil liberties of others? The new field of neurolaw is cross-examining for answers. http://www.physorg.com/news177927125.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:13:16 EST news177927125