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) -- Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Information released a report late Monday (June 1) showing that the most popular Web sites in the United States all share data with their corporate affiliates and allow third parties to collect information directly by using tracking beacons known as "Web bugs" - despite the sites' claims that they don't share user data with third parties. http://www.physorg.com/news163177801.html Technology Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:10:49 EST news163177801 A review of previously published articles indicates there is little evidence supporting an effective treatment of bites from bed bugs, that these insects do not appear to transmit disease, and control and eradication of bed bugs is challenging, according to an article in the April 1 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news157738200.html Medicine & Health Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:10:28 EST news157738200 Researchers have found living together the known carrier species for the Chagas disease-causing parasite Triatoma dimidiata (also known as "kissing bugs") and a cryptic species that looks the same - but is genetically distinct from - the known carrier species. The two species haven't interbred for as many as 5 million years, according to a report published March 10 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. http://www.physorg.com/news155887016.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:57:47 EST news155887016 (PhysOrg.com) -- During the past three to four years, the instances of bed bug infestations have increased at an alarming rate at motels and hotels around the world. Instances of bed bug infestations have been reported at major hotels in areas such as Chicago and New York. http://www.physorg.com/news155573710.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:56:41 EST news155573710 People are dying from "super bugs" because our antibiotic arsenal has run dry, leaving the world without sufficient weapons to fight ever-changing bacteria, warn infectious disease researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. http://www.physorg.com/news152386854.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:41:11 EST news152386854 (PhysOrg.com) -- Bed bugs, once nearly eradicated in the built environment, have made a big comeback recently, especially in urban centers such as New York City. In the first study to explain the failure to control certain bed bug populations, toxicologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Korea`s Seoul National University show that some of these nocturnal blood suckers have developed resistance to pyrethroid insecticides, in particular deltamethrin, that attack their nervous systems. http://www.physorg.com/news150651765.html Biology Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:42:45 EST news150651765 Wheat-based infant follow-on formulas are better reconstituted with fruit juice and should be stored in the fridge at 4°C to prevent growth of meningitis bacteria, according to recent research. http://www.physorg.com/news150461470.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:51:10 EST news150461470 (PhysOrg.com) -- As computer processor chips grow faster and more complex, they are likely to make it to market with more design bugs. But that may be OK, according to University of Michigan researchers who have devised a system that lets chips work around all functional bugs, even those that haven't been detected. http://www.physorg.com/news142004189.html Technology Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:36:29 EST news142004189 There are few things more irritating than a fly buzzing around the house. South African's have an unconventional solution to the problem. They hang up a bunch of Roridula gorgonias leaves. Attracted to the shiny adhesive droplets on the leaf's hairs, the hapless pest is soon trapped by the natural flypaper. http://www.physorg.com/news137939470.html Biology Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:31:10 EST news137939470 (PhysOrg.com) -- They're big, they're distinctively aromatic, and they're coming to a home near you. Stink bugs are on the move across Pennsylvania and a bug expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences says we should get ready for an extended stay. http://www.physorg.com/news135360456.html Biology Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:07:36 EST news135360456