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. There are areas in the brain devoted to our arms, legs, and various parts of our bodies. The way these areas are distributed throughout the brain are known as "body maps" and there are some significant differences in these maps between left- and right-handed people. For example, in left-handed people, there is an equal amount of brain area devoted to the left and right arms in both hemispheres. However, for right-handed people, there is more cortical area associated with right arm than the left. http://www.physorg.com/news176571474.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:38:32 EST news176571474 (PhysOrg.com) -- ARM today announces the launch of the ARM Cortex-A5 MPCore processor, the smallest, lowest power ARM multicore processor capable of delivering the Internet to the widest possible range of devices, from ultra low cost handsets, feature phones and smart mobile devices, to pervasive embedded, consumer and industrial devices. http://www.physorg.com/news175358395.html Technology Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:10:01 EST news175358395 (PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine the thrill of floating out of the International Space Station and into the emptiness of space and what it would be like to work on the orbiting science laboratory. http://www.physorg.com/news174067652.html Space & Earth Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:20:03 EST news174067652 (AP) -- A brand new Japanese space station cargo ship has arrived at its destination 225 miles above Earth. http://www.physorg.com/news172424425.html Space & Earth Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:40:57 EST news172424425 Japan on Friday launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, aiming for a share of space transport after the retirement of the US space shuttle fleet next year. http://www.physorg.com/news171866723.html Space & Earth Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:10:02 EST news171866723 Japan early Friday launched its first cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, aiming for a share of space transport after the retirement of the US space shuttle fleet next year. http://www.physorg.com/news171779379.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:00:01 EST news171779379 (AP) -- The astronauts aboard the linked shuttle and station moved a giant chest of drawers from one spacecraft to the other Monday, and hitched it to the orbiting outpost. http://www.physorg.com/news170959781.html Space & Earth Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:00:03 EST news170959781 (AP) -- Space shuttle Discovery's astronauts steered closer to the international space station for a Sunday linkup, while checking their ship for any signs of launch damage. http://www.physorg.com/news170833188.html Space & Earth Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:40:34 EST news170833188 A second, lighter-weight test rover has entered the testing setup at JPL where rover team members are assessing strategy for getting Spirit out of soft soil where it is embedded on Mars. http://www.physorg.com/news170357223.html Space & Earth Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:40:01 EST news170357223 Today, Aug. 18, 2009, marks the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's 2,000th sol, or Martian day, on the Red Planet. http://www.physorg.com/news169832999.html Space & Earth Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:00:01 EST news169832999 Children with arm fractures fared as well with ibuprofen to control their pain as acetaminophen with codeine, according to a new study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and Children's Research Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news169790761.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:16:12 EST news169790761 (PhysOrg.com) -- Mars rover team members are planning a long-duration experiment with the test rover at JPL beginning next week. This test will check whether favorable motion seen in earlier tests can be sustained to gain as much distance in the sandbox as Spirit would need to complete on Mars to escape its predicament. http://www.physorg.com/news169480401.html Space & Earth Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:20:01 EST news169480401 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity is investigating a metallic meteorite the size of a large watermelon that is providing researchers more details about the Red Planet's environmental history. http://www.physorg.com/news169145414.html Space & Earth Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:50:41 EST news169145414 (PhysOrg.com) -- The International Space Station has a new "engawa" -- and it's open for business. http://www.physorg.com/news169142871.html Space & Earth Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:20:01 EST news169142871 (PhysOrg.com) -- Composition measurements by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity confirm that this rock on the Martian surface is an iron-nickel meteorite. http://www.physorg.com/news168801850.html Space & Earth Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:24:44 EST news168801850 Biomedical researchers on Wednesday said they could explain why we swing our arms when we walk, a practice that has long piqued scientific curiosity. http://www.physorg.com/news168027773.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:26:26 EST news168027773 (AP) -- A space station air purifier was working again Sunday after it shut down at the worst possible time, when company was still visiting and had swollen the on-board crowd to a record 13. http://www.physorg.com/news167837986.html Space & Earth Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:40:54 EST news167837986 (AP) -- The recipient of the world's first complete double arm transplant scratched his head and back and beamed at his doctors Wednesday, saying he was on the path to independence a year after the pioneering operation. http://www.physorg.com/news167501120.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:40:20 EST news167501120 Space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts completed the delicate move of the Japanese Experiment Section from Endeavour's payload bay to the end of the Japanese Exposed Section, the so-called "porch" on the Kibo laboratory. http://www.physorg.com/news167400962.html Space & Earth Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:30:01 EST news167400962 (AP) -- Astronauts working inside and out installed a porch for experiments on Japan's enormous space station lab Saturday, accomplishing the major objective despite microphone static that often drowned out the spacewalkers' voices. http://www.physorg.com/news167163232.html Space & Earth Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:14:20 EST news167163232 Engineers placed a rock underneath the test rover at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., on July 1, 2009, to more closely simulate Spirit's predicament on Mars. http://www.physorg.com/news165768550.html Space & Earth Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:50:12 EST news165768550 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars rover Spirit, lodged in Martian soil that is causing traction trouble, is taking advantage of the situation by learning more about the Red Planet's environmental history. http://www.physorg.com/news165164322.html Space & Earth Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:30:01 EST news165164322 Researchers have developed a new breast biopsy technique that could lead to decreased procedure times and reduced patient discomfort and morbidity, according to a study performed at Roberts Research Institute, the University of Western Ontario and London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada. The new technique uses a mechanical arm to guide the needle for the biopsy and has a braking system to allow for accurate placement of the needle and to avoid needle motion. http://www.physorg.com/news164980128.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:49:45 EST news164980128 ARM is the chip design company that makes processors for smartphones like the Palm Pre and Apple iPhone 3G. By next year we can expect to see dual-core processors in smartphones, with quad-core to follow sometime in the future. http://www.physorg.com/news164386074.html Electronics Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:20:01 EST news164386074 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new image of Spirit's underbelly is helping engineers assess the rover's current state and plan her escape from soft soil. The panoramic mosaic of multiple images was taken by the microscopic imager instrument at the end of Spirit's robotic arm--the first time that imager has been used to assess the underside and wheels of the rover. The image appears blurred because the microscopic camera was designed to focus on targets just a few centimeters in front of its optics. The imagery will assist engineers with analyses and ground-based testing to recreate the rover's conditions before testing various options for extracting it from its current location. http://www.physorg.com/news163351826.html Space & Earth Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:30:51 EST news163351826 (AP) -- A rejuvenated Hubble Space Telescope, more powerful than ever, departed the space shuttle Tuesday and sailed off for new discoveries. http://www.physorg.com/news161970694.html Space & Earth Tue, 19 May 2009 16:52:10 EST news161970694 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Hubble Space Telescope has been with us for nearly two decades. In that time, its breathtaking images have captured people`s imaginations and its groundbreaking science has revealed some of the many secrets of our universe. http://www.physorg.com/news161960925.html Space & Earth Tue, 19 May 2009 14:15:16 EST news161960925 (AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts grabbed the Hubble Space Telescope on Wednesday, then quickly set their sights on the difficult, dangerous and unprecedented spacewalking repairs they will attempt over the next five days. http://www.physorg.com/news161441807.html Space & Earth Wed, 13 May 2009 13:57:14 EST news161441807 (AP) -- Shuttle Atlantis and its crew moved toward the Hubble Space Telescope for a 350-mile-high grab Wednesday that will set the stage for five days of treacherous spacewalking repairs in an orbit littered with space junk. http://www.physorg.com/news161409855.html Space & Earth Wed, 13 May 2009 12:43:00 EST news161409855 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA managers completed a review Thursday of space shuttle Atlantis' readiness for flight and selected an official launch date for the STS-125 mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. Commander Scott Altman and his six crewmates are scheduled to lift off at 2:01 p.m. EDT, May 11, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.physorg.com/news160327349.html Space & Earth Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:23:16 EST news160327349