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 time it takes for our brains to search for and retrieve the word we want to say has been measured for the first time. The discovery is reported in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA today. http://www.physorg.com/news178216686.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:38:53 EST news178216686 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny microscopic creatures commonly known as water bears (also called Tardigrades), along with a few other life forms, will be sent to the Martian moon Phobos to test whether organisms can survive for long periods of time in deep space. The mission, called the Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment (LIFE), was originally going to be launched earlier this month, but it has been delayed due to safety and technical issues. Currently, the scientists hope to launch the specimens on the Russian Phobos-Grunt spacecraft in 2011, the next time that the orbits of Earth and Mars offer a launch window. http://www.physorg.com/news174659888.html Space & Earth Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:39:08 EST news174659888 Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have for the first time identified the genetic mechanisms involved in the formation and survival of L-form bacteria. Their findings are described in a study published October 6 in the journal PLoS ONE. http://www.physorg.com/news174651011.html Biology Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:11:09 EST news174651011 The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Student Aid Financial Responsibility Act to address problems with the current financial aid system. The act calls for several changes to simplify the Federal Application for Student Financial Aid- FAFSA. In a new study, a University of Missouri researcher found flaws in the FAFSA's method for assessing net worth that can create inequalities in the distribution of financial aid. http://www.physorg.com/news173640421.html Other Sciences Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:20:01 EST news173640421 (AP) -- Do you use your kids' names? Your pet's? Your favorite color? We all use some dumb passwords that are too easy to guess. http://www.physorg.com/news169304379.html Technology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:00:16 EST news169304379 Particle filters are standard in the basic fittings for cars. Construction machines, city buses and garbage trucks must now follow suit. This can be achieved effectively and inexpensively thanks to a new material and design for ceramic filters developed by Fraunhofer researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news165150393.html Technology Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:10:01 EST news165150393 (PhysOrg.com) -- Runners, listen up: If your body is telling you that your pace feels a little too fast or a little too slow, it may be right. http://www.physorg.com/news156695698.html Biology Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:35:50 EST news156695698 Personality factors can influence the development of alcohol dependence (AD). Researchers examined a group of AD individuals with the inactive form of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) - persons who would normally have a low incidence of alcoholism because the inactive form of ALDH2 causes flushing, nausea, and headaches. Results indicate that a strong need for novelty and little need for avoiding harm appear to increase the risk of AD. http://www.physorg.com/news155325006.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:51:46 EST news155325006 (PhysOrg.com) -- Parents of students considering college are now struggling with a federal form that is longer and more grueling than the IRS Form 1040 but that could soon change, thanks to the work of a University of Michigan researcher. http://www.physorg.com/news153507838.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:09:14 EST news153507838 Materialistic people tend to form strong connections to particular product brands when their level of anxiety about death is high, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. http://www.physorg.com/news152193592.html Other Sciences Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:00:30 EST news152193592 Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the Moores UCSD Cancer Center have discovered what could be a novel drug target for an often difficult-to-treat form of leukemia. The investigators have identified a unique "signature" or pattern of a specific family of enzymes in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), the most common form of adult leukemia. http://www.physorg.com/news146767923.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:52:03 EST news146767923 (PhysOrg.com) -- Shock waves around dusty, young stars might be creating the raw materials for planets, according to new observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. http://www.physorg.com/news145639908.html Space & Earth Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:31:48 EST news145639908 Radiological health expert Daniel Hayes, Ph.D., of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene suggests that a form of vitamin D could be one of our body's main protections against damage from low levels of radiation. Writing in the International Journal of Low Radiation, Hayes explains that calcitriol, the active form of vitamin D, may protect us from background radiation and could be used as a safe protective agent before or after a low-level nuclear incident. http://www.physorg.com/news145280339.html Medicine & Health Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:38:59 EST news145280339 Vitamin D is essential to good health but needs to be activated to function properly in the human body. Until recently, this activation was thought to happen primarily in the kidneys, but a new University of Iowa study finds that the activation step can also occur in lung airway cells. http://www.physorg.com/news145006572.html Medicine & Health Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:36:12 EST news145006572 Prion protein, a form of protein that triggers BSE, is associated with other brain diseases in cattle, raising the possibility of a significant increase in the range of prion disease. Publishing their findings in the open access journal BMC Veterinary Research, scientists have detected changes in the production and accumulation of the prion protein in the brains of cattle with a rare neurodegenerative disorder. http://www.physorg.com/news141989399.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:29:59 EST news141989399 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have detailed the active form of a protein which they hope will enhance our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of vision, and advance drug design. http://www.physorg.com/news141923083.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:04:43 EST news141923083 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by the death of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord that control muscle movements from walking and swallowing to breathing. In a groundbreaking study this week in PLoS Biology, Brandeis and Harvard Medical School scientists report key findings about the cause and occurrence of the familial form of ALS. http://www.physorg.com/news136527791.html Medicine & Health Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:23:11 EST news136527791 University of Pittsburgh-led researchers could provide new insight into how two common congenital circulatory problems -aortic arch deformity and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) -develop in humans, as reported in the June 15 edition of Developmental Biology. http://www.physorg.com/news134756095.html Biology Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:14:55 EST news134756095