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. Worldwide sales of personal computers, which had been forecast to decline this year, will instead post modest gains, Gartner research group said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news178212434.html Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:40:01 EST news178212434 Continued improvement of climate forecasts is resulting in better information about what rainfall and streamflow may look like months in advance. A researcher from North Carolina State University has developed an innovative water management framework that would take advantage of these forecasts to plan for droughts or excess rain in order to make the most efficient use of an area's water resources. http://www.physorg.com/news177247476.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:25:58 EST news177247476 (PhysOrg.com) -- When managers issue a forecast of their firm's earnings, they do not always take into account prior forecasting errors, according to research in the current issue of the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. http://www.physorg.com/news177062971.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:20:03 EST news177062971 Is there such a thing as "weather" on Mars? There are some doubts, considering the planet's atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense as that of the Earth. Mars, however, definitely has clouds, drastically low temperatures and out-of-this-world dust storms, and Istvan Szunyogh, a Texas A&M professor of atmospheric sciences, has been awarded a NASA grant to analyze and forecast Martian weather. http://www.physorg.com/news176559648.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:30:01 EST news176559648 There's double-trouble in the Western Pacific with one typhoon and one tropical storm bringing soaking rains, dangerous surf and gusty winds to two different locations. Typhoon Melor is affecting the east coast of Japan and watches and warnings are up today. Further south, Tropical Storm Parma continues to rain on Luzon in the northern Philippines. http://www.physorg.com/news174153863.html Space & Earth Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:04:54 EST news174153863 (PhysOrg.com) -- The SeCSE project promised to deliver an industrial-strength development environment for service-centric software engineering. Its applications deliver on those promises. http://www.physorg.com/news173427485.html Technology Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:30:01 EST news173427485 Predicting harmful algal blooms, or HABs, in the Great Lakes is now a reality as NOAA announces an experimental HAB forecast system in Lake Erie. HABs produce toxins that may pose a significant risk to human and animal health through water recreation and may form scum that are unsightly and odorous to beach visitors, impacting the coastal economy. Forecasts depicting current and future locations of blooms, as well as intensity, will alert scientists and managers to possible threats to the Great Lakes beaches and assist in mitigation efforts. http://www.physorg.com/news172424327.html Space & Earth Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:40:01 EST news172424327 (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 Targeted investments in climate science could lead to major benefits in reducing the costs of adapting to a changing climate, according to new research published by scientists from the UK's National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS). Published in the scientific journal, the Bulletin for the American Meteorological Society, the study shows that investments made now, can lead to as much as 10-20% improvement in climate predictions for the UK and Europe in the coming decades, and up to 20% across the rest of the globe. http://www.physorg.com/news169898504.html Space & Earth Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:30:06 EST news169898504 (PhysOrg.com) -- Western Washington is braced for unusually hot weather this week, but University of Washington scientists say this could be one for the record books, with Seattle experiencing historic triple-digit readings. http://www.physorg.com/news168018836.html Space & Earth Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:10:02 EST news168018836 Scientists at The Florida State University's Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) have developed a new computer model that they hope will predict with unprecedented accuracy how many hurricanes will occur in a given season. http://www.physorg.com/news166882136.html Space & Earth Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:11:10 EST news166882136 Though New Orleans residents were told to evacuate days before the arrival of Hurricane Katrina, no one could have predicted the real extent of the devastation. http://www.physorg.com/news166115137.html Space & Earth Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:06:09 EST news166115137 Close to 9 out of 10 adult Americans obtain weather forecasts regularly, and they do so more than three times each day on average, a new nationwide survey by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has found. The value Americans place on these forecasts appears to be far more than the nation spends on public and private weather services. http://www.physorg.com/news164976556.html Space & Earth Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:49:50 EST news164976556 (PhysOrg.com) -- During May and June 2009, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy`s Brookhaven National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and the University of Colorado at Boulder will use high-tech scanners - analogous to those used in medical settings - to make observations of clouds. The research, conducted at DOE`s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility (ACRF) in Ponca City, Oklahoma, could lead to more accurate weather forecasts and predictions about climate. http://www.physorg.com/news162138693.html Space & Earth Thu, 21 May 2009 15:33:15 EST news162138693 (PhysOrg.com) -- If Mark Twain were alive today he might rephrase his frequently cited observation about everyone talking about the weather but not doing anything about it to say, "Everyone reads or watches weather forecasts, but many people don't understand them." http://www.physorg.com/news158936143.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:56:50 EST news158936143 Six hurricanes are expected to churn through the Atlantic this year, a Colorado State University forecast team said Tuesday as it lowered its estimates for the upcoming storm season. http://www.physorg.com/news158344696.html Space & Earth Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:39:54 EST news158344696 (PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft has a lot at stake with the success of Internet Explore 8 since they lost 7 percent of their browser market to Firefox, Safari, and Chrome browsers. IE8 has been in release candidate since January of 2009 and will mostly likely be a target for criticism for similar features already existing in Firefox, Safari, and Chrome browsers. http://www.physorg.com/news156431248.html Technology Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:08:13 EST news156431248 With its unique location along the western bank of the Hudson River, Stevens Institute of Technology provided a dramatic front row venue for the emergency landing and successful rescue of U.S. Airways Flight 1549. http://www.physorg.com/news151763167.html Space & Earth Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:26:43 EST news151763167 An election forecast model developed by a political scientist 99 days before the 2008 elections and before the recent Wall Street crisis predicts significant Democratic gains in the 2008 congressional elections -including 11 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 3 seats in the U.S. Senate. http://www.physorg.com/news143811336.html Other Sciences Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:35:36 EST news143811336 Most of nine forecast models developed by political scientists predict a victory for Senator Barack Obama over Senator John McCain in the two-party contest for the popular vote in the 2008 presidential election. Obama is predicted to win an average of 52% of the vote with an 80% probability that he will gain more than half the total two-party popular vote. http://www.physorg.com/news143373023.html Other Sciences Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:50:23 EST news143373023