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. Project Safe Neighborhoods - a community-based policing effort launched in 2001 - has been largely successful in its goal of reducing violent crime, according to an analysis by Michigan State University, the national research and training partner of the federal initiative. http://www.physorg.com/news176996902.html Other Sciences Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:10:04 EST news176996902 (AP) -- Taser International is advising police agencies across the nation not to shoot its stun guns at a suspect's chest. http://www.physorg.com/news175339749.html Medicine & Health Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:20:02 EST news175339749 (PhysOrg.com) -- In a first-of its-kind study, epidemiologists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that, on average, guns did not protect those who possessed them from being shot in an assault. The study estimated that people with a gun were 4.5 times more likely to be shot in an assault than those not possessing a gun. http://www.physorg.com/news173531867.html Medicine & Health Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:18:04 EST news173531867 Gun shows and the lack of uniform gun-control laws provide easy access to guns that can be used for criminal purposes, according to a new report released today from the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program. http://www.physorg.com/news171227313.html Other Sciences Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:09:25 EST news171227313 The assumption that gangs are at the root of gun crime in the UK is overstated, according to a study published today in a special issue of Criminology and Criminal Justice, published by SAGE. http://www.physorg.com/news168072289.html Other Sciences Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:50:02 EST news168072289 Guns smuggled from the US arm criminals in Canada and Mexico, contributing to a higher murder rate in Canada and more intense drug crime conflict near the Mexican border, according to a study published today in a special issue of Criminology and Criminal Justice, published by SAGE. http://www.physorg.com/news168072061.html Other Sciences Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:10:03 EST news168072061 Manufacturers of the Taser stun gun on Monday unveiled a new handheld weapon on Monday which is capable of shocking three people without having to reload. http://www.physorg.com/news167991734.html Technology Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:40:02 EST news167991734 Comprehensive regulation of gun sellers appears to reduce the trafficking of guns to criminals, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. http://www.physorg.com/news166184521.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:22:32 EST news166184521 Doctors in southwest China have successfully removed a bullet from a woman's head 42 years after she was shot, putting an end to decades of increasingly unbearable pain, state media said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news161596046.html Medicine & Health Fri, 15 May 2009 08:48:00 EST news161596046 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study finds no evidence that gun shows lead to substantial increases in either gun-related homicides or suicides. http://www.physorg.com/news142097706.html Other Sciences Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:35:06 EST news142097706 Nail gun injuries decline with the use of safer triggers and training, but safety regulations are needed for residential carpenters, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. http://www.physorg.com/news137949539.html Medicine & Health Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:18:59 EST news137949539 Criminals who use firearms may find it much harder to evade justice in future, thanks to an ingenious new bullet tagging technology developed in the UK. http://www.physorg.com/news136808322.html Nanotechnology Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:18:42 EST news136808322