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. Whistleblower website Wikileaks began publishing on Wednesday what it said were hundreds of thousands of pager messages from the day of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. http://www.physorg.com/news178383122.html Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:52:47 EST news178383122 IBM Researchers are helping to break the language barrier with the advent of technology dubbed "n.Fluent" -- smart software that translates text between English and 11 other languages. IBM employees use it to instantaneously translate electronic documents and Web pages -- even live, instant messages exchanged on smartphones. http://www.physorg.com/news178221164.html Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:10:03 EST news178221164 (PhysOrg.com) -- A European research project works out how to keep car-to-car data transmissions private and secure from malicious hackers. http://www.physorg.com/news172175208.html Technology Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:00:01 EST news172175208 Companies are increasingly pitching their products using text messages and cellphone applications. But a South Florida entrepreneur is taking the idea to the next level by designing iPhone apps for large companies, and using new technology to alert every user whenever there's a coupon or sale. http://www.physorg.com/news170614562.html Technology Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:01 EST news170614562 British police probed allegations Thursday that a top-selling newspaper paid private investigators to hack into the mobile phones of thousands of high-profile figures. http://www.physorg.com/news166361669.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:35:12 EST news166361669 Imagine watching a football match, seeing a foul and being able to immediately swap comments with friends who saw the same incident from the other side of the stadium. http://www.physorg.com/news166355800.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:57:14 EST news166355800 It's a familiar scene in airports and train stations. Hands full with luggage, briefcase, laptop or coat and there's something you need to remember, like the level and row numbers where you parked your car in the deck. What do you do? http://www.physorg.com/news163823967.html Technology Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:40:03 EST news163823967 A new study provides some of the strongest evidence to date that Americans prefer to read political articles that agree with the opinions they already hold. http://www.physorg.com/news162723828.html Other Sciences Thu, 28 May 2009 10:04:35 EST news162723828 Lance Armstrong's refusal to speak directly to the press at the Tour of Italy has sparked a boycott by some sections of the Italian and anglophone media of the American's online messages. http://www.physorg.com/news162216283.html Technology Fri, 22 May 2009 13:04:59 EST news162216283 In the United States, where driving while using telephones without hands-free adaptor kits and texting at the wheel are not widely illegal, one in four people confesses to texting and driving, a survey found Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news162041596.html Technology Wed, 20 May 2009 12:33:39 EST news162041596 Austrian physicists say a breakthrough in next-generation quantum cryptography could allow encrypted messages to be bounced off satellites, the British journal Nature reported Sunday. http://www.physorg.com/news160593524.html Physics Sun, 03 May 2009 18:19:09 EST news160593524 (AP) -- The review Web site Yelp, which has garnered some criticism from the businesses put under its microscope, will soon let those businesses and others respond publicly to customers' critiques. http://www.physorg.com/news158517186.html Technology Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:33:59 EST news158517186 Imagine a delicious pile of French fries next to a low-fat green salad. After resisting the fries, can you really be expected to go to the gym instead of watching TV? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, consumers who focus on long-term goals are more likely to resist unhealthy urges. http://www.physorg.com/news157718406.html Other Sciences Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:40:47 EST news157718406 Ever realize you accidentally hit "Reply All" seconds after it was too late? Or forget to send the attachment mentioned in your message? With Gmail's "Undo Send" and "Forgotten Attachment Detector" features, you can give yourself an extra five seconds to call back a message so you can fix it. http://www.physorg.com/news157229751.html Technology Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:56:20 EST news157229751 Children in British junior schools could soon be taking lessons in Internet applications like Twitter under proposals to change school curriculums, the Guardian newspaper reported Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news157208461.html Technology Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:01:20 EST news157208461 Just about everybody has sent an email, noticed a mistake as they hit the "send" button and wanted to call it back. http://www.physorg.com/news156765364.html Technology Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:56:29 EST news156765364 Children's moral behavior and attitudes in the real world largely carry over to the virtual world of computers, the Internet, video games and cell phones. Interestingly, there are marked gender and race differences in the way children rate morally questionable virtual behaviors, according to Professor Linda Jackson and her team from Michigan State University in the US. Their research is the first systematic investigation of the effects of gender and race on children's beliefs about moral behavior, both in the virtual world and the real world, and the relationship between the two. The study was published online in Springer's journal, Sex Roles. http://www.physorg.com/news155220473.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:48:24 EST news155220473 (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers, including John Johnson, professor of psychology at Penn State DuBois, have discovered that literature may inspire readers to be ethical members of society. "As an evolutionary psychologist," said Johnson, "I am especially interested in the impact of literature on the emotions of the reader, and in what function these emotions serve." http://www.physorg.com/news152900319.html Other Sciences Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:19:04 EST news152900319 OMG!!! This isn't exactly proud papa news: My daughter, Reina, who recently turned 13, just racked up 14,528 text messages in one month. http://www.physorg.com/news151597167.html Technology Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:19:42 EST news151597167 The enzyme machine that translates a cell's DNA code into the proteins of life is nothing if not an editorial perfectionist. http://www.physorg.com/news150559493.html Biology Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:04:53 EST news150559493 (PhysOrg.com) -- Anti-tobacco public service announcements have been around for decades, designed to encourage people to quit smoking or to refrain from starting. Often these ads try to encourage people to avoid smoking by scaring them with the harmful effects of tobacco use. In a new study, University of Missouri researchers examined the effects of two types of content commonly used in anti-tobacco ads - tobacco health threats that evoke fear and disturbing or disgusting images. The researchers found that ads focused on either fear or disgust increased attention and memory in viewers; however, ads that included both fear and disgust decreased viewers' attention and memory. http://www.physorg.com/news143896513.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:15:13 EST news143896513 A new study by researchers at North Carolina State University shows that most Internet users are unable to distinguish genuine popup warnings messages from false ones - even after repeated mistakes. The fake ones were designed to trick users into downloading harmful software. http://www.physorg.com/news141300439.html Technology Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:07:19 EST news141300439 A cell decides what proteins to make based on the messages it receives from its genome. Sometimes messages are held back to be read later, and in most cell types these delayed messages are stored and eventually marked for destruction in P bodies (processing bodies). P bodies in worm egg cells, however, are message protectors, according to a paper by Boag et al. to be published in the Aug 11th issue of the Journal of Cell Biology. In a separate study Noble et al. report that worm eggs have different flavors of P bodies depending on developmental stage. http://www.physorg.com/news137650662.html Biology Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:17:42 EST news137650662