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. Arizona State University will be home to one of the world's most advanced electron microscopes, one that will enable researchers to do work essential to making significant advances in nanoscale aspects of solid state science and materials science and engineering. http://www.physorg.com/news155813933.html Physics Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:39:20 EST news155813933 Researchers at Arizona State University show that having a more flexible approach to resolving an acute conflict interaction results in more frustration and anger. These are among the findings that Danielle Roubinov, an ASU doctoral student in clinical psychology, will present at the American Psychosomatic Society Annual Meeting on March 4. Roubinov and two other ASU researchers observed a sample of 65 undergraduate students role-playing a stressful task with a "neighbor" who was portrayed by a research assistant. http://www.physorg.com/news155457694.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:42:04 EST news155457694 Astrobiologists have often pondered "life as we do not know it" in the context of extraterrestrial life, says Paul Davies, an internationally acclaimed theoretical physicist and cosmologist at Arizona State University. "But," he asks, "has there been a blind spot to the possibility of 'alien' life on Earth?" http://www.physorg.com/news153903714.html Space & Earth Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:20:33 EST news153903714 (PhysOrg.com) -- `What you see is what you get` often is the mantra in the highly competitive life of birds, as they use brilliant displays of color to woo females for mating. Now researchers are finding that carotenoids - the compounds responsible for amping up red, orange and yellow colors of birds - also may play a role in color perception and in a bird`s ability to reproduce, making it a cornerstone in birds` vitality. http://www.physorg.com/news153759202.html Biology Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:53:57 EST news153759202 New research published in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows a warm-up of 15 to 20 minutes with simple surgical exercises prior to an operation leads to a substantial increase in proficiency of surgical skills in surgeons of all experience levels. The researchers found that a warm-up of both psychomotor and cognitive skills raises surgeons' alertness to a higher level for surgical procedures and improves performance for fatigued surgeons. http://www.physorg.com/news152858072.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:34:58 EST news152858072 (PhysOrg.com) -- As computer chips become more powerful, they also become hotter. Nearly all the power that flows into a chip comes out of it as waste heat, and that heat hurts the performance of the chip. http://www.physorg.com/news152801022.html Nanotechnology Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:44:10 EST news152801022 Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University associate research scientist Melha Mellata, a member of professor Roy Curtiss' team, is leading a USDA funded project to develop a vaccine against a leading poultry disease called avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC). http://www.physorg.com/news152272719.html Biology Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:02:16 EST news152272719 One of the major challenges in modern vaccinology is to engineer vectors that are highly infectious, yet don't cause illness. Trickier still is to ensure that such weapons against infectious disease can be safely disarmed, once their immunogenic work is done. Roy Curtiss, an investigator of vaccines and infectious diseases at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute, has pursued these goals for 30 years. http://www.physorg.com/news151003976.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:32:56 EST news151003976 Cloaked in the clouds of emissions and exhaust that hang over the city are clues that lead back to the polluting culprits, and a research team led by the University of Houston is hot on their trails. http://www.physorg.com/news151001439.html Space & Earth Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:50:39 EST news151001439 (PhysOrg.com) -- An ‘honest indicator` has been discovered by a scientific team at Arizona State University that reveals reproductive cheating. But before you run out to buy an infidelity identification kit, know that it only works for ants. http://www.physorg.com/news150731854.html Biology Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:57:34 EST news150731854 Arizona State University researchers Hao Yan and Yan Liu imagine and assemble intricate structures on a scale almost unfathomably small. Their medium is the double-helical DNA molecule, a versatile building material offering near limitless construction potential. http://www.physorg.com/news150048949.html Nanotechnology Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:15:49 EST news150048949