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. (PhysOrg.com) -- Parts of the brain involved in monitoring behaviors and emotions show different levels of activity in cocaine users relative to non-drug users, even when both groups perform equally well on a psychological test. These results - from a brain-imaging study conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and published online the week of May 25, 2009, by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - suggest that such impairments may underlie addictive vulnerability, and that treatments aimed at improving these functions could help addicted individuals resist drugs. http://www.physorg.com/news162491186.html Medicine & Health Mon, 25 May 2009 17:27:01 EST news162491186 New research on the reporting of medical treatments in the media shows slight improvements in accuracy but the overall quality of health reporting remains poor. http://www.physorg.com/news156686198.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:56:56 EST news156686198 (PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO has patented an improved microscopy method for measuring the shapes and sizes of proteins which could help scientists create new pharmaceuticals that are a better match for the proteins they target. http://www.physorg.com/news153067277.html Chemistry Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:41:35 EST news153067277 The older the kidney, the worse it works - though exactly how much worse isn't known. But with a mean wait time of over three years for a kidney transplant, even old kidneys are in demand. The challenge for doctors is to determine a kidney's prospects prior to the operation. http://www.physorg.com/news152201256.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:08:20 EST news152201256 MR arthrography of the shoulder allows physicians to better identify tears and provides patients with an accurate diagnosis to determine whether or not surgery is needed, according to a study performed at Neuroskeletal Imaging in Merritt Island, Florida. http://www.physorg.com/news150484352.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:12:32 EST news150484352 Researchers from TU Delft joined forces with the Center for Space Research (CSR) in Austin, Texas, USA, to develop a method for creating an accurate picture of Greenland's shrinking ice cap. On the strength of this method, it is now estimated that Greenland is accountable for a half millimetre-rise in the global sea level per year. These findings will be published in the scientific journal Geophysical Research Letters in early October. http://www.physorg.com/news141994426.html Space & Earth Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:53:46 EST news141994426 Accurate measurement of thermal performance is crucial if new government legislation aimed at producing dramatic reductions in CO2 emissions is to be successful. The UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is offering construction companies a way of meeting this mandate. http://www.physorg.com/news136544737.html Physics Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:05:37 EST news136544737 Everyone knows they should have a budget. But there's precious little research on how to go about it and what works best. http://www.physorg.com/news135508495.html Other Sciences Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:14:55 EST news135508495