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) -- A Californian company, SolarReserve, is developing a solar power system that can store seven hours' worth of solar energy by focusing mirrors onto millions of gallons of molten salt, allowing the plant to provide electricity 24 hours a day. http://www.physorg.com/news176632405.html Technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:34:37 EST news176632405 (PhysOrg.com) -- Europe has long been interested in developing alternative energy sources. And, one of the more interesting places that some Europeans are looking for solar power is the Sahara. With the vast amounts of sun beating down on the Saharan desert, it seems an ideal place for solar panels. The Desertec Industrial Initiative, a consortium of 12 companies, including Siemens and Deutsche Bank, aims to make Saharan solar power for Europe a reality. But it won't exactly be easy. http://www.physorg.com/news176541300.html Technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:00:02 EST news176541300 An analysis of three and half decades of maize research in African farming communities finds big benefits. A multi-country study, in Agricultural Economics, reports the significant role international maize research plays in reducing poverty. It finds that since the mid-1990s, more than one million people per year have escaped poverty through the adoption of new maize varieties. http://www.physorg.com/news175951762.html Biology Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:29:48 EST news175951762 (AP) -- Hawaii regulators have approved a Honolulu startup company's plan to build the nation's first tuna farm in waters off the Big Island. http://www.physorg.com/news175693106.html Biology Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:20:02 EST news175693106 According to climate change experts, our planet has a fever -- melting glaciers are just one stark sign of the radical changes we can expect. But global warming's effects on farming and water resources is still a mystery. A new Tel Aviv University invention, a real-time "Optical Soil Dipstick" (OSD), may help solve the mystery and provide a new diagnostic tool for assessing the health of our planet. http://www.physorg.com/news173611636.html Space & Earth Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:29:32 EST news173611636 President Barack Obama is still at least a year away from seeing wind turbines take root anywhere off the U.S. coast, even though his administration has promised to make offshore wind a priority, and even though developers are lining up to string wind farms up and down the Atlantic seaboard. http://www.physorg.com/news171654952.html Technology Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:00:01 EST news171654952 (PhysOrg.com) -- With advancements in genetic engineering, researchers say that it may soon be possible to breed farm animals that don't feel pain. The suggestion has sparked controversy on whether denying animals the ability to feel pain is inhumane itself, even if it does limit the amount of suffering the animals endure when raised at factory farms. http://www.physorg.com/news171216895.html Biology Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:15:26 EST news171216895 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study finds that large-scale farming projects can erode the Earth's surface at rates comparable to those of the world's largest rivers and glaciers. http://www.physorg.com/news171121178.html Space & Earth Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:00:10 EST news171121178 Mexico's first known swine flu case was a six-month-old baby girl in a northern part of the country who had no known contact with pig farms, the head of a laboratory studying the virus told AFP Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news167639698.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:10:01 EST news167639698 Swine flu has swept the globe at "unprecedented speed," the World Health Organisation said Friday, as a study warned the pandemic could tip the world into deflation and delay the economic recovery. http://www.physorg.com/news167061370.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:30:01 EST news167061370 (AP) -- Vermont dairy farmers Tim Maikshilo and Kristen Dellert, mindful of shrinking their carbon footprint, have changed their cows' diet to reduce the amount of gas the animals burp - dairy cows' contribution to global warming. http://www.physorg.com/news164810504.html Space & Earth Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:42:30 EST news164810504 From the time of the Babylonians to the Incas, terracing has been used to prevent water from eroding steep and hilly croplands. Designing terrace layouts can be time consuming and labor intensive. Now, University of Missouri researchers are developing a Web-based program that will design multiple farm terraces in a short time period. This technology will help farm experts choose the most efficient and cost-effective layout. http://www.physorg.com/news162130101.html Technology Thu, 21 May 2009 13:09:07 EST news162130101 As part of a broad-based effort to understand the precise genetic make-up of H1N1 - now being referred to as `swine flu` in North America - a group of virologists and computational biologists from Columbia University Medical Center has delved headlong into analyzing the mysterious virus that has infected hundreds if not thousands of people worldwide since surfacing on public health workers` radars last week. http://www.physorg.com/news160547303.html Medicine & Health Sun, 03 May 2009 05:28:58 EST news160547303 The swine flu virus that is smoldering in this country and triggering a full-blown outbreak in Mexico is one of a growing number of animal pathogens to jump the species barrier -- and may be the microbe that jumpstarts the first globe-circling pandemic of the 21st century, experts said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news160210564.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:56:30 EST news160210564 Hong Kong authorities said Friday that a dead chicken found in the southern Chinese territory had tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus. http://www.physorg.com/news155563386.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:04:58 EST news155563386 Humans and farm animals were known to emit harmful greenhouse gases through digestion, but German researchers said Tuesday that aquatic worms and bugs are also culprits, releasing laughing gas. http://www.physorg.com/news155287675.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:30:02 EST news155287675 The Japanese agriculture ministry said Sunday an outbreak of bird flu at a quail farm was not H5N1, the form of the disease that can be deadly to humans. http://www.physorg.com/news155117714.html Medicine & Health Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:15:55 EST news155117714 An outbreak of bird flu has been reported on a quail farm in central Japan but no animals have died and no humans have been infected, the agriculture ministry said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news154956618.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:30:44 EST news154956618 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has signed an agreement with Siemens Energy Inc. to provide high-resolution atmospheric modeling capabilities to improve the efficiency of wind farm sites, turbine design and wind farm operations. http://www.physorg.com/news154704816.html Technology Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:34:40 EST news154704816 The recent salmonella outbreak linked to 575 illnesses and eight deaths across 43 states was shown to come from a dirty peanut processing plant in Georgia. And while it is essential for food processing plants to be clean and sanitary, Temple public health professor Jennifer Ibrahim, Ph.D., says officials need to consider other possible sources of illness. http://www.physorg.com/news154341910.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:45:51 EST news154341910 (PhysOrg.com) -- A study of natural pest control on conventional and organic farms in the southwest has found no difference between the two systems. http://www.physorg.com/news152895747.html Biology Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:02:49 EST news152895747 (PhysOrg.com) -- Shopping locally may not be as good for the environment as having food delivered, according to new research by the University of Exeter (UK). Published in the journal Food Policy, the study shows that, on average, lower carbon emissions result from delivering a vegetable box than making a trip to a local farm shop. http://www.physorg.com/news152795735.html Other Sciences Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:17:29 EST news152795735 Northwest Michigan could generate hundreds of new jobs and generate enough electricity for thousands of its residents by converting abandoned factories and other brownfield sites for renewable energy production. http://www.physorg.com/news152463643.html Technology Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:01:24 EST news152463643 Farming of fish in ocean cages is fundamentally harmful to wild fish, according to an essay in this week's Conservation Biology. http://www.physorg.com/news148563590.html Biology Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:39:50 EST news148563590 Children of farm workers are three times as likely as all other children and almost twice as likely as other poor children to be uninsured, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://www.physorg.com/news147372196.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:43:16 EST news147372196 Population growth and significant increases in development across the country are leading to changes in traffic and driving behavior in many areas where motorists share the road with farmers moving their equipment - changes that worry some members of the agriculture community. Now researchers from North Carolina State University have found a number of risk factors associated with traffic accidents involving farm vehicles, which could point the way toward changes that will better protect farmers and motorists. http://www.physorg.com/news146225515.html Other Sciences Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:11:55 EST news146225515 A landmark study conducted by Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation (MCRF) 15 years ago found that an educational intervention improved hearing protection use among farm youth. http://www.physorg.com/news140441561.html Medicine & Health Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:32:41 EST news140441561