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) -- NASA has completed a successful test firing of the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor. http://www.physorg.com/news155923882.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:12:21 EST news155923882 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA managers completed a review Friday of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight and selected the official launch date for the STS-119 mission. Commander Lee Archambault and his six crewmates are now scheduled to lift off to the International Space Station at 9:20 p.m. EDT on March 11. http://www.physorg.com/news155573470.html Space & Earth Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:52:47 EST news155573470 American software tycoon Charles Simonyi on Thursday shrugged off a 10 million dollar price hike by Russia for his next space flight, saying space tourism was the way of the future. http://www.physorg.com/news155481353.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:16:15 EST news155481353 A Japanese astronaut going to space this month will try to fly on a carpet, use eyedrops in zero gravity and meet a series of other off-beat challenges, a space agency official said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news155469901.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:06:24 EST news155469901 Breast cancer patients 35 years old and younger have higher rates of their cancer returning after treatment than older women patients with the same stage of cancer, and their risk of recurrence is greatly impacted by the type of treatment they received, according to a March 1 study in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). http://www.physorg.com/news155397867.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:04:56 EST news155397867 A study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has shown that hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a predictor of mortality among breast cancer patients, especially those who are African-American, and that hypertension accounts for approximately 30 percent of the survival disparity between African-American and white breast cancer patients. http://www.physorg.com/news155396954.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:49:34 EST news155396954 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found within Saturn's G ring an embedded moonlet that appears as a faint, moving pinprick of light. Scientists believe it is a main source of the G ring and its single ring arc. http://www.physorg.com/news155318928.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:09:19 EST news155318928 (PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club has produced a paper model of the International Space Station (ISS) - the first designed just for children. http://www.physorg.com/news155316262.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:25:04 EST news155316262 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the second drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The test took place Feb. 28 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz. http://www.physorg.com/news155234526.html Space & Earth Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:43:22 EST news155234526 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 To mark UNESCO's International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009), six leading astronomers from the UK, the US, Europe and Asia write in March's Physics World about the biggest challenges and opportunities facing international astronomers over the next couple of decades. http://www.physorg.com/news155188813.html Space & Earth Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:00:38 EST news155188813 The European Space Agency (ESA) on Friday named a Frenchman and a German who will join four Russians in an innovative 105-day isolation experiment to test whether humans can one day fly to Mars. http://www.physorg.com/news154893651.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:01:18 EST news154893651 NASA is aiming to launch the space shuttle Discovery next month after repeated delays caused by critical valves. Shuttle managers said Wednesday they hope to launch on March 12, a full month after the original launch date of Feb. 12. http://www.physorg.com/news154866225.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:24:18 EST news154866225 Women who as children got radiation treatment for Hodgkin's disease are almost 40 times more likely than others to develop breast cancer, according to findings from five institutions, including the University of Florida. http://www.physorg.com/news153660140.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:23:22 EST news153660140 For patients who have drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis, it's critical to monitor the disease as closely as possible. That means monthly testing throughout a two-year course of powerful antibiotics, with injections six days a week for the first six months. http://www.physorg.com/news153577647.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:28:02 EST news153577647 (PhysOrg.com) -- In May 2009, Frank De Winne, of Belgian nationality and a member of the European Astronaut Corps, will fly to the International Space Station at the start of his six-month mission. This mission sees him become the first European commander of the Station by October 2009. ESA has now given his mission the name OasISS. http://www.physorg.com/news153067418.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:44:14 EST news153067418 Reporting of radiation therapy details in randomized controlled trials for Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is deficient due to a lack of reporting of key radiation therapy descriptors and quality assurance processes designed to ensure the accuracy and reproducibility of treatment regimens, according to a February 1 study in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology. http://www.physorg.com/news152980469.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:35:13 EST news152980469 Urgent action is needed to limit damages to marine ecosystems, including coral reefs and fisheries, due to increasing ocean acidity, according to 155 of the world`s scientific experts who will release the Monaco Declaration this Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news152527254.html Space & Earth Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:41:24 EST news152527254 (PhysOrg.com) -- Florida International University researchers have discovered a new single-element compound, a breakthrough that could rewrite chemistry books. http://www.physorg.com/news152464306.html Physics Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:12:26 EST news152464306 People who buy fake internet drugs could be risking their lives and supporting terrorism, according to an editorial in the February issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice. http://www.physorg.com/news152278680.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:38:33 EST news152278680 (PhysOrg.com) -- Astronauts spending months in space lose significant bone strength, making them increasingly at risk for fractures later in life. http://www.physorg.com/news152196803.html Space & Earth Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:53:48 EST news152196803 As I toured the convention hall this past week, I had to keep reminding myself that this was Detroit and the North American International Auto Show, not Las Vegas and the Consumer Electronics Show. http://www.physorg.com/news151781808.html Technology Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:37:27 EST news151781808 An ambitious project to re-engineer photosynthesis in rice, led by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) through a global consortium of scientists, has received a grant of US$11 million over 3 years from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. As a result of research being conducted by this group, rice plants that can produce 50% more grain using less fertilizer and less water are a step closer to reality. http://www.physorg.com/news151762533.html Biology Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:16:49 EST news151762533 An epidemic of the viral disease nephropathia epidemica (NE) has been linked to increases in the vole population caused by hotter summers, milder winters and increased seedcrop production by broadleaf trees. Research published in BioMed Central's open access International Journal of Health Geographics links outbreaks of this rodent-borne disease to known effects of global warming. http://www.physorg.com/news151319697.html Medicine & Health Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:14:57 EST news151319697 Scientists from Princeton University and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) have agreed to collaborate over the next 10 years, using new instrumentation on the Hawaii-based Subaru Telescope to peer into hidden corners of the nearby universe and ferret out secrets from its distant past. http://www.physorg.com/news151226672.html Space & Earth Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:24:32 EST news151226672 Astronomers this year are about to get a windfall of new and improved telescopes of unprecedented power with which to explore the universe. The bonanza arrives 400 years after Galileo spied craters on the moon through the world's first telescope. http://www.physorg.com/news151006087.html Space & Earth Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:08:07 EST news151006087 Flooding like that which devastated the North of England last year is set to become a common event across the UK in the next 75 years, new research has shown. http://www.physorg.com/news150637156.html Space & Earth Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:39:16 EST news150637156 In a first of its kind study, a first-degree family history of prostate cancer has no impact on the treatment outcomes of prostate cancer patients treated with brachytherapy (also called seed implants), and patients with this type of family history have clinical and pathologic characteristics similar to men with no family history at all, according to a January 1 study in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology. http://www.physorg.com/news150115064.html Medicine & Health Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:37:44 EST news150115064 A revolutionary container-less chemical reactor, pioneered by the space research team at Guigné International Ltd (GIL) in Canada with scientists at the University of Bath, has been installed on the International Space Station. The reactor, named Space-DRUMS, uses beams of sound to position chemicals in mid-air so they don't come into contact with the walls of the container. http://www.physorg.com/news148219022.html Space & Earth Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:57:02 EST news148219022 In an editorial in this week's PLoS Medicine, the journal's editors discuss some of the controversies surrounding international food aid, and conclude that "donor-supported food programs are not enough as a long term strategy" for addressing malnutrition. http://www.physorg.com/news146812800.html Medicine & Health Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:20:00 EST news146812800