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. Ecologists have at last worked out a way of using recordings of birdsong to accurately measure the size of bird populations. This is the first time sound recordings from a microphone array have been translated into accurate estimates of bird species' populations. Because the new technique, reported in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, will also work with whale song, it could lead to a major advance in our ability to monitor whale and dolphin numbers. http://www.physorg.com/news178525475.html Biology Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:25:08 EST news178525475 (PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers will tie together the largest collection of the world's radio telescopes ever assembled to work as a single observing tool in a project aimed at improving the precision of the reference frame scientists use to measure positions in the sky. The National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) will be a key part of the project. http://www.physorg.com/news177616748.html Space & Earth Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:10:01 EST news177616748 (PhysOrg.com) -- The constellation of Orion is a hotbed of massive star formation, most prominently in the Great Nebula that sits in Orion's sword. The glowing gas of the Nebula is powered by a group of young massive stars, but behind it is a cluster of younger stars and clumps of gas. Still gathering together under gravity's pull, these gas clumps will eventually ignite into stars. http://www.physorg.com/news177602620.html Space & Earth Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:05:26 EST news177602620 (PhysOrg.com) -- An international collaboration that includes scientists from the University of Delaware's Bartol Research Institute in the Department of Physics and Astronomy has discovered very-high-energy gamma rays in the Cigar Galaxy (M82), a bright galaxy filled with exploding stars 12 million light years from Earth. http://www.physorg.com/news176391501.html Space & Earth Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:50:01 EST news176391501 (PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope have gained tantalizing insights into the nature of the most distant object ever observed in the Universe -- a gigantic stellar explosion known as a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB). http://www.physorg.com/news175958564.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:23:39 EST news175958564 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Orion Nebula is one of the most beautiful sights of the winter night sky, its gas and dust glowing from the intense ultraviolet radiation of a cluster of massive young stars. http://www.physorg.com/news175507575.html Space & Earth Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:07:12 EST news175507575 In some ways, discovering a new galaxy is all in a day's work for John Cannon, Macalester College assistant astronomy professor. http://www.physorg.com/news175265671.html Space & Earth Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:55:19 EST news175265671 Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a remote-controlled robot that is able to simulate the "visual" experience of a blind person who has been implanted with a visual prosthesis, such as an artificial retina. An artificial retina consists of a silicon chip studded with a varying number of electrodes that directly stimulate retinal nerve cells. It is hoped that this approach may one day give blind persons the freedom of independent mobility. http://www.physorg.com/news175183657.html Technology Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:08:24 EST news175183657 A combination of bioengineering and medical research at the University of California, San Diego has led to a new discovery that could pave the way for more effective treatments for liver disease. http://www.physorg.com/news174319313.html Medicine & Health Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:02:30 EST news174319313 (PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA team is developing a transparent coating that mimics the self-cleaning properties of the lotus plant to prevent dirt from sticking to the surfaces of spaceflight gear and bacteria from growing inside astronaut living quarters. http://www.physorg.com/news172925702.html Chemistry Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:55:57 EST news172925702 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Japanese are preparing to develop a two trillion yen (approximately $21 billion USD) space solar project that will beam electricity from space in the form of microwaves or lasers to around 300,000 homes in Japan within three decades. http://www.physorg.com/news172224356.html Technology Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:10:02 EST news172224356 (PhysOrg.com) -- This composite image of the Hydra A galaxy cluster shows 10-million- degree gas observed by Chandra in blue and jets of radio emission observed by the Very Large Array in pink. Optical data from the Canada- France-Hawaii telescope and the Digitized Sky Survey shows galaxies in the cluster. http://www.physorg.com/news172158999.html Space & Earth Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:00:59 EST news172158999 Advances by the Rice University lab of James Tour have brought graphite's potential as a mass data storage medium a step closer to reality and created the potential for reprogrammable gate arrays that could bring about a revolution in integrated circuit logic design. http://www.physorg.com/news171742062.html Nanotechnology Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:08:29 EST news171742062 The Deep-sea Drilling Vessel CHIKYU successfully completed riser drilling operations on Aug. 31, for IODP Expedition 319, Stage 2 of the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE). The CHIKYU is operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) in partnership with the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. http://www.physorg.com/news171285615.html Space & Earth Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:21:58 EST news171285615 Meet Oliver, the first baby in the world born using a new egg-screening technique that could double the odds of an implanted embryo taking hold in the womb, unveiled by British experts Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news171096873.html Medicine & Health Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:56:08 EST news171096873 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists using a continent-wide array of radio telescopes have made an extremely precise measurement of the curvature of space caused by the Sun's gravity, and their technique promises a major contribution to a frontier area of basic physics. http://www.physorg.com/news171028283.html Physics Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:52:11 EST news171028283 (PhysOrg.com) -- Faster internet search engine processors could be the key to reducing the environmental impact of the worldwide web, according to scientists at the University of Glasgow. http://www.physorg.com/news170953747.html Technology Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:11:02 EST news170953747 Researchers in Singapore are reporting development of a new electronic sensor that shows promise as a faster, less expensive, and more practical alternative than tests now used to detect DNA. Such tests are done for criminal investigation, disease diagnosis, and other purposes. The new lab-on-a-chip test could lead to wider, more convenient use of DNA testing, the researchers say. Their study is scheduled for the Sept. 2 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. http://www.physorg.com/news170502528.html Chemistry Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:49:15 EST news170502528 Australia and New Zealand announced a joint bid Friday for a giant radio telescope project which will reach for the earliest traces of the universe in a search for intelligent life. http://www.physorg.com/news170065210.html Space & Earth Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:40:03 EST news170065210 Scientists from NRL's Space Science and Remote Sensing Divisions, in collaboration with researchers from the University of New Mexico and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory located in Socorro, N.M., have generated the first scientific results from the Long Wavelength Demonstrator Array (LWDA). The measurements were obtained during field tests and calibration of two prototype antennas for the much larger Long Wavelength Array (LWA), which will eventually consist of nearly 13,000 similar antennas. http://www.physorg.com/news169827559.html Space & Earth Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:20:06 EST news169827559 (AP) -- When it comes to sneezing in a spacesuit during a spacewalk in the void of space, it is best to aim well. http://www.physorg.com/news167402636.html Space & Earth Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:50:01 EST news167402636 (PhysOrg.com) -- Using solar panels, wind turbines, appliance monitoring, and on-site energy storage, General Electric has a plan to enable homeowners to cut their annual energy consumption (from the electric grid) to zero, in some cases, and at least minimize consumption in others. GE is piloting the technology this year, and hopes to commercialize the system by 2015. http://www.physorg.com/news166965770.html Technology Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:23:15 EST news166965770 On June 27, 2009, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-O, soared into space during a spectacular launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. GOES-O has now been renamed and its solar array has been deployed. http://www.physorg.com/news166455961.html Space & Earth Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:46:27 EST news166455961 (PhysOrg.com) -- The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Jazz Semiconductor, a Tower Group Company, today announced that they have collaborated to develop a two-antenna quad-beam RFIC phased array receiver covering the 11-15 GHz frequency range. First time success was achieved using Jazz Semiconductor`s high performance 0.18-micron SiGe BiCMOS process and its own proprietary models, kit and DIRECT MPW (Multiproject Wafer) program. The chip was designed and tested by the Electrical and Computer Engineering School at UCSD. http://www.physorg.com/news165768262.html Technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:45:24 EST news165768262 (PhysOrg.com) -- With commissioning of the 42 radio dishes of the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) nearly complete, UC Berkeley astronomers are now embarking on several major radio astronomy projects, including daily surveys of the sky. http://www.physorg.com/news162747980.html Space & Earth Thu, 28 May 2009 16:47:24 EST news162747980 A Belgian, a Canadian and a Russian blast off for the International Space Station on Wednesday as Russia steps up its rocket launches to support a doubling of the station's crew. http://www.physorg.com/news162540712.html Space & Earth Tue, 26 May 2009 07:12:21 EST news162540712 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics (CMMPE) (part of the Department's Photonics Research Group at the University of Cambridge) are leading the way towards the development of extremely high colour resolution laser displays using liquid crystal laser technology. http://www.physorg.com/news159458998.html Physics Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:11:08 EST news159458998 (PhysOrg.com) -- A unique polymer that allows sensors to detect nerve agents and other toxic industrial chemicals in the air is now available to companies developing chemical detectors for emergency personnel, indoor air quality monitoring and other uses. http://www.physorg.com/news159030307.html Chemistry Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:05:42 EST news159030307 About 1.25 million neurons in the retina -- each of which views the world only through a small jagged window called a receptive field -- collectively form the seamless picture we rely on to navigate our environment. Receptive fields fit together like pieces of a puzzle, preventing "blind spots" and excessive overlap that could blur our perception of the world, according to researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. http://www.physorg.com/news158303038.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:04:41 EST news158303038 Thousands of acres of solar panels could spring up across California's Mojave Desert like a crop of crystal mushrooms -- a new kind of gold rush meant to bring powerful environmental benefits. http://www.physorg.com/news157617181.html Space & Earth Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:33:48 EST news157617181