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. A second straight week of stronger-than-expected third quarter earnings from a broad cross section of U.S. industries has held the nation's Dow Jones Industrial Average above the psychological benchmark of 10,000 points for the week of Oct. 19, but the climb isn't likely to last, says a finance expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). http://www.physorg.com/news175348782.html Other Sciences Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:20:01 EST news175348782 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average, among the world?s most closely watched stock indexes, closed above the 10,000-point mark last week for the first time since October 2008, a milestone that made news around the world. http://www.physorg.com/news175195471.html Other Sciences Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:28:42 EST news175195471 (AP) -- Intel Corp. and other technology stocks helped lead the way as markets climbed out of the trough they fell into in March - even as the recession kept many big corporations and consumers sitting on their wallets instead of spending on computers and other high-tech products. http://www.physorg.com/news174753178.html Technology Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:00:02 EST news174753178 A new study reveals that treelines are not responding to climate warming as expected. The research, the first global quantitative assessment of the relationship between climate warming and treeline advance, is published in Ecology Letters and tests the premise that treelines are globally advancing in response to climate warming since 1900. http://www.physorg.com/news169372716.html Biology Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:59:25 EST news169372716 (AP) -- The Arctic Ocean has given up tens of thousands more square miles (square kilometers) of ice on Sunday in a relentless summer of melt, with scientists watching through satellite eyes for a possible record low polar ice cap. http://www.physorg.com/news169052670.html Space & Earth Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:20:01 EST news169052670 Japanese people are living longer than ever, with the average life expectancy now 86.05 years for women and 79.29 years for men, the health ministry said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news166945685.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:20:01 EST news166945685 (PhysOrg.com) -- Saturn's largest moon, Titan, may have a subterranean ocean of hydrocarbons and some topsy-turvy topography in which the summits of its mountains lie lower than its average surface elevation, according to new research. http://www.physorg.com/news158234875.html Space & Earth Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:08:19 EST news158234875 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have for first time demonstrated a critical link between the Siberian climate and the circulation of the major current system which gives us our mild winters here in the UK. This new understanding of what is happening, made by Bangor University scientists working on a Natural Environment Research Council research programme led by University College London, is explained in the prestigious American journal, Geophysical Research Letters. http://www.physorg.com/news157013032.html Space & Earth Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:44:50 EST news157013032 (PhysOrg.com) -- A survey of top climate scientists has revealed there is a real chance of key climate tipping points being passed with serious consequences for the planet. http://www.physorg.com/news156525085.html Space & Earth Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:13:03 EST news156525085 Even though your grandparents` old photo albums are yellowed and grainy, they`re still there for you and your family to enjoy. But will your grandchildren be able to say the same of the digital photo albums you`re compiling today? Rapid advances in computer technology have left past hardware and software in the dust. If we`re creating documents no one will be able to access, has our Information Age created a digital dark age? http://www.physorg.com/news153683275.html Technology Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:48:40 EST news153683275 A surgical technique known as targeted muscle reinnervation appears to enable patients with arm amputations to have improved control of functions with an artificial arm, according to a study in the February 11 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news153512131.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:16:27 EST news153512131 Glaciers around the globe continue to melt at high rates. Tentative figures for the year 2007, of the World Glacier Monitoring Service at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, indicate a further loss of average ice thickness of roughly 0.67 meter water equivalent (m w.e.). Some glaciers in the European Alps lost up to 2.5 m w.e. http://www.physorg.com/news152452663.html Space & Earth Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:58:47 EST news152452663 Global yields of most biofuels crops, including corn, rapeseed and wheat, have been overestimated by 100 to 150 percent or more, suggesting many countries need to reset their expectations of agricultural biofuels to a more realistic level. http://www.physorg.com/news151161280.html Space & Earth Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:14:40 EST news151161280 Call her The Incredible Shrinking African-American Woman. In an age when the adult populations of most industrialized nations have grown significantly taller, the average height of black women in the U.S. has been receding, beginning with those born in the late 1960s. http://www.physorg.com/news149503893.html Medicine & Health Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:51:33 EST news149503893 A new Mayo Clinic study found that patients with low-grade gliomas survived longest when they underwent aggressive surgeries to successfully remove the entire tumor. If safely removing the entire tumor was not possible, patients survived significantly longer when surgery was followed by radiation therapy. This study is available online as an advance publication in Neuro-Oncology. http://www.physorg.com/news147546162.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:02:42 EST news147546162 Evidence that global warming is causing the worldwide declines of amphibians may not be as conclusive as previously thought, according to biologists. The findings, which contradict two widely held views, could help reveal what is killing the frogs and toads and aid in their conservation. http://www.physorg.com/news145707986.html Space & Earth Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:26:26 EST news145707986 A new study in the RAND Journal of Economics examined how quickly households change their electricity use when prices rise and fall rapidly. Results show that when electricity prices increase, the average household rapidly reduces its electricity use. However, when electricity prices then decrease, household energy use returns to previous levels. http://www.physorg.com/news144499878.html Other Sciences Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:51:18 EST news144499878 Blood stored for 29 days or more, nearly 2 weeks less than the current standard for blood storage, is associated with a higher infection rate in patients who received transfusions with the blood. In a new study presented at CHEST 2008, the 74th annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), researchers found that patients who received transfusions with blood stored for 29 days or more were twice as likely to suffer from nosocomial infections, including pneumonia, upper respiratory infections, and sepsis, with the oldest blood being associated with the most infections. Currently, federal regulations allow red blood cells to be stored up to 42 days, after which they must be discarded. http://www.physorg.com/news144407866.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:17:46 EST news144407866 (PhysOrg.com) -- When friends meet, hearts warm, according to the old proverb - and new research from The University of Nottingham backs this up. http://www.physorg.com/news144069258.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:14:18 EST news144069258 [B]More than 4 in 10 parents with underweight and overweight children mistakenly believe their children are in the average weight range, according to University of Melbourne research[/B] More than four in 10 parents with underweight and overweight children mistakenly believe their children are in the average weight range, according to University of Melbourne research. http://www.physorg.com/news143635478.html Medicine & Health Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:44:38 EST news143635478 NJIT's Bruce Bukiet, a mathematician who has applied mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the dynamics of run scoring in baseball, is now applying his methods to ascertain the players most deserving of major league baseball's prestigious 2008 Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Cy Young awards. Bukiet, a popular NJIT math professor, dives annually into such terrain in part for his love of the game, but also for his love of teaching and math. http://www.physorg.com/news143303303.html Other Sciences Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:28:23 EST news143303303 A new analysis finds considerable disparities in survival related to race and socio-economic status among patients with head and neck cancer. Published in the November 15, 2008 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that earlier diagnosis and greater access to treatment could improve outcomes for these cancers among African Americans and the poor. http://www.physorg.com/news142481369.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:09:29 EST news142481369 Elderly people who take a cholesterol drug after a stroke or mini-stroke lower their risk of having another stroke just as much as younger people in the same situation, according to research published in the September 3, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news139677532.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:18:52 EST news139677532 Middle school children who have a television or computer in their room sleep less during the school year, watch more TV, play more computer games and surf the net more than their peers who don't - reveals joint research conducted by the University of Haifa and Jezreel Valley College. http://www.physorg.com/news139580439.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:20:39 EST news139580439 Mayo Clinic endocrinologist James Levine, M.D., Ph.D., has continued his research in environment-changing innovations with a six-month study of a real-life office that was re-engineered to increase daily physical activity or NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis). http://www.physorg.com/news136863314.html Medicine & Health Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:35:14 EST news136863314