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. (AP) -- A historic U.N. climate conference ended Saturday with only a nonbinding "Copenhagen Accord" to show for two weeks of debate and frustration. It was a deal short on concrete steps against global warming, but signaling a new start for rich-poor cooperation on climate change. http://www.physorg.com/news180469765.html Space & Earth Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:40:01 EST news180469765 (AP) -- A diplomatic frenzy enveloped the final day of the U.N. climate conference Friday, with President Barack Obama twice meeting privately with China's premier as world leaders pressed to salvage a global warming accord amid deep divisions between rich and poor nations. http://www.physorg.com/news180364123.html Space & Earth Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:20:01 EST news180364123 There's a storm brewing -- a storm of information, that is, in climate and environmental research. People are wading through the turbulence, trying to make sense of it all. http://www.physorg.com/news180119747.html Space & Earth Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:00:01 EST news180119747 (AP) -- It isn't easy getting Italy's city dwellers out of their Fiats, off their Vespa scooters and onto bicycles to ride to work, "like here in Copenhagen," says an Italian environmental official. http://www.physorg.com/news179996898.html Space & Earth Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:08:52 EST news179996898 (AP) -- At a critical time, the uproar over stolen e-mails suggesting scientists suppressed contrary views about climate change has emboldened skeptics - including congressional Republicans looking to scuttle President Barack Obama's push for mandatory reductions in greenhouse gases. http://www.physorg.com/news179683744.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:09:42 EST news179683744 Germany Thursday unveiled the world's most powerful weather supercomputer that scientists hope will provide critical data on global warming for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). http://www.physorg.com/news179671536.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:00:03 EST news179671536 (AP) -- The $10 billion a year proposed by rich nations to help the poor adapt to climate change is "not sufficient" and the gap between what's offered and what's needed could wreck the Copenhagen climate conference, American billionaire George Soros said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news179647260.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:36:09 EST news179647260 (AP) -- The top U.S. environmental official told a divided U.N. climate conference Wednesday that the Obama administration's moves to "make up for lost time" and cut greenhouse gases would complement congressional action and wasn't intended to bypass recalcitrant lawmakers. http://www.physorg.com/news179569950.html Space & Earth Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:33:49 EST news179569950 (AP) -- A leaked Danish document at the U.N. climate conference provoked angry criticism Tuesday from developing countries who feared it would shift more of the burden to curb greenhouse gases on poorer countries. http://www.physorg.com/news179479558.html Space & Earth Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:30:27 EST news179479558 (AP) -- The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the last best chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming. http://www.physorg.com/news179402311.html Space & Earth Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:14:57 EST news179402311 Santanu Majumdar spent his years as a graphic design graduate student developing a project that might sound counterintuitive for a student of fine arts - a software program made to simplify information gathering at conferences and exhibitions. With the help of researchers at LSU's Center for Computation & Technology, or CCT, Majumdar developed Exhibition Next, a system that's inexpensive, easy to use and an event organizer's dream come true. http://www.physorg.com/news178896014.html Other Sciences Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:00:06 EST news178896014 (PhysOrg.com) -- New data show that the balance between the airborne and the absorbed fraction of CO2 has stayed approximately constant since 1850, despite emissions of CO2 having risen from about 2 billion tons a year in 1850 to 35 billion tons a year now. http://www.physorg.com/news177059550.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:50:02 EST news177059550 Hundreds of privacy experts from around the world met in Madrid on Wednesday for a three-day conference which aims to arrive at a global standard for the protection of personal data. http://www.physorg.com/news176545106.html Technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:50:01 EST news176545106 US technology firm Mindjet has unleashed a Catalyst technology platform that "attacks a major problem" in business by helping turn online brainstorming sessions into real-world results. http://www.physorg.com/news174224304.html Technology Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:50:02 EST news174224304 (PhysOrg.com) -- The first Twitter tool that ranks the popularity of individual messages plans to make the backchannel conversations at conferences and meetings more interesting. http://www.physorg.com/news173982466.html Technology Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:28:18 EST news173982466 (AP) -- The United Nations opened talks Monday on setting up a better weather surveillance system worldwide so all nations can get earlier, more accurate warnings about hurricanes, droughts and floods. http://www.physorg.com/news170920225.html Space & Earth Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:20:01 EST news170920225 (AP) -- As nations negotiate tough decisions on cutting greenhouse gases, the United Nations is holding a separate conference on coping with more floods, droughts and other effects of climate change already assured. http://www.physorg.com/news170833414.html Space & Earth Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:10:01 EST news170833414 Just a few years ago, Advanced Micro Devices executive Linda Starr racked up a million air miles a year in business travel. Now she logs a mere 100,000 miles per year, thanks to sophisticated video conferencing technology. http://www.physorg.com/news169319836.html Technology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:50:02 EST news169319836 IBM today announced that a new service, Virtual Collaboration for Lotus Sametime, is now available. The service allows Lotus Sametime users to set up and use virtual meeting spaces securely behind-the-firewall with avatars. http://www.physorg.com/news165080077.html Technology Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:35:12 EST news165080077 (AP) -- Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs appears to be a step closer to returning to work, as a doctor gave him an "excellent prognosis" after receiving a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital. http://www.physorg.com/news165054526.html Technology Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:00:03 EST news165054526 (AP) -- Twitter Inc.'s founders still haven't decided how to cash in on their popular Internet messaging service - to the delight of a rapidly growing audience. But the deliberate approach may not prevent a gold rush among opportunistic outsiders. http://www.physorg.com/news164972088.html Technology Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:35:12 EST news164972088 Part of Afghanistan's first international fibre optic cable has opened in a project that will make the country millions of dollars and boost regional connectivity, a cabinet minister said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news163348810.html Technology Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:40:38 EST news163348810 (AP) -- One of the world's largest magazine publishers appears to be having second thoughts about giving away most of its articles on the Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news162821394.html Technology Fri, 29 May 2009 13:10:15 EST news162821394 Distributing content digitally over the Internet, rather than in physical form, seems to be the wave of the future. http://www.physorg.com/news160850403.html Technology Wed, 06 May 2009 17:40:45 EST news160850403 After a slow start, mobile Web access has finally taken off, thanks in large part to better technology, and it will drive growth in Internet use in the future, industry leaders say. http://www.physorg.com/news159778276.html Technology Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:51:48 EST news159778276 Plans by Internet service providers to deliver targeted adverts to consumers based on their Web searches threaten online privacy and should be opposed, the founder of the Web said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news159623208.html Technology Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:47:18 EST news159623208 A global conference on the World Wide Web got under way in Spain Monday, 20 years after the invention of the global information medium that has changed the daily lives of people around the world. http://www.physorg.com/news159433462.html Technology Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:05:53 EST news159433462 (AP) -- Parents might get a new reason to yell at their kids for playing video games too much: In the future, it could rack up their Internet bills. http://www.physorg.com/news157217604.html Technology Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:35:38 EST news157217604 (AP) -- Music and movies can be streamed over the Internet, so why not video games? A startup founded by technology entrepreneur Steve Perlman says it has developed a technology to deliver video games on demand, an idea that threatens to eventually take consoles out of the equation. http://www.physorg.com/news157131212.html Technology Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:41:59 EST news157131212 The video game business has come a long way from the original Atari console or even the original PlayStation of a decade ago. http://www.physorg.com/news157055512.html Technology Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:32:11 EST news157055512