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) -- Disability, John Spletzer believes, should no longer pose any obstacle to mobility. A blind person may not be able to see or a paraplegic to walk, but each can access the technology available to the rest of the world. And that technology has the potential to serve as a person`s feet, hands and eyes and thus restore his ability to interact with his environment. http://www.physorg.com/news177062541.html Technology Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:40:12 EST news177062541 NASA is set to blast off a prototype rocket on Tuesday that carries hopes of returning humans to the Moon, and for the first time to Mars, despite deep uncertainty about the program's future. http://www.physorg.com/news175694891.html Space & Earth Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:08:50 EST news175694891 Just two months after the successful launch of the GOES-O spacecraft, now called GOES-14 in orbit, the NASA team removed the GOES-P spacecraft from storage and commenced its post storage testing. GOES-P is being prepared for an early March 2010 launch and if the launch schedule holds, it boasts an unprecedented two launches in approximately 8 months. http://www.physorg.com/news174933942.html Space & Earth Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:00:01 EST news174933942 An Ariane 5 rocket successfully placed communications satellites into geostationary orbit on Friday for Japan's SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and Australian operator Optus, according to Arianespace. http://www.physorg.com/news170137626.html Space & Earth Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:50:01 EST news170137626 Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a division of US global security firm Lockheed Martin Corporation, said Monday it would cut about 800 jobs by year-end to improve its competitiveness. http://www.physorg.com/news169755667.html Space & Earth Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:50:03 EST news169755667 A presidential space panel on Thursday challenged NASA's vision of establishing a base on the moon and instead weighed other ambitious options that include free-ranging spaceships that could visit destinations throughout the inner solar system. http://www.physorg.com/news168274466.html Space & Earth Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:55:36 EST news168274466 Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, has finished building and testing the heat shield for protecting the Curiosity rover of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory project. This heat shield is even larger than the ones used for protecting Apollo astronauts as they returned to Earth. http://www.physorg.com/news166454521.html Space & Earth Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:23:44 EST news166454521 For months, a powerful Republican senator from Alabama has fought the Obama administration to block $150 million that the White House wanted to spend to help private companies build rockets capable of reaching the international space station. http://www.physorg.com/news165837896.html Space & Earth Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:05:28 EST news165837896 A study conducted on hundreds of rats could help us understand how the brain identifies specific sounds in a noisy environment. The investigation, soon to be published in the journal Brain, was conducted by Alex Martin of the Université de Montréal Department of Psychology. http://www.physorg.com/news146231125.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:45:25 EST news146231125 (PhysOrg.com) -- Technology developed at The University of Nottingham will be giving James Bond the edge over his enemies when the latest high octane 007 adventure hits cinema screens later this week. http://www.physorg.com/news144600395.html Technology Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:46:35 EST news144600395