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 new study in Strategic Management Journal examines how the nature of outside directors' prior experience, and resulting expertise, will influence the performance of a firm's performance. Results show that this past experience and expertise will have positive effects on the firm's acquisitions. http://www.physorg.com/news150558890.html Other Sciences Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:54:50 EST news150558890 Arctic sea ice extent during the 2008 melt season dropped to the second-lowest level since satellite measurements began in 1979, reaching the lowest point in its annual cycle of melt and growth on Sept. 14, according to researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://www.physorg.com/news142171440.html Space & Earth Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:04:00 EST news142171440 The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the second-lowest extent recorded since satellite record-keeping began in 1979, according to the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center, or NSIDC. http://www.physorg.com/news140788644.html Space & Earth Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:57:24 EST news140788644