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 University of Colorado at Boulder analysis of a skeleton found in Utah that initially indicated the remains were likely that of Southwest artist and poet Everett Ruess, who mysteriously disappeared in the 1930s, now appears to have been incorrect. http://www.physorg.com/news175418266.html Other Sciences Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:00:01 EST news175418266 (AP) -- Archaeologists have discovered a water well in Cyprus that was built as long as 10,500 years ago, and the skeleton of a young woman at the bottom of it, an official said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news165070153.html Other Sciences Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:50:02 EST news165070153 Older adults with low scores on tests of cognitive function, including thinking, learning and memory appear more likely to have the early stages of the eye disease age-related macular degeneration, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology. http://www.physorg.com/news161278669.html Medicine & Health Mon, 11 May 2009 16:38:12 EST news161278669 Hurdia victoria was originally described in 1912 as a crustacean-like animal. Now, researchers from Uppsala University and colleagues reveal it to be just one part of a complex and remarkable new animal that has an important story to tell about the origin of the largest group of living animals, the arthropods. The findings are being published in this week's issue of Science. http://www.physorg.com/news156693285.html Other Sciences Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:55:35 EST news156693285 Cutting edge science has finally put to rest a 90-year-old mystery that involved nobility, revolution, murder and the long-romanticized story of a child's escape from the firing squad. Genomic analysis performed at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in cooperation with Institutions of Russian Academy of Science (VIGG) and Academy of Medical Sciences (MHRC) have confirmed that human remains found in the Ural Mountains in July 2007 are indeed those of the two "missing" children of Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia, whose family was murdered in 1918 during the Bolshevik Revolution. http://www.physorg.com/news154788736.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:52:50 EST news154788736 Another reason not to eat pate de foie gras is discussed by Michael Greger of The Humane Society of the United States, Washington DC in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health. http://www.physorg.com/news153515027.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:04:14 EST news153515027 Asteroids are hunks of rock that orbit in the outer reaches of space, and scientists have generally assumed that their small size limited the types of rock that could form in their crusts. But two newly discovered meteorites may rewrite the book on how some asteroids form and evolve. Researchers from the Carnegie Institution, the University of Maryland, and the University of Tennessee report in the January 8th edition of Nature that these meteorites are ancient asteroid fragments consisting of feldspar-rich rock called andesite. Similar rocks were previously known only from Earth, making these samples the first of their kind from elsewhere in the Solar System. http://www.physorg.com/news150557683.html Space & Earth Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:34:43 EST news150557683 With the aid of a straightforward experiment, researchers have provided some clues to one of biology's most complex questions: how ancient organic molecules came together to form the basis of life. http://www.physorg.com/news148844248.html Biology Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:37:28 EST news148844248 Sets of small and seemingly insignificant habitat patches that are within reach for mobile species may under certain circumstances, as a group, provide an acceptable alternative to larger and contiguous habitats. This finding can make preservation of important ecological functions possible even in urban and other heavily exploited areas. http://www.physorg.com/news145800420.html Biology Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:07:00 EST news145800420 (PhysOrg.com) -- For several decades, archaeologists in Greece have been painstakingly attempting to reconstruct wall paintings that hold valuable clues to the ancient culture of Thera, an island civilization that was buried under volcanic ash more than 3,500 years ago. http://www.physorg.com/news138022758.html Technology Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:39:18 EST news138022758