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) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation Hostage Rescue Team had a problem -- they needed a small, portable tool to identify fingerprints and faces, but couldn't get anyone interested in building a solution for such a limited market. So they came to the National Institute of Standards and Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news180214029.html Technology Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:29:30 EST news180214029 (PhysOrg.com) -- The explosive growth of video on the internet calls for new ways of sorting and searching audiovisual content. A team of European researchers has developed a groundbreaking solution that is finding commercial applications. http://www.physorg.com/news177001844.html Technology Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:11:44 EST news177001844 Try to pronounce the words "caught" and "cot." If you're a New Yorker by birth, the two words will sound as different as their spellings. But if you grew up in California, you probably pronounce them identically. http://www.physorg.com/news175787445.html Other Sciences Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:53:19 EST news175787445 Technology developed by the University of Warwick that can identify partial, distorted, scratched, smudged, or otherwise warped fingerprints in just a few seconds has just scored top marks in the world's two toughest technical fingerprint tests. The technology is also being rapidly taken up by the UK building trade who are delighted to have fingerprint technology which can cope with the often worn and ravaged builders' thumbprints. http://www.physorg.com/news175767970.html Technology Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:40:01 EST news175767970 Each of the 6.7 billion people on Earth has a signature body odor -- the chemical counterpart to fingerprints -- and scientists are tracking down those odiferous arches, loops, and whorls in the "human odorprint" for purposes ranging from disease diagnosis to crime prevention. That's the topic of an article in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine. http://www.physorg.com/news174747484.html Chemistry Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:58:29 EST news174747484 (AP) -- In its search for fugitives, the FBI has begun using facial-recognition technology on millions of motorists, comparing driver's license photos with pictures of convicts in a high-tech analysis of chin widths and nose sizes. http://www.physorg.com/news174651459.html Technology Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:50:02 EST news174651459 YouTube on Wednesday said it will be able to quickly track snippets from live television shows thanks to new partnerships with three broadcast video delivery specialty firms. http://www.physorg.com/news174154361.html Technology Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:00:01 EST news174154361 (PhysOrg.com) -- Your smart phone may soon be able to know not only that you're at the mall, but whether you're in the jewelry store or the shoe store. http://www.physorg.com/news172991156.html Technology Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:06:29 EST news172991156 Fingerprints move over. Scientists are reporting evidence that people have another defining trait that may distinguish each of the 6.7 billion humans on Earth from one another almost as surely as the arches, loops, and whorls on their fingertips. In a study scheduled for the Aug. 7 issue of ACS' monthly publication the Journal of Proteome Research, they report evidence from studies in humans for the existence of unique patterns in metabolism. http://www.physorg.com/news167478829.html Chemistry Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:40:04 EST news167478829 (PhysOrg.com) -- 'Bullet fingerprinting' technology developed at the University of Leicester in collaboration with Northamptonshire Police is now being advanced in new ways. http://www.physorg.com/news166427660.html Chemistry Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:30:01 EST news166427660 Clear, a company which pre-screened travellers and issued high-tech cards allowing them to whisk through security lines at US airports, is going out of business. http://www.physorg.com/news164981614.html Technology Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:13:59 EST news164981614 Fingerprints mark us out as individuals and leave telltale signs of our presence on every object that we touch, but what are fingerprints really for? According to Roland Ennos, from the University of Manchester, other primates and tree-climbing koalas have fingerprints and some South American monkeys have ridged pads on their tree-gripping tails, so everyone presumed that fingerprints are there to help us hang onto objects that we grasp. http://www.physorg.com/news163989137.html Biology Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:32:36 EST news163989137 (AP) -- Tiny, cheap laptops known as netbooks have been a big success. But not everyone likes their small screens and keyboards, and their processors aren't powerful enough for some common tasks, like playing high-quality Internet video. http://www.physorg.com/news163910672.html Electronics Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:44:49 EST news163910672 (PhysOrg.com) -- When a crime has been committed, the usual modus operandi for police detectives and their fictional counterparts has been to dust the scene for fingerprints. And once they have a suspect in custody, out comes the polygraph, or lie detector. http://www.physorg.com/news163156190.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:10:10 EST news163156190 (PhysOrg.com) -- Fingerprints do not help primates grip, as previously thought, scientists have discovered. They actually reduce the friction needed to hold onto flat surfaces. Now Dr Roland Ennos and his team at The University of Manchester are trying to find out: why do we have them? http://www.physorg.com/news162822562.html Biology Fri, 29 May 2009 13:33:32 EST news162822562 Immigration officials held a cancer patient for four hours before they allowed him to enter the USA because one of his cancer drugs caused his fingerprints to disappear. His oncologist is now advising all cancer patients who are being treated with the commonly used drug, capecitabine, to carry a doctor's letter with them if they want to travel to the USA. http://www.physorg.com/news162626394.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 May 2009 07:00:34 EST news162626394 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Arkansas have shown that changing the chirality, or direction of spin, of a nanoscale magnetic vortex creates an electric pulse, suggesting that such a pulse might be of use in creating computer memory and writing information. http://www.physorg.com/news158431956.html Physics Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:52:53 EST news158431956 (PhysOrg.com) -- Unlike most wrinkles on our bodies, which appear due to bending and stretching of the skin, fingerprints aren't the result of repeated motion. Each of us is born with a unique set of them, although scientists aren't exactly sure what purpose fingerprints serve. http://www.physorg.com/news158088270.html Biology Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:24:51 EST news158088270 Dr. Yinfa Ma has developed a method for pre-cancer screening that uses urine samples for detection. Ma hopes to be able to predict types of cancer as well as severity. http://www.physorg.com/news157988773.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:46:43 EST news157988773 (PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah scientists devised a new way to find miners trapped by cave-ins. The method involves installing iron plates and sledgehammers at regular intervals inside mines, and sensitive listening devices on the ground overhead. http://www.physorg.com/news157283613.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:54:33 EST news157283613 The food you eat, the drugs you take, your state of mind, and your gender -- all these make your sweat unique. Tel Aviv University chemists may turn this fact into a new crime-fighting tool that would make Sherlock Holmes blink in amazement. http://www.physorg.com/news154191281.html Chemistry Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:55:45 EST news154191281 (PhysOrg.com) -- A pioneering forensic scientist at Northamptonshire Police and the University of Leicester is being called on by US force officers to tackle a decade-old murder case. http://www.physorg.com/news151228343.html Chemistry Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:52:23 EST news151228343 (PhysOrg.com) -- A pioneering forensic scientist at Northamptonshire Police and the University of Leicester has helped detectives move a step closer to solving a murder case. http://www.physorg.com/news147955845.html Other Sciences Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:50:45 EST news147955845 University of Leicester experts have held discussions with military personnel in Afghanistan following the discovery of new technology to identify fingerprints on metal. http://www.physorg.com/news138969094.html Chemistry Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:31:34 EST news138969094