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) -- A University of Arkansas researcher examined trends in model houses in the post-World War II era and found that they represent a transformation in cultural and domestic life that continues to influence housing today. http://www.physorg.com/news180173200.html Other Sciences Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:50:02 EST news180173200 (PhysOrg.com) -- Liftoff of a Delta II rocket and its NASA payload, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), has been delayed 24 hours. At the soonest, launch now will be Saturday, Dec. 12, during a launch window that extends from 6:09:33 to 6:23:51 a.m. PST (9:09:33 to 9:23:51 a.m. EST). http://www.physorg.com/news179690067.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:55:27 EST news179690067 (PhysOrg.com) -- Over the centuries Thanksgiving in America has meant many things to many people. What we consider the traditional Thanksgiving holiday today has been around only a few decades, according to Chris Lewis, an American Studies instructor at the University of Colorado at Boulder. http://www.physorg.com/news178297486.html Other Sciences Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:40:01 EST news178297486 (PhysOrg.com) -- Two World War II Japanese submarines, designed with revolutionary technology to attack the U.S. mainland, have been discovered off the Hawaiian coast of Oʻahu. They are the I-14, which carried two aircraft while submerged; and the I-201, one of the fastest attack subs of WWII. The submarines are widely believed to have been intentionally sunk by the U.S. Navy at the end of the war to keep the technology from the Soviet Union. http://www.physorg.com/news177340861.html Other Sciences Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:22:38 EST news177340861 (AP) -- A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later. http://www.physorg.com/news176809684.html Biology Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:10:02 EST news176809684 (AP) -- Qian Xuesen, a rocket scientist known as the father of China's space technology program, died Saturday in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 98. http://www.physorg.com/news176194221.html Space & Earth Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:53:17 EST news176194221 Jewish survivors of World War II who were potentially exposed to the Holocaust are at a higher risk for cancer occurrence, according to a new study published online October 26 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news175793717.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:00:09 EST news175793717 All cells perform certain basic functions. Each must selectively transcribe parts of the DNA that makes up its genome into RNAs that specify the structure of proteins. The set of proteins synthesized by a cell in turn determines its structure and behaviour, and enables it to survive and reproduce. So it is crucial that the appropriate stretches of DNA are transcribed in each cell type. http://www.physorg.com/news174302430.html Biology Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:30:02 EST news174302430 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 (PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has visited the ancient ruins of great civilizations can appreciate the difficulty of visualizing the buildings at their peak. Today's visitor to the British Museum can see structures of the Aztecs, thanks to one professor's research into the ancient architecture that served as the center stage of Aztec ceremonial life, combined with an ultra-modern electronic digital modeling process. http://www.physorg.com/news172911763.html Technology Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:05:58 EST news172911763 Researchers funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research at the University of Michigan invented a new type of magnetron that may be used to defeat enemy electronics. A magnetron is type of vacuum tube used as the frequency source in microwave ovens, radar systems and other high-power microwave circuits. http://www.physorg.com/news172331211.html Technology Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:10:02 EST news172331211 (PhysOrg.com) -- A NOAA-led research mission has located and identified the final resting place of the YP-389, a U.S. Navy patrol boat sunk approximately 20 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC, by a German submarine during World War II. http://www.physorg.com/news171796501.html Other Sciences Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:40:01 EST news171796501 Tiny particles are pivotal to climate change, public health, and nanotechnology. A significant fraction of these particles are aspherical, yet scientists must routinely assume the particles are spherical to interpret many measurements of particle properties. To determine the true shape of particles, experts at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Imre Consulting devised SPLAT II, a single particle mass spectrometer that provides extremely precise particle measurements. http://www.physorg.com/news171641601.html Physics Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:20:01 EST news171641601 (PhysOrg.com) -- The body's nanomachines that read our genes don't run as smoothly as previously thought, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, scientists. http://www.physorg.com/news168182853.html Chemistry Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:29:22 EST news168182853 Whether it's getting a cold during exam time or feeling run-down after a big meeting, we've all experienced feeling sick following a particularly stressful time at work or school. Is this merely coincidence, or is it possible that stress can actually make us sick? In a new report in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, psychologist Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser from the Ohio State University College of Medicine reviews research investigating how stress can wreak havoc on our bodies and provides some suggestions to further our understanding of this connection. http://www.physorg.com/news167319546.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:50:03 EST news167319546 About 800 pages of the world's oldest surviving Bible have been pieced together and published on the Internet for the first time, experts in Britain said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news166106367.html Technology Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:39:50 EST news166106367 Old Asia-Pacific maps from Japanese Imperial Army archives are going online for modern use, such as studying changes in forest cover or the growth of cities, a Japanese researcher said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news165861156.html Technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:40:01 EST news165861156 For many years scientists have known that the numerous biological functions of an organism are not regulated solely by the DNA sequence of its genes: Superordinate regulatory mechanisms exist that contribute to determining the fate of genes. Although they are not anchored in the DNA, they can even be passed on to subsequent generations to a certain extent. Intensive research in recent years has shown that these mechanisms - bundled under the term epigenetics, are very multifaceted and complex. http://www.physorg.com/news164376644.html Biology Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:11:00 EST news164376644 A blood-pressure medicine has been shown to reverse the effects of early-stage liver failure in some patients. http://www.physorg.com/news163061294.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:48:39 EST news163061294 Photosynthesis is a remarkable biological process that supports life on earth. Plants and photosynthetic microbes do so by harvesting light to produce their food, and in the process, also provide vital oxygen for animals and people. http://www.physorg.com/news161280872.html Biology Mon, 11 May 2009 17:15:20 EST news161280872 In the year 1596, a sacking at the hands of the Count of Essex almost destroyed the city of Cadiz. Since then, authorities have focused their efforts on establishing a barrier between the city and the sea, a reconstruction task which has accompanied the inhabitants of Cadiz throughout the last 400 years. The problems that Philip II encountered in halting marine erosion are similar to those that exist today, as well as the solutions. http://www.physorg.com/news161253226.html Other Sciences Mon, 11 May 2009 09:34:10 EST news161253226 Alterations in the topoisomerase II alpha (TOP2A) gene were associated with better patient outcomes following anthracycline-based therapy compared with non-anthracycline-based regimens, according to a study in the April 28 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The increased responsiveness is similar to what is seen in patients whose tumors carry an amplification of the HER2 gene. http://www.physorg.com/news160154745.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:33:55 EST news160154745 Researchers have uncovered new evidence suggesting factors other than genes could cause obesity, finding that genetically identical cells store widely differing amounts of fat depending on subtle variations in how cells process insulin. http://www.physorg.com/news158943850.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:06:35 EST news158943850 It's been a long wait, but it was worth it. The Black Brant XII sounding rocket with the CASCADES II experiment launched and flew through an active aurora display March 20 at 3:04 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time. The successful launch occurred after 20 nights of preparing and then waiting to launch the NASA rocket. The CASCADES II team needed very specific conditions and clear weather for an optimal launch. http://www.physorg.com/news157114040.html Space & Earth Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:47:42 EST news157114040 Even for those without a heart condition, it's a peculiar feeling when your heart "races" in response to stress. That pacing change happens in part because of how the enzyme calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM kinase II) is called into action by the body's 'fight or flight' stress response, University of Iowa researchers have found. http://www.physorg.com/news155841231.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:15:38 EST news155841231 For the tiny soil-dwelling nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, life is usually a situation of feast or famine. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have found that this worm has evolved a surprisingly optimistic genetic strategy to cope with these disparate conditions--one that could eventually point the way to new treatments for a host of human diseases caused by parasitic worms. http://www.physorg.com/news155832589.html Biology Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:50:53 EST news155832589 A major international diabetes study of more than 52,000 patients from eight countries has shown that using biphasic BIAsp 30 insulin resulted in significant clinical improvements and greater patient satisfaction. http://www.physorg.com/news155232398.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:08:18 EST news155232398 My video-game addiction took on a new, smaller footprint after the holidays. Resigning myself to the fact that my four-year-old iPod was never going to die of its own accord, I proactively put the clunky, white model with the ugly monochrome screen out to pasture and treated myself to a 32-gigabyte iPod Touch ($399). Just doing my bit to jump-start the economy, you know. http://www.physorg.com/news154807601.html Electronics Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:08:01 EST news154807601 An experimental therapy using tiny bubbles activated by transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound combined with the clot busting drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is more effective than tPA alone in treating patients suffering from ischemic stroke, according to new research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference in San Diego. http://www.physorg.com/news154265341.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:29:25 EST news154265341 During a research trip to Puerto Rico, ecologist James Porter took samples from underwater nuclear bomb target USS Killen, expecting to find evidence of radioactive matter - instead he found a link to cancer. Data revealed that the closer corals and marine life were to unexploded bombs from the World War II vessel and the surrounding target range, the higher the rates of carcinogenic materials. http://www.physorg.com/news154171806.html Space & Earth Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:32:30 EST news154171806