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(AP) -- A German security expert has raised the ire of the cell phone industry after he and a group of researchers posted online a how-to guide for cracking the encryption that keeps the calls of GSM-standard cell phone users secret. http://www.physorg.com/news181399011.html Technology Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:37:28 EST news181399011 Coordination of conservation efforts across national boundaries could achieve significantly higher results and at less cost than conservation actions planned within individual states, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and in Australia have found. http://www.physorg.com/news181388424.html Biology Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:41:14 EST news181388424 Russian scientists will soon meet in secret to work on a plan for saving Earth from a possible catastrophic collision with a giant asteroid in 26 years, the head of Russia's space agency said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news181376289.html Space & Earth Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:18:46 EST news181376289 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has selected three proposals as candidates for the agency's next space venture to another celestial body in our solar system. The final project selected in mid-2011 may provide a better understanding of Earth's formation or perhaps the origin of life on our planet. http://www.physorg.com/news181375143.html Space & Earth Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:06:25 EST news181375143 NASA has awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder $3.3 million for a detailed, one-year concept study for a lander mission to Venus to study the history of its surface, climate and atmosphere and to predict its ultimate fate in the solar system. http://www.physorg.com/news181334618.html Space & Earth Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:45:29 EST news181334618 Remote monitoring of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) was not associated with an overall improvement in the risk of death or length of stay in the ICU or hospital, according to a study in the December 23/30 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news181327326.html Medicine & Health Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:10:01 EST news181327326 A new study has found that chlorophyll and its derivative chlorophyllin are effective in limiting the absorption of aflatoxin in humans. Aflatoxin is produced by a fungus that is a contaminant of grains including corn, peanuts and soybeans; it is known to cause liver cancer - and can work in concert with other health concerns, such as hepatitis. http://www.physorg.com/news181327385.html Medicine & Health Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:00:06 EST news181327385 (PhysOrg.com) -- It's going to take infrared eyes to see farther back in time than even the Hubble Space Telescope, and that's what the James Webb Space Telescope's MIRI or Mid-Infrared Instrument detectors will do. Now there's a new short movie that shows what the MIRI detectors are all about and what they can do. http://www.physorg.com/news181320671.html Space & Earth Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:10:05 EST news181320671 University at Buffalo biophysicists have found a protein in tarantula venom that shows promise as a potential therapy for muscular dystrophy (MD). They have formed a start-up biotech company in Buffalo -- Rose Pharmaceuticals -- to advance the drug to clinical trials. http://www.physorg.com/news181311942.html Biology Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:00:06 EST news181311942 2009 may well be remembered for its scandal-ridden headlines, from admissions of extramarital affairs by governors and senators, to corporate executives flying private jets while cutting employee benefits, and most recently, to a mysterious early morning car crash in Florida. The past year has been marked by a series of moral transgressions by powerful figures in political, business and celebrity circles. New research from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University explores why powerful people - many of whom take a moral high ground - don't practice what they preach. http://www.physorg.com/news181311436.html Medicine & Health Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:18:06 EST news181311436 (PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past decade, researchers have developed a variety of reliable real-time and archival instruments to study sounds made or heard by marine mammals and fish. These new sensors are now being used in research, management and conservation projects around the world with some very important practical results. Among them is improved monitoring of endangered North Atlantic right whales in an effort to reduce ship strikes, a leading cause of their deaths. http://www.physorg.com/news181311266.html Biology Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:15:49 EST news181311266 (PhysOrg.com) -- In an annual supplement to the journal Diabetes Care, published Dec. 29 by the American Diabetes Association, the A1C test is given a prominent role in the 2010 guidelines for diabetes screening, diagnosis and prevention. http://www.physorg.com/news181306439.html Medicine & Health Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:10:05 EST news181306439 (PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded $840,000 from the National Science Foundation for students to build a tiny spacecraft to observe energetic particles in space that should give scientists a better understanding of solar flares and their interaction with Earth's atmosphere. http://www.physorg.com/news181305800.html Space & Earth Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:45:15 EST news181305800 Spinach with fungus, malnourished cabbage, spots on cauliflower and peaches injured by frost. No matter the malady, a group of people who fashioned themselves as "plant doctors" assembled for the first time 100 years ago this week to discuss those and other plant problems. http://www.physorg.com/news181288114.html Biology Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:49:31 EST news181288114 (AP) -- High-tech security scanners that might have prevented the Christmas Day attempt to blow up a jetliner have been installed in only a small number of airports around the world, in large part because of privacy concerns over the way the machines see through clothing. http://www.physorg.com/news181248924.html Technology Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:56:04 EST news181248924