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. During its first year of operations, NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope mapped the extreme sky with unprecedented resolution and sensitivity. It captured more than one thousand discrete sources of gamma rays -- the highest-energy form of light. Capping these achievements was a measurement that provided rare experimental evidence about the very structure of space and time, unified as space-time in Einstein's theories. http://www.physorg.com/news175961092.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:06:24 EST news175961092 (PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope have gained tantalizing insights into the nature of the most distant object ever observed in the Universe -- a gigantic stellar explosion known as a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB). http://www.physorg.com/news175958564.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:23:39 EST news175958564 More than 120 years after the discovery of the electromagnetic character of radio waves by Heinrich Hertz, wireless data transmission dominates information technology. Higher and higher radio frequencies are applied to transmit more data within shorter periods of time. Some years ago, scientists found that light waves might also be used for radio transmis-sion. So far, however, manufacture of the small antennas has required an enormous expenditure. German scientists have now succeeded for the first time in specifically and reproducibly manufacturing smallest optical nanoantennas from gold. http://www.physorg.com/news175262415.html Nanotechnology Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:10:01 EST news175262415 No place seems safe from the prying eyes of inquisitive astronomers. They've traced the evolution of the universe back to the "Big Bang," the theoretical birth of the cosmos 13.7 billion years ago, but there's still a long stretch of time -- about 800 million years -- that's been hidden from view. http://www.physorg.com/news174847728.html Space & Earth Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:20:01 EST news174847728 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Utah, USA, have discovered that variations in signal strengths in wireless networks can be used to "see" movements of people on the other side of walls or doors. http://www.physorg.com/news173950468.html Technology Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:40:02 EST news173950468 Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have received a grant for $792,000 from the U.S. Air Force to create a new laboratory for developing and testing next-generation radar systems that overcome one of the key limitations of conventional radars. http://www.physorg.com/news173534378.html Technology Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:30:01 EST news173534378 (PhysOrg.com) -- A West Virginia high-school student analyzing data from a giant radio telescope has discovered a new astronomical object -- a strange type of neutron star called a rotating radio transient. http://www.physorg.com/news172860368.html Space & Earth Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:49:46 EST news172860368 (PhysOrg.com) -- A full-size model Phoenix Lander has landed at Biosphere 2 before it heads, ultimately, to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C http://www.physorg.com/news172502798.html Space & Earth Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:30:01 EST news172502798 A powerful lightning storm in Saturn`s atmosphere that began in mid-January 2009 has become the Solar System`s longest continuously observed thunderstorm.  It broke the record duration of 7.5 months set by another thunderstorm observed on Saturn by NASA`s Cassini spacecraft between November 2007 and July 2008. http://www.physorg.com/news172217534.html Space & Earth Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:13:18 EST news172217534 Among the most astounding, unexpected, and important achievements of the past century (or even more) have been the discoveries of dark matter and dark energy, collectively dubbed the "dark sector." http://www.physorg.com/news171640779.html Physics Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:00:37 EST news171640779 Antennas for the latest implanted medical devices are being developed by Queen Mary University of London and tested through a unique piece of kit at the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL). http://www.physorg.com/news171620414.html Technology Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:30:01 EST news171620414 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists using a continent-wide array of radio telescopes have made an extremely precise measurement of the curvature of space caused by the Sun's gravity, and their technique promises a major contribution to a frontier area of basic physics. http://www.physorg.com/news171028283.html Physics Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:52:11 EST news171028283 (PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of researchers has debunked one of astronomy's long held beliefs about how stars are formed, using a set of galaxies found with CSIRO`s Parkes radio telescope. http://www.physorg.com/news170429814.html Space & Earth Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:37:35 EST news170429814 An exciting new astrophysics mission led by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will provide a revolutionary window into the universe. Named the Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer (GEMS), the satellite will be the first to systematically measure the polarization of cosmic X-ray sources. http://www.physorg.com/news168623210.html Space & Earth Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:47:27 EST news168623210 (AP) -- To protect against skimming and eavesdropping attacks, federal and state officials recommend that Americans keep their e-passports tightly shut and store their RFID-tagged passport cards and enhanced driver's licenses in "radio-opaque" sleeves. http://www.physorg.com/news166596219.html Technology Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:50:01 EST news166596219 (PhysOrg.com) -- The earliest stars in the universe formed not only as individuals, but sometimes also as twins, according to a paper published today in Science Express. By creating robust simulations of the early universe, astrophysicists Matthew Turk and Tom Abel of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, located at the Department of Energy`s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and Brian O'Shea of Michigan State University have gained the most detailed understanding to date of the formation of the first stars. http://www.physorg.com/news166375749.html Physics Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:29:36 EST news166375749 CSIRO astronomers have revealed the hidden face of an enormous galaxy called Centaurus A, which emits a radio glow covering an area 200 times bigger than the full Moon. http://www.physorg.com/news166184425.html Space & Earth Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:30:04 EST news166184425 Though New Orleans residents were told to evacuate days before the arrival of Hurricane Katrina, no one could have predicted the real extent of the devastation. http://www.physorg.com/news166115137.html Space & Earth Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:06:09 EST news166115137 Astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a new technique to determine the ages of millisecond pulsars, the fastest-spinning stars in the universe. http://www.physorg.com/news163781369.html Space & Earth Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:50:13 EST news163781369 Heat generated by radio waves erases most pre-cancerous cells associated with chronic acid reflux, providing an alternative to surgery or the current wait-and-see approach. http://www.physorg.com/news162755092.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 May 2009 18:45:27 EST news162755092 (PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, researchers have observed a singular cosmic act of rebirth: the transformation of an ordinary, slow-rotating pulsar into a superfast millisecond pulsar with an almost infinitely extended lifespan. http://www.physorg.com/news162134312.html Space & Earth Thu, 21 May 2009 14:19:34 EST news162134312 Scientists using NASA's fleet of THEMIS spacecraft have discovered how radio waves produced by electrons injected into Earth's near-space environment both generate and remove high-speed "killer" electrons. http://www.physorg.com/news160928968.html Physics Thu, 07 May 2009 15:30:29 EST news160928968 Duke University chemists are using modified magnetic resonance imaging to see molecular changes inside people's bodies that could signal health problems such as cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news157297184.html Chemistry Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:40:18 EST news157297184 (PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research by scientists in Italy and France shows that that single molecules have the ability to store information via their magnetic state. Their work is a first step toward a new generation of ultra-compact data storage technologies based on individual molecules. http://www.physorg.com/news155820171.html Physics Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:23:28 EST news155820171 (PhysOrg.com) -- Whether slalom or alpine skiing, competitive skiing is all about thousandths of a second. Hence, professional athletes must constantly refine their technique. Small radio transmitters will make it possible to analyze pros` habits more closely. http://www.physorg.com/news155326298.html Technology Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:12:27 EST news155326298 (PhysOrg.com) -- First responders could boost their radio communications quickly at a disaster site by setting out just four extra transmitters in a random arrangement to significantly increase the signal power at the receiver, according to theoretical analyses, simulations and proof-of-concept experiments performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news154769323.html Physics Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:29:31 EST news154769323 (PhysOrg.com) -- Using radio signals instead of shovels, a physics faculty member from Ithaca College, along with local archeologists, has found evidence of additional 1,300-year-old pit houses five miles from the Las Vegas Strip. This recent find promises to give archaeologists new insights into how people who once lived in the Southwest transitioned from a foraging society to a sedentary one. http://www.physorg.com/news154016506.html Physics Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:22:46 EST news154016506 A chance conversation between Alan Preece, Professor of Medical Physics in the Bristol Oncology Centre, and Dr Ian Craddock from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering has led to the development of MARIA, a new and safe technology using radio waves to image breast cancers. http://www.physorg.com/news153586855.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:01:44 EST news153586855 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 (PhysOrg.com) -- Listening to the early universe just got harder. A team led by Alan Kogut of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., today announced the discovery of cosmic radio noise that booms six times louder than expected. http://www.physorg.com/news150569765.html Space & Earth Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:56:05 EST news150569765