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. A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA space agency computers was on Friday refused permission to appeal to the new Supreme Court in London against his extradition to the United States. http://www.physorg.com/news174545639.html Technology Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:10:01 EST news174545639 New York University Anthropology Professor Sally Engle Merry will examine how rankings of human rights are created under a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation. The resulting research is designed to help the public as well as international decision-makers develop a fuller understanding of the kinds of knowledge these rankings provide. http://www.physorg.com/news173975965.html Other Sciences Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:50:05 EST news173975965 A growing global movement to apologize and make restitution to victims of human rights abuses is now gathering steam in the United States, but it won't be a first for the country, says the president of The Western History Association. http://www.physorg.com/news173354491.html Other Sciences Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:20:04 EST news173354491 While many have argued that media freedom is integral to a functioning democracy and respect for human rights, a new study is the first to examine the effects of media freedom in countries that lack such democratic institutions as fair elections. http://www.physorg.com/news172331463.html Other Sciences Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:20:01 EST news172331463 (AP) -- Like so many great discoveries, it was an accident. British scientist Alec Jeffreys realized 25 years ago Thursday that individuals have "DNA fingerprints," unique patterns of genetic material that can be used to identify them. The discovery has solved thousands of crimes, put murderers behind bars, split and reunited families - and launched a fierce debate about privacy and human rights. http://www.physorg.com/news171801434.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:41:00 EST news171801434 Elderly individuals who have a report of self-neglect or abuse submitted to a social service agency have an associated increased risk of death, according to a study in the August 5 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on violence and human rights. http://www.physorg.com/news168624372.html Medicine & Health Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:10:01 EST news168624372 As leaders of the former Khmer Rouge regime testify in a human rights tribunal, in harrowing detail, for the killing of more than a million Cambodians from 1975 to 1979 a central medical question remains unanswered: will the trials help a society heal or exacerbate the lingering affects of widespread trauma? http://www.physorg.com/news168623943.html Medicine & Health Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:10:01 EST news168623943 (AP) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Beijing on Thursday to cooperate on climate change, calling a safe environment a basic human right. http://www.physorg.com/news162707689.html Space & Earth Thu, 28 May 2009 05:35:26 EST news162707689 Trade mark protection serves the needs of trade mark owners well -- but to the detriment of the consuming public and other traders and rivals, says a new study from the University of Leicester. http://www.physorg.com/news161871959.html Other Sciences Mon, 18 May 2009 13:26:55 EST news161871959 (AP) -- Britain said Thursday it will set up a system to remove details about the DNA of innocent people from its nationwide registry of genetic information - but it could take up to 12 years for some of that information to be erased. http://www.physorg.com/news160894054.html Other Sciences Thu, 07 May 2009 05:48:02 EST news160894054 Human rights trump doing business, Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz insisted at a summit of Internet allies combining forces to battle censorship by oppressive regimes. http://www.physorg.com/news160806034.html Technology Wed, 06 May 2009 05:22:39 EST news160806034 Access to maternal health-care is extremely limited and poor nutrition, anemia and malaria are widespread in eastern Burma, which increases the risk of pregnancy complications, says new research published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. Human rights violations -such as displacement and forced labur -are also widely present, and in some communities forced relocation doubled the risk of women developing anemia and greatly decreased their chances of receiving any antenatal care. http://www.physorg.com/news149247869.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:44:29 EST news149247869 Injection drug users sentenced to compulsory detention under China's paradoxical policies on HIV/AIDS and narcotics suffer human rights abuses that may imperil their health, says a new study published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news148057492.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:04:52 EST news148057492