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. (AP) -- The next version of the Bluetooth wireless technology is expected to transfer data 10 times faster than the current incarnation. Gadgets using it could be on the market by early next year. http://www.physorg.com/news159642575.html Technology Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:10:52 EST news159642575 An international team of astronomers has used the world's biggest radio telescope to look deep into the brightest galaxies that NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope can see. The study solidifies the link between an active galaxy's gamma-ray emissions and its powerful radio-emitting jets. http://www.physorg.com/news159639919.html Space & Earth Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:25:56 EST news159639919 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new, simpler programming language for wireless sensor networks is designed for easy use by geologists who might use them to monitor volcanoes and biologists who rely on them to understand birds' nesting behaviors, for example. Researchers at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University have written the language with the novice programmer in mind. http://www.physorg.com/news158255788.html Technology Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:57:19 EST news158255788 (PhysOrg.com) -- Mobile users want better video calls, streaming television and faster downloads, placing more demands on the limited radio spectrum available to operators. Could handsets that intelligently sense their radio environment and opportunistically grab free bandwidth be a solution? http://www.physorg.com/news157907427.html Technology Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:11:06 EST news157907427 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 Last.fm, which provides music to online users like a jukebox, will start charging fans outside Britain, the United States and Germany from the end of the month, the London-based site's co-founder said. http://www.physorg.com/news157229916.html Technology Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:59:18 EST news157229916 (PhysOrg.com) -- New results from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have made a major advance in explaining how a special class of black holes may shut off the high-speed jets they produce. These results suggest that these black holes have a mechanism for regulating the rate at which they grow. http://www.physorg.com/news157212704.html Space & Earth Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:12:29 EST news157212704 (PhysOrg.com) -- Radio frequency identification (RFID) devices have widely been used for tracking for years; recently, scientists from U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have developed a unique tracking technology that also monitors the environmental and physical conditions of containers of nuclear materials in storage and transportation. http://www.physorg.com/news157126091.html Technology Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:09:13 EST news157126091 Einstein@Home, based at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee (UWM) and the Albert Einstein Institute (AEI) in Germany, is one of the world's largest public volunteer distributed computing projects. More than 200,000 people have signed up for the project and donated time on their computers to search gravitational wave data for signals from unknown pulsars. http://www.physorg.com/news157113935.html Space & Earth Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:45:58 EST news157113935 Italian defence firm Finmeccanica said Tuesday it had won a 260-million-euro (375-million-dollar) radar contract from the air force that will allow for cutting-edge WiMAX Internet technology in Italy. http://www.physorg.com/news157109316.html Technology Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:29:24 EST news157109316 (AP) -- Patrick Sheldon has been a loyal reader of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer since 1965, when his dad started buying it because he preferred its sports coverage to that of rival Seattle Times. http://www.physorg.com/news156594813.html Technology Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:34:29 EST news156594813 (PhysOrg.com) -- A clever but simple new way of making transistors out of high-performance organic microwires presents a potential path for products such as smart merchandise tags, light and cheap solar panels, and flexible "digital paper." Engineers at Stanford and Samsung report the new method in a paper to be published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://www.physorg.com/news156444683.html Technology Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:53:17 EST news156444683 On March 13, 1989 the entire province of Quebec, Canada suffered an electrical power blackout. Hundreds of blackouts occur in some part of North America every year. The Quebec Blackout was different, because this one was caused by a solar storm! http://www.physorg.com/news156176740.html Space & Earth Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:26:39 EST news156176740 (AP) -- Financially struggling Sirius XM Radio Inc. is planning to stream its subscription radio service to the iPhone and iPod Touch devices from Apple Inc. beginning this spring. http://www.physorg.com/news156077485.html Technology Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:52:15 EST news156077485 (AP) -- I'm sort of a public radio junkie, so if I'm in my car and the kids haven't usurped the radio dial, I'm likely tuned to "Morning Edition," "Marketplace" or "Fresh Air." Unfortunately, my short daily commute often leaves me catching just part of a compelling story or interview. http://www.physorg.com/news155991764.html Electronics Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:03:07 EST news155991764 (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 American football players may be able to avoid heat strokes by wearing helmets with specially made technology, an Austrian company that worked on the project said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news155574560.html Technology Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:09:41 EST news155574560 (PhysOrg.com) -- With much of the mobile world yet to migrate to 3G mobile communications, let alone 4G, European researchers are already working on a new technology able to deliver data wirelessly up to 12.5Gb/s. http://www.physorg.com/news155488774.html Technology Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:20:09 EST news155488774 The ZigBee Alliance and the RF4CE Consortium, founded by Panasonic, Philips Electronics, Samsung Electronics and Sony have reached an agreement to deliver a standardized specification for radio frequency-based (RF) remote controls. RF remotes are faster, more reliable and provide more freedom to operate devices from greater distances removing the line-of-sight barrier of today's infrared (IR) remotes. With this agreement, effective today, the ZigBee Alliance will move into the broad consumer products arena as part of its long-term integration and growth plans. http://www.physorg.com/news155401110.html Technology Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:59:20 EST news155401110 (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) -- A new approach to wireless communication will guarantee the reachability of emergency services in a better way. 'Cognitive radio', for which Qiwei Zhang (CTIT) developed new techniques, borrows free space in other frequency bands or even organizes an ad hoc network 'on the spot'. http://www.physorg.com/news155234869.html Technology Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:48:22 EST news155234869 (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 (PhysOrg.com) -- Processes that laid the foundation for life on Earth -- star and planet formation and the production of complex organic molecules in interstellar space -- are yielding their secrets to astronomers armed with powerful new research tools, and even better tools soon will be available. Astronomers described three important developments at a symposium on the "Cosmic Cradle of Life" at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago, IL. http://www.physorg.com/news153679446.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:45:40 EST news153679446 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 Charles Herrold isn't going to be forgotten this year. What do you mean, "Who's Charles Herrold?" This is just the sort of thing San Jose, Calif., boosters and radio fans - two in particular - have been fighting against for decades. http://www.physorg.com/news153064038.html Technology Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:47:46 EST news153064038 I've been using a thumb-size gadget that is a riveting example of how the Internet has turned our vast planet into a small village. http://www.physorg.com/news152473252.html Electronics Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:41:55 EST news152473252 Nothing kills innovation like having to reinvent the wheel. Imagine how dull your diet would be if you had to build a new stove and hammer out a few cooking pots every time you wanted to test a new recipe. Until just a couple of years ago, electronics researchers testing new high-speed wireless technologies faced just this sort of problem; they had to build every test system completely from scratch. http://www.physorg.com/news152470346.html Technology Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:52:47 EST news152470346 (PhysOrg.com) -- Ultra-high-speed wireless connectivity - capable of transferring 15 gigabits of data per second over short distances - has taken a significant step toward reality. A recent decision by an international standards group could help bring this technology to market soon. http://www.physorg.com/news151258225.html Technology Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:10:25 EST news151258225 High-tech gadgets aimed at older people are becoming more mainstream. This year, a section of the floor at the massive International Consumer Electronics Show featured products and services aimed at seniors and older baby boomers. Young folks might enjoy these, too. http://www.physorg.com/news151174860.html Electronics Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:01:00 EST news151174860