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. Mark Morgenthaler wants nothing more than to hire 15 people to help expand his wireless Internet service, Surfnet Communications in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He can't wait to start accepting applications, interviewing candidates, and making job offers. http://www.physorg.com/news179052810.html Technology Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:20:01 EST news179052810 The five billion pound Skills for Life programme is based on the assumption that an improvement in literacy and numeracy will increase people's earning potential, as well as their productivity and employability. However, according to Professor Alison Wolf of King's College London who led the study, workplace basic skills courses are having little impact, in their current form. http://www.physorg.com/news178349221.html Other Sciences Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:40:01 EST news178349221 While more than half the academic life science researchers responding to a 2007 survey indicated having some relationship with industrial entities, the prevalence of such relationships - particularly direct funding for research studies - appears to be dropping. Results of the survey, appearing in the November/December 2009 issue of Health Affairs, also suggest that interest in commercial applications of research appears to be growing, even among investigators without industry funding. The new study is a follow-up to 1985 and 1995 surveys by members of the same team. http://www.physorg.com/news176464659.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:10:01 EST news176464659 (AP) -- Twitter Inc.'s founders now have a billion-dollar baby, and they seem determined to raise it without a corporate parent. http://www.physorg.com/news173108253.html Technology Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:38:31 EST news173108253 (PhysOrg.com) -- The UK government is developing a new scheme, the Research Excellence Framework (REF), to assess university research proposals and allocate public funds for research. The scheme is being developed in collaboration with higher education bodies in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland, and will make much greater use of quantitative information (bibliometrics) than its predecessor. http://www.physorg.com/news173084719.html Other Sciences Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:10:01 EST news173084719 Investments in clean-tech startups plummeted in the first quarter of 2009 compared with recent quarters, according to a report issued this week by Ernst & Young. http://www.physorg.com/news161445415.html Technology Wed, 13 May 2009 14:57:13 EST news161445415 (PhysOrg.com) -- One of the more interesting areas of technological development in the coming years is likely to be energy development -- specifically green energy development. With new advances in physics allowing for such items as organic thin-film solar cells, it appears that energy technology could be one of the uses for cutting edge scientific advancements. U.S. President Barack Obama is hoping to spur further advancements in energy technology through increased funding for research and development. http://www.physorg.com/news157120786.html Technology Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:40:08 EST news157120786 US President Barack Obama will on Monday sign an executive order reversing Bush administration restrictions on federal funding for stem-cell research, a senior administration official said. http://www.physorg.com/news155587890.html Biology Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:52:07 EST news155587890 (PhysOrg.com) -- A decision by the Dutch government to introduce "competitiveness" into the criteria for funding university research has in effect obliterated Leiden University's department of evolutionary biology. Ironically, February 12th marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Robert Darwin's birth. He laid the ground work for the study of evolutionary biology in his work, "On the Origin of the Species." Natural selection takes on many forms in the 21st century. Placing a monetary value on worthy scientific work and the race for scarce funding sources creates an artificial selection with significant implications for all species. Boards, committees and other agencies of government decide on a daily basis the funding worthiness of the species. The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research's (NWO) competitiveness criteria is no different than its counterparts around the world. http://www.physorg.com/news153661585.html Other Sciences Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:46:52 EST news153661585 The first comprehensive survey of global spending on neglected disease R&D, published in this week's PLoS Medicine, finds that just over $US 2.5 billion was invested into R&D of new products in 2007, with three diseases -HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria -receiving nearly 80% of the total. http://www.physorg.com/news152952195.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:43:33 EST news152952195 Specialty crops, including fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and nursery crops, have become increasingly important compared to other categories of agriculture in the United States over the past 50 years. These crops have continued to grow in production value, but this growth has not been matched by growth in public agricultural research spending. In fact, spending on specialty crops research has remained constant during a time period when the value of production for these crops has increased significantly. http://www.physorg.com/news152892185.html Biology Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:04:07 EST news152892185 (PhysOrg.com) -- If you write a blog and haven`t been to Skribit (skribit.com) perhaps it`s just a matter of time. Paul Stamatiou created the service as a tool to help cure blogger`s block (writer`s block for bloggers) a little over a year ago, and already it boasts more than 4,000 blogs using it and gets about 4 million hits per month. http://www.physorg.com/news148062997.html Technology Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:36:37 EST news148062997 An analysis of news media coverage of medical studies indicates that news articles often fail to report pharmaceutical company funding and frequently refer to medications by their brand names, both potential sources of bias, according to a study in the October 1 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news142012663.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:57:43 EST news142012663 Arlington, VA -The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expected soon to increase the estimate of new HIV infections in the United States by 40 percent. This highlights the need to make HIV testing a routine part of medical care and provide better funding to care for those who test positive, according to the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA). http://www.physorg.com/news136818466.html Medicine & Health Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:07:46 EST news136818466