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. Like the paperless office, the smart home has been a long time coming, but a report published in the International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology, suggests that radio tags coupled with mobile communications devices could soon provide seamless multimedia services to the home. http://www.physorg.com/news177850915.html Technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:20:01 EST news177850915 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new way to access and reuse environmental data from diverse sources has been devised by European researchers. They foresee a future where environmental data and services are offered on the open market. http://www.physorg.com/news177671377.html Technology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:10:05 EST news177671377 Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug by adolescents, with almost 42% of high school seniors admitting to having experimented with it. Continued marijuana use may result in a number of serious consequences including depression, cognitive impairment, cardiovascular disease, and certain forms of cancer. As such, it is critical to prevent marijuana use by adolescents and numerous behavioral and medical scientists have been trying to establish the best means of prevention. http://www.physorg.com/news177603743.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:40:05 EST news177603743 (PhysOrg.com) -- Although America's supply of drinking water is considered among the world's safest, there is an urgent need to develop more stringent regulations to guide how water is monitored for pollutants, according to April Gu, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University. Gu is working on the fundamental research underlying our ability to identify and monitor real and potential pollutants in water and remove them at lower cost than is now possible. http://www.physorg.com/news176659712.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:40:02 EST news176659712 Nature inspires technology for an engineer and an ecologist teamed up at Michigan State University. They're developing robots that use advanced materials to swim like fish to probe underwater environments. http://www.physorg.com/news176362489.html Electronics Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:36:33 EST news176362489 Optimizing expertise and equipment to get solid answers both producers and government agencies can use was the goal of a massive two-week air quality monitoring project at an eastern New Mexico dairy, according to project researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news175167039.html Space & Earth Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:35:17 EST news175167039 Samsung Electronics today announced the release of its Lapfit monitors, LD220G & LD190N, for use as a secondary display for notebook PCs. Now available through Samsung resellers and retailers at an estimated street price of $249.99 and $149.99 respectively, Lapfit offers notebook users the benefits of having dual displays to view multiple web sites, documents, tool palettes and widgets. http://www.physorg.com/news174845892.html Electronics Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:40:03 EST news174845892 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Manchester are developing 'early warning systems' that could prevent power blackouts in the UK. http://www.physorg.com/news174560056.html Technology Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:54:50 EST news174560056 (PhysOrg.com) -- Combining home-based blood pressure monitoring and telephone counseling significantly improves a person's blood pressure control at a minimal cost, according to a study published online in the Annals of Internal Medicine by researchers at Duke University Medical Center. http://www.physorg.com/news174067562.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:06:35 EST news174067562 (PhysOrg.com) -- Locusts, the grasshopper-like insects of Biblical lore, are normally docile creatures that prefer solitary lives in the desert, away from other members of their species. But sometimes, when the rains come and patches of green begin to dot dry landscapes, their populations skyrocket and something extraordinary can happen. Hormonal changes, triggered by crowding, can cause the insects to change color, become more active and congregate in huge swarms capable of decimating crops. http://www.physorg.com/news172946653.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:10:01 EST news172946653 Asus today unveiled the brand new ultra-slim Designo MS Series LCD monitors MS246/ 236/ 227/ 226/ 202 to astound users with a perfect combination of exceptional style and picture quality. http://www.physorg.com/news171780185.html Electronics Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:43:43 EST news171780185 (AP) -- Hackers on Thursday shut down the fast-growing messaging service Twitter for hours, while Facebook experienced intermittent access problems. http://www.physorg.com/news168777690.html Technology Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:14:09 EST news168777690 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tasmania`s east coast is recording its highest-ever winter water temperatures of more than 13ºC - up to 1.5ºC above normal - due to a strengthening of an ocean current originating north of Australia. http://www.physorg.com/news168794841.html Space & Earth Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:40:03 EST news168794841 (PhysOrg.com) -- Comfortable smart clothes that monitor the wearer`s heart, breathing and body temperature promise to revolutionise healthcare by reducing hospital visits and allowing patients to lead more active lives. http://www.physorg.com/news167322076.html Technology Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:21:50 EST news167322076 A team of researchers from the CSIC-INTA Astrobiology Centre in Madrid has confirmed that the type of mineralogical composition on the surface of Mars influences the measuring of its temperature. The study is published this week in the Journal of Environmental Monitoring and will be used to interpret the data from the soil temperature sensor of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) vehicle, whose launch is envisaged for 2011. http://www.physorg.com/news166785678.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:21:56 EST news166785678 (AP) -- Fishery managers trying to protect rare sea turtles from dying in fishing nets have tapped a Cape Cod company to build a device they think can help balance turtle protection with profitable fishing. http://www.physorg.com/news164735717.html Biology Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:00:01 EST news164735717 (AP) -- Google Inc. said Friday that it was working to block pornography reaching users of its Chinese service after a mainland watchdog found the search engine turned up large numbers of links to obscene and vulgar sites. http://www.physorg.com/news164627519.html Technology Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:52:28 EST news164627519 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny fluctuations in a fetus`s heartbeat can indicate distress, but currently there is no way to detect such subtle variations except during labor, when it could be too late to prevent serious or even fatal complications. http://www.physorg.com/news163070083.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:16:59 EST news163070083 (AP) -- Companies that sell "identity-theft protection" present an alluring but questionable proposition. http://www.physorg.com/news162828527.html Technology Fri, 29 May 2009 15:09:34 EST news162828527 Women with chest pain are less likely than male patients to receive recommended, proven therapies while en route to the hospital, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Despite evidence showing that the drugs aspirin and nitroglycerin are important early interventions for people who may be having a heart attack, women don't get them as often as male patients with the same types of symptoms, says a new study that will be presented Friday, May 15, 2009 at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's annual conference. http://www.physorg.com/news161629752.html Medicine & Health Fri, 15 May 2009 18:09:44 EST news161629752 One of the major sources of drinking water for south-east Queensland is now under the watchful eye of Australia's largest integrated intelligent wireless sensor network. http://www.physorg.com/news161427981.html Technology Wed, 13 May 2009 10:06:52 EST news161427981 A newly-laid, 32-mile underwater cable finally links the state's only seafloor seismic station with the University of California, Berkeley's seismic network, merging real-time data from west of the San Andreas fault with data from 31 other land stations sprinkled around Northern and Central California. http://www.physorg.com/news156686032.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:54:33 EST news156686032 The possibility of remote monitoring for chronically ill patients will soon become a reality. Now, researchers in South Africa and Australia have devised a decentralized system to avoid medical data overload. They describe the peer-to-peer system in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news155810080.html Technology Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:35:15 EST news155810080 University of Texas (UT) professor, Dean Neikirk, will be field-testing a new bridge monitoring system within the year. The project is a collaboration between industry, government, and academia that will provide real-time monitoring of dangerous bridges and reduce inspection costs for all bridges. http://www.physorg.com/news154614946.html Technology Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:36:24 EST news154614946 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Leicester and Nottingham have devised a method for identifying levels of exposure to environmental arsenic - by testing toenail clippings. http://www.physorg.com/news154342897.html Space & Earth Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:50:01 EST news154342897 The level of nitric oxide (NO) in an asthmatic's exhaled breath can portend worsening asthma symptoms, and may even signify an imminent attack linked to underlying airway inflammation. This has made the monitoring of NO levels, particularly in children, of significant interest as a potential way to help clinicians fine-tune medications and improve treatment outcomes. However, a recent multi-center prospective study found that calibrating medications based on daily monitoring of the fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) and symptoms in asthmatic children showed no significant improvement over medicating based on daily symptom monitoring alone. http://www.physorg.com/news150537448.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:57:28 EST news150537448 Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have demonstrated important new roles for the protein kinase complex Cdc7/Dbf4 or Cdc7/Drf1 (Ddk) in monitoring damage control during DNA replication and reinitiating replication following DNA repair. Since Ddk is often deregulated in human cancers, this new understanding of its role in DNA damage control could help shape new cancer therapies. The research was published in the December 24 issue of Molecular Cell. http://www.physorg.com/news150397201.html Biology Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:00:01 EST news150397201 (PhysOrg.com) -- High blood pressure can be a trial of patience for doctors and for sufferers, whose blood pressure often has to be monitored over a long time until it can be regulated. This will now be made easier by a pressure sensor that is inserted in the femoral artery. http://www.physorg.com/news150393796.html Technology Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:03:16 EST news150393796 Continuous glucose monitoring as part of antenatal care for women with diabetes improves maternal blood glucose control and lowers birth weight and risk of macrosomia (excessive birth weight in babies), according to a study published on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news141637627.html Medicine & Health Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:47:07 EST news141637627 In a computer-based model evaluating the benefits and costs of three types of HIV disease monitoring strategies, early initiation of antiretroviral therapy and monitoring using the CD4 count, a measure of immune system function, instead of based on symptoms appear to provide health benefits in low- and middle-income countries, according to a report in the September 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news141322965.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:22:45 EST news141322965