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) -- Constructing virtual 3D models usually requires heavy and expensive equipment, or takes lengthy amounts of time. A group of researchers at the University of Cambridge, Qi Pan, Dr Gerhard Reitmayr and Dr Tom Drummond have created a program able to build 3D models of textured objects in real-time, using only a standard computer and webcam. This allows 3D modeling to become accessible to everybody. http://www.physorg.com/news177180374.html Technology Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:47:17 EST news177180374 Since her teens, Jennifer Jablon had watched family members deal with breast cancer during their 40s, 50s, and 60s. She wondered whether it would be her fate too. http://www.physorg.com/news176652790.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:20:01 EST news176652790 Latinas who spoke little English were less likely to undergo reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy for breast cancer, according to a study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. http://www.physorg.com/news173980724.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:10:17 EST news173980724 A new 2,000-year-long reconstruction of sea surface temperatures (SST) from the Indo-Pacific warm pool (IPWP) suggests that temperatures in the region may have been as warm during the Medieval Warm Period as they are today. http://www.physorg.com/news170598165.html Space & Earth Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:23:44 EST news170598165 Despite the increase of breast reconstruction procedures performed in 2008, nearly 70 percent of women who are eligible for the procedure are not informed of the reconstructive options available to them, according to a recently published report. Newly released statistics by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) shows there were more than 79,000 breast reconstruction procedures performed in 2008 - a 39 percent increase over 2007. But in spite of this, current research suggests that many breast cancer patients are missing out on a key conversation that should take place at the time of diagnosis. http://www.physorg.com/news166185800.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:00:01 EST news166185800 While major advances have been made in the understanding of posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) anatomy and reconstruction, a literature review published in the July 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS) finds that there must be continued advances in basic science research in order to determine the best course of treatment for those with PCL injuries. http://www.physorg.com/news165646813.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:58 EST news165646813 (PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to the skills of artists who work on cold case investigations, people have a chance to see what the Oriental Institute`s mummy Meresamun may have looked like in real life. http://www.physorg.com/news164918693.html Other Sciences Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:50:01 EST news164918693 In the year 1596, a sacking at the hands of the Count of Essex almost destroyed the city of Cadiz. Since then, authorities have focused their efforts on establishing a barrier between the city and the sea, a reconstruction task which has accompanied the inhabitants of Cadiz throughout the last 400 years. The problems that Philip II encountered in halting marine erosion are similar to those that exist today, as well as the solutions. http://www.physorg.com/news161253226.html Other Sciences Mon, 11 May 2009 09:34:10 EST news161253226 (PhysOrg.com) -- For the past two years, a team of UCLA Egyptologists, digital modelers, web designers, staff and students has been building a three-dimensional virtual-reality model of the ancient Egyptian religious site known as Karnak, one of the largest temple complexes ever constructed. http://www.physorg.com/news159641414.html Technology Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:50:55 EST news159641414 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of California at Davis (USA) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Germany) present a virtual reconstruction of a female Neanderthal pelvis from Tabun (Israel). Although the size of Tabun`s reconstructed birth canal shows that Neanderthal childbirth was about as difficult as in present-day humans, the shape indicates that Neanderthals retained a more primitive birth mechanism than modern humans. http://www.physorg.com/news159548688.html Other Sciences Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:05:25 EST news159548688 (PhysOrg.com) -- A powerful, newly refined image-processing technique may allow astronomers to discover extrasolar planets that are possibly lurking in over a decade's worth of Hubble Space Telescope archival data. http://www.physorg.com/news157820664.html Space & Earth Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:04:54 EST news157820664 (PhysOrg.com) -- Cotton candy has delighted children for a century. Now it may have found a new role: helping scientists grow replacement tissues for people. The flossy stuff may be just right for creating networks of blood vessels within laboratory-grown bone, skin, muscle or fat for breast reconstruction, researchers suggest. http://www.physorg.com/news153589816.html Chemistry Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:50:55 EST news153589816 For breast cancer patients who underwent a mastectomy who undergo radiation therapy after immediate breast reconstruction, autologous tissue reconstruction provides fewer long-term complications and better cosmetic results than tissue expander and implant reconstruction, according to a study in the November issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. http://www.physorg.com/news146415200.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:53:20 EST news146415200 Patients appear more likely to have immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy if they live in communities with higher household incomes, lower population density and more individuals who have gone to college, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Surgery. http://www.physorg.com/news146164169.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:09:29 EST news146164169