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. Twitter used to ask "What are you doing?" No longer. The micro-blogging service now wants to know "What's happening?" http://www.physorg.com/news177875413.html Technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:50:03 EST news177875413 A team of mathematicians from the Engineering and Architecture Schools of the University of Seville has created a method to design underground lines whereby a city's historical buildings are unaffected. The results of the study, which has just been published in the Journal of the Operational Research Society, offer possible solutions for the future underground line 2 in Seville. http://www.physorg.com/news177157222.html Other Sciences Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:00:01 EST news177157222 Shoppers could see lower prices but less variety to choose from as more manufacturers sell directly to consumers through the Internet, according to new research led by a University of Illinois business professor. http://www.physorg.com/news176397465.html Other Sciences Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:30:01 EST news176397465 (PhysOrg.com) -- Chinese scientists today reveal the discovery of five remarkable new feathered dinosaur fossils which are significantly older than any previously reported. The new finds are indisputably older than Archaeopteryx, the oldest known bird, at last providing hard evidence that birds evolved from dinosaurs. http://www.physorg.com/news173079035.html Other Sciences Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:31:08 EST news173079035 ASUS today launched a Skype Certified touchscreen videophone dedicated to unlimited video calling over the Internet -- the ASUS Videophone Touch AiGuru SV1T. http://www.physorg.com/news172426564.html Electronics Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:16:56 EST news172426564 (PhysOrg.com) -- Some slow-moving faults may help protect some regions of Italy and other parts of the world against destructive earthquakes, suggests new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson. http://www.physorg.com/news170672915.html Space & Earth Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:09:53 EST news170672915 (AP) -- "Cash for Clunkers" isn't the only economic stimulus program to attract a lot of takers. http://www.physorg.com/news170613781.html Technology Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:10:02 EST news170613781 Powerful earthquakes that have jolted Asia recently do not presage a disaster, although it is only a matter of time before the next catastrophe befalls the quake-prone region, seismologists say. http://www.physorg.com/news170257984.html Space & Earth Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:54:02 EST news170257984 (PhysOrg.com) -- While information technology is generally thought to require electrons or photons for transmitting information, scientists have recently demonstrated a third method of transmission: chemical reactions. Based on a flammable `infofuse,` the new system combines information technology and chemistry into a new area the researchers call "infochemistry." http://www.physorg.com/news164629201.html Chemistry Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:20:30 EST news164629201 (AP) -- The libraries in Delaware County, Pa., are trying to shift into warp speed. The county is hooking eight branches to a fiber-optic network to help meet library patrons' ever-rising demand for high-bandwidth tasks like streaming educational videos and uploading online resumes. http://www.physorg.com/news160750845.html Technology Tue, 05 May 2009 14:01:28 EST news160750845 (PhysOrg.com) -- Earth-bound tornadoes are puny compared to "space tornadoes," which span a volume as large as Earth and produce electrical currents exceeding 100,000 amperes, according to new observations by a suite of five NASA space probes. http://www.physorg.com/news159720322.html Space & Earth Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:46:51 EST news159720322 Most fish rely primarily on their vision to find prey to feed upon, but a University of Rhode Island biologist and her colleagues have demonstrated that a group of African cichlids feeds by using its lateral line sensory system to detect minute vibrations made by prey hidden in the sediments. http://www.physorg.com/news158862769.html Biology Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:33:15 EST news158862769 Researchers at Temple University Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry found that a color-changing oral strip is as effective in detecting periodontal disease as traditional methods, and is easier and less costly to administer. http://www.physorg.com/news158584347.html Medicine & Health Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:12:56 EST news158584347 Ant and bee colonies have long fascinated biologists because of their hierarchical social structure and the apparently altruistic behaviour of female workers in rearing the queen's young rather than reproducing themselves. In colonies headed by a single queen, this makes evolutionary sense in that the workers are as closely related to the princesses and princes they nurture as they would be to their own children. Thus the genes underlying this behaviour would be successfully transmitted through the generations due to "kin selection". http://www.physorg.com/news157733334.html Biology Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:49:36 EST news157733334 (PhysOrg.com) -- Buying a new car is one of the biggest purchases most people make. But how can you be sure that the car you order will live up to your expectations? European and Asian researchers are using immersive virtual reality and emotional design to offer a solution. http://www.physorg.com/news157040818.html Technology Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:27:40 EST news157040818 From hair color to the ancestral line of parasitic bacteria, scientists can glean a lot from genes. But imagine if genes also revealed where you lived or who you spent time with. It turns out they do, if you know where and how to look. http://www.physorg.com/news154786845.html Biology Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:25:31 EST news154786845 (PhysOrg.com) -- New imaging and high capacity wireless communications systems are one step closer to reality, thanks to a millimeter wave amplifier invented at the University of California, San Diego and unveiled on Feb 11, 2009 at the prestigious International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in San Francisco, Calif. http://www.physorg.com/news153582213.html Technology Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:45:00 EST news153582213 (PhysOrg.com) -- As competition increases and shippers raise their expectations for service, trucking companies must optimize their routes and use of drivers, vehicles and facilities. http://www.physorg.com/news153151752.html Technology Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:10:08 EST news153151752 Take a guess -- how long are the dashed lines that are painted down the middle of a road? If you're like most people, you answered, "Two feet." http://www.physorg.com/news152809087.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:58:50 EST news152809087 Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Germany, determined the structure of a protein (L1ORF1p), which is encoded by a parasitic genetic element and which is responsible for its mobility. http://www.physorg.com/news151595636.html Biology Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:54:36 EST news151595636 (PhysOrg.com) -- Dartmouth engineering professor and entrepreneur Victor Petrenko -along with his colleagues at Dartmouth and at Ice Engineering LLC in Lebanon, N.H. -have invented a way to cheaply and effectively keep ice off power lines. http://www.physorg.com/news150566568.html Technology Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:02:48 EST news150566568 The next time you are reading a book, or even as you read this article, consider the words that you are seeing. How do you recognize these words? Substantial research has shown that while reading, we recognize words by their letters and not by the general shape of the word. However, it was largely unknown how we differentiate one letter from another. http://www.physorg.com/news146830603.html Medicine & Health Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:16:43 EST news146830603 The mysterious process that orchestrates cells to move in unison to form human and animal embryos, heal wounds, and even spread cancer depends on interaction between two well-known genetic signaling pathways, two University of Utah medical school researchers have discovered. http://www.physorg.com/news145542766.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:32:46 EST news145542766 Nanotechnology offers unique opportunities to advance the life sciences by facilitating the delivery, manipulation and observation of biological materials with unprecedented resolution. The ability to pattern nanoscale arrays of biological material assists studies of genomics, proteomics and cell adhesion, and may be applied to achieve increased sensitivity in drug screening and disease detection, even when sample volumes are severely limited. http://www.physorg.com/news143135041.html Nanotechnology Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:44:01 EST news143135041 This week, Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing new observations with AMBER/VLTI of the gas component in the vicinity of young stars. An international team of astronomers led by E. Tatulli (Grenoble, France) and S. Kraus (Bonn, Germany) used the unique capability of the VLT near-infrared interferometer, coupled with spectroscopy, to probe the gaseous environment of Herbig Ae/Be stars. These are young stars of intermediate mass (approximately 2 to 10 solar masses), which are still contracting and often show strong line emissions. http://www.physorg.com/news142850513.html Space & Earth Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:41:53 EST news142850513 New analytical tools coming on line at the Spallation Neutron Source, the Department of Energy's state-of-the-art neutron science facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, include a beam line dedicated to nuclear physics studies. http://www.physorg.com/news142775634.html Physics Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:53:54 EST news142775634 Sharp Corporation has completed installation of a new 2nd-generation thin-film solar cell production line at its Katsuragi Plant (Katsuragi City, Nara Prefecture) using large-size glass substrates measuring 1,000 x 1,400 mm, equivalent to 2.7 times the area of conventional substrates (560 x 925 mm), and will begin volume production this October. http://www.physorg.com/news142100382.html Technology Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:19:42 EST news142100382 If there's one thing that separates humankind from the animals, it's that human beings wait in lines. To make a deposit at the bank, to pay for groceries, even to vote -- we've all learned to queue, one behind the other. And we've learned, if not to like it, then at least to grin and bear it. http://www.physorg.com/news141318591.html Other Sciences Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:09:51 EST news141318591 Kent Displays Inc. (KDI), a Kent State University partner, yesterday took delivery of a roll-to-roll production line which enables the manufacture of flexible displays, representing a significant change in the way liquid crystals will be used in everyday products. This production line, the first of its kind in the world, will increase the supply of flexible, low-power displays for unique product applications such as credit cards, curved surfaces, product tags, and other ePaper applications. http://www.physorg.com/news140797879.html Technology Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:31:19 EST news140797879 RBH has just announced that they are adding five new speakers to their Signature Line. These five new speakers were made to compliment RBH´s existing Signature Reference freestanding lineup. http://www.physorg.com/news139674959.html Electronics Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:35:59 EST news139674959