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. One in four Australian adults has taken an action that puts their health at risk as a result of the global financial crisis (GFC), according to a new MBF Healthwatch poll. http://www.physorg.com/news177593346.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:02 EST news177593346 Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released a new study on the installed costs of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the U.S., showing that the average cost of these systems declined by more than 30 percent from 1998 to 2008. Within the last year of this period, costs fell by more than 4 percent. http://www.physorg.com/news175353308.html Technology Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:00:01 EST news175353308 Infosys Technologies, India's second-biggest software firm, posted Friday a surprise 7.5 percent quarterly jump in net profit as an improving global economy eased price-cutting pressure. http://www.physorg.com/news174284270.html Technology Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:18:23 EST news174284270 Crisis-hit airlines said Tuesday that a plan to cap the growth of the industry's emissions by 2020 was ambitious and costly but agreed on the urgency of fighting climate change. http://www.physorg.com/news163757721.html Space & Earth Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:15:41 EST news163757721 (AP) -- China said Friday it will strictly monitor the government's economic stimulus package for projects that cause pollution, addressing worries that officials would ignore the environment in an effort to maintain China's high economic growth rates. http://www.physorg.com/news163396026.html Space & Earth Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:47:33 EST news163396026 (AP) -- A global summit of business leaders urged governments to order steep and mandatory cuts in greenhouse gases Tuesday, favoring a cap-and-trade system instead of a tax to set a market price for carbon waste. http://www.physorg.com/news162548865.html Space & Earth Tue, 26 May 2009 09:28:06 EST news162548865 (AP) -- Climate-change heavyweights U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and Nobel prize winner Al Gore urged more than 500 business leaders on Sunday to lend their corporate muscle to reaching a global deal on reducing greenhouse gases. http://www.physorg.com/news162396831.html Space & Earth Sun, 24 May 2009 15:14:11 EST news162396831