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) -- Compact lasers which can work in formerly inaccessible parts of the spectrum and are suitable for mass production are now within reach. http://www.physorg.com/news160324237.html Physics Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:31:52 EST news160324237 A group of engineering students at UC San Diego are helping to fuel the trend toward `green` vehicles by designing and building an electric racecar. The students, who are members of the UC San Diego Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), will race their hand built electric car against more than 30 college and university teams from across the globe during the Formula Hybrid International Competition May 4-6 in Loudon, NH, at the New Hampshire International Speedway. http://www.physorg.com/news160235639.html Technology Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:54:33 EST news160235639 Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania have discovered that the efficacy of the Opioid Growth Factor (OGF, [Met5]-enkephalin), a clinically important antitumor agent, is dependent on nucleocytoplasmic translocation and reliant on the integrity of nuclear localization signals in the OGF receptor (OGFr). http://www.physorg.com/news159706269.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:51:37 EST news159706269 (PhysOrg.com) -- Gas power plants could be cheaply retrofitted to generate hydrogen as well as power, chemists say in Green Chemistry, a Royal Society of Chemistry journal. http://www.physorg.com/news159706128.html Chemistry Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:49:14 EST news159706128 How will plant cells that live in the oceans and serve as the basic food supply for many of the world's sea creatures react to climate change? http://www.physorg.com/news159036210.html Biology Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:43:54 EST news159036210 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of St Andrews have made a surprise discovery that the material at the heart of the microelectronics industry can emit green light. http://www.physorg.com/news159031226.html Physics Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:20:51 EST news159031226 An international team of scientists has discovered a new acarine species (Ophionyssus schreibericolus) that lives off black green lizards from the Iberian Peninsula. This involves the first recording of the Ophionyssus genus that feeds off and lives on animals endemic to the peninsula. The researchers now think that these parasites could be found in other reptiles in the region. http://www.physorg.com/news157988634.html Biology Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:44:28 EST news157988634 Many longtime sailors have been mesmerized by the dazzling displays of green light often seen below the ocean surface in tropical seas. Now researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have uncovered key clues about the bioluminescent worms that produce the green glow and the biological mechanisms behind their light production. http://www.physorg.com/news157814163.html Biology Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:17:03 EST news157814163 Jumping spiders, a tiny chirping frog and an elegant striped gecko are among 56 species believed new to science discovered during a Conservation International (CI) Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) expedition to Papua New Guinea's highlands wilderness. http://www.physorg.com/news157187006.html Biology Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:04:05 EST news157187006 Experts from Queen's University Belfast have developed new agents to fight MRSA and other hospital-acquired infections that are resistant to antibiotics. The fluids are a class of ionic liquids that not only kill colonies of these dangerous microbes, they also prevent their growth. http://www.physorg.com/news157186221.html Chemistry Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:50:52 EST news157186221 Scientists from Japan today reported development of what could be the world's first "green" hair bleach, an environmentally friendly preparation for lightening the color of hair on the head and other parts of the body without the unwanted effects of the bleaches used by millions of people each year. http://www.physorg.com/news157133329.html Chemistry Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:09:27 EST news157133329 A database designed to "build community" and reduce barriers when adopting green chemistry has doubled in size in the last two years, its creator told professional colleagues at the national spring meeting of the American Chemical Society. http://www.physorg.com/news157127244.html Chemistry Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:27:57 EST news157127244 (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 Dear EarthTalk: What is the "green cities" movement? - John Moulton, Greenwich, Conn. http://www.physorg.com/news157055703.html Space & Earth Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:35:29 EST news157055703 One of the great things about living in Silicon Valley is that the history of technology is alive all around us. http://www.physorg.com/news156622973.html Technology Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:23:41 EST news156622973 Photodetectors -- devices found in cell phones, digital cameras and other consumer gadgets that utilize photoconducting materials -- are a green technology in performance (converting light into electricity), but the manufacture of very powerful photodetectors needs to be improved before they can qualify for solid green status. http://www.physorg.com/news156614210.html Nanotechnology Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:57:10 EST news156614210 Chinese women who ate mushrooms and drank green tea significantly cut their risk of breast cancer and the severity of the cancer in those who did develop it, an Australian researcher said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news156610089.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:48:26 EST news156610089 We usually think of fish as a "heart-healthy" food. Now fish are helping researchers better understand how heart disease develops in studies that could lead to new drugs to slow disease and prevent heart attacks. http://www.physorg.com/news155495877.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:18:28 EST news155495877 With origins dating back over 4,000 years, green tea has long been a popular beverage in Asian culture, and is increasingly gaining popularity in the United States. And while ancient Chinese and Japanese medicine believed green tea consumption could cure disease and heal wounds, recent scientific studies are beginning to establish the potential health benefits of drinking green tea, especially in weight loss, heart health, and cancer prevention. http://www.physorg.com/news155495441.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:11:30 EST news155495441 A new study provides insight into how a short burst in nitrite can exert lasting beneficial effects on the heart, protecting it from stress and assaults such as heart attacks. In this study, just published in Circulation Research, researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have demonstrated for the first time that short elevations in circulating levels of this simple anion are sufficient to have a lasting impact on the heart by modulating its oxidation status and its protein machinery. http://www.physorg.com/news155325871.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:05:06 EST news155325871 Mitochondria are restless, continually merging and splitting. But contrary to conventional wisdom, the size of these organelles depends on more than fusion and fission, as Berman et al. show. Mitochondrial growth and degradation are also part of the equation. http://www.physorg.com/news155210544.html Biology Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:02:54 EST news155210544 Compounds extracted from green vegetables such as broccoli and cabbage could be a potent drug against melanoma, according to cancer researchers. Tests on mice suggest that these compounds, when combined with selenium, target tumors more safely and effectively than conventional therapy. http://www.physorg.com/news155132202.html Medicine & Health Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:17:19 EST news155132202 The world's biggest high-tech fair kicks off Tuesday hosting guest-of-honour Arnold Schwarzenegger and offering cutting-edge solutions promising to beat the economic crisis as well as climate change. http://www.physorg.com/news155117809.html Electronics Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:19:22 EST news155117809 When Larry and Lauri Kraft decided to add a great room and three-season porch to their 1959 split-level home in St. Louis Park, Minn., they chose "green" remodeling to protect their children's health. http://www.physorg.com/news154962454.html Technology Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:08:46 EST news154962454 (PhysOrg.com) -- It takes weeks or months for the effect of most antidepressants to kick in, time that can feel like an eternity to those who need the drugs the most. But new research suggests that a protein called p11, previously shown to play a role in a person`s susceptibility to depression, activates a serotonin receptor in the brain known for producing a rapid antidepressant response. If scientists could develop drugs to target this receptor, they might produce an effect in as little as two days. http://www.physorg.com/news154800119.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:03:28 EST news154800119 (PhysOrg.com) -- McGill University chemistry professor Chao-Jun (C.J.) Li is known as one of the world leading pioneers in green chemistry, an entirely new approach to the science which eschews the use of toxic, petrochemical-based solvents in favour of basic substances like water and new ways of making molecules. http://www.physorg.com/news154708602.html Chemistry Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:38:32 EST news154708602 It's true that, unlike the rest of the world, Americans more often drink our tea instant and iced. But a revolution is brewing. We're warming up to the beneficial qualities of tea, the second most popular drink on the planet behind water. Tea sales in the U.S. are expected to double over the next five years, bolstered by a growing interest in its potential health benefits, according to market research firm Packaged Facts. http://www.physorg.com/news154623682.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:02:04 EST news154623682 (PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking at least three cups of green or black tea a day can significantly reduce the risk of stroke, a new UCLA study has found. And the more you drink, the better your odds of staving off a stroke. http://www.physorg.com/news154282377.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:13:34 EST news154282377 Contrary to popular assumptions about the health benefits of green tea, researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have found that the widely used supplement renders a cancer drug used to treat multiple myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma completely ineffective in treating cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news152902340.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:52:54 EST news152902340 Land plants' ability to sprout upward through the air, unsupported except by their own woody tissues, has long been considered one of the characteristics separating them from aquatic plants, which rely on water to support them. http://www.physorg.com/news152273392.html Biology Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:10:24 EST news152273392