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. Autism and related development disorders are becoming more common, with a prevalence rate approaching 1 percent among American 8-year-olds, according to new data from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). http://www.physorg.com/news180363847.html Medicine & Health Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:05:56 EST news180363847 The British government has shut a unit which has investigated UFO sightings for more than 50 years, judging its resources better spent on more earthly threats, it said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news179150831.html Other Sciences Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:14:00 EST news179150831 (AP) -- PBS's "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" plans to beef up its international coverage with help from the startup news outfit GlobalPost. http://www.physorg.com/news178820427.html Technology Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:20:11 EST news178820427 In a sea of energy-guzzling consumer products, the government's EnergyStar sticker is a beacon of light for many energy-conscious consumers. But that little blue square with a star on it might not be so bright after all, according to Consumer Reports, which claims that the decades-old program is in need of some major upgrades. http://www.physorg.com/news173971372.html Space & Earth Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:10:04 EST news173971372 Google has invited US motorists to share their progress -- or lack thereof -- with other drivers through the Internet giant's online mapping service linked to smart phones. http://www.physorg.com/news170483887.html Technology Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:38:35 EST news170483887 (PhysOrg.com) -- In 2007, 416 children were reported to have elevated blood lead levels in Los Angeles County, a dramatic improvement from 10 years earlier, when fewer children were tested but 1,184 reports of children with elevated levels were made, researchers said. http://www.physorg.com/news162748118.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 May 2009 16:49:26 EST news162748118 (AP) -- The U.S. cancer death rate fell again in 2006, a new analysis shows, continuing a slow downward trend that experts attribute to declines in smoking, earlier detection and better treatment. http://www.physorg.com/news162626646.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 May 2009 07:04:44 EST news162626646 (PhysOrg.com) -- Motorists in California equipped with the Apple iPhone can now get personalized traffic information via the "California Traffic Report," the first iPhone application from the University of California, San Diego division of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2). In the first ten days since the app became available through Apple`s App Store on Feb. 7, roughly 2,650 people have downloaded the application, and downloads continue to run at a clip of roughly 250 per day. http://www.physorg.com/news154117861.html Technology Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:32:09 EST news154117861 Educational rankings such as those produced by U.S. News & World Report have an inescapable impact on law schools, according to research published in the February issue of the American Sociological Review, the flagship journal of the American Sociological Association. http://www.physorg.com/news152790922.html Other Sciences Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:55:46 EST news152790922 Scientists need a more detailed understanding of how human-produced atmospheric particles, called aerosols, affect climate in order to produce better predictions of Earth's future climate, according to a NASA-led report issued by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program on Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news151383514.html Space & Earth Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:58:34 EST news151383514 The ability of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate the safety of dietary supplements using nanomaterials is severely limited by lack of information, lack of resources and the agency's lack of statutory authority in certain critical areas, according to a new expert report released by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN). http://www.physorg.com/news151160447.html Nanotechnology Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:00:47 EST news151160447 (PhysOrg.com) -- Keeping water vole and mink populations apart is vital if efforts to reintroduce water voles, one of Britain`s most endangered mammals, are to be successful. http://www.physorg.com/news150728581.html Biology Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:03:01 EST news150728581 Electronic technologies could be deployed immediately and reliably to augment slower postal mail for distributing ballots to U.S. citizens living abroad, but using telephone, e-mail, and the Web to transmit completed ballots still faces significant, unresolved issues, according a new report* released today. http://www.physorg.com/news149260775.html Technology Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:19:35 EST news149260775 The overall condition of the nation's coastal waters has improved slightly, based on a recently released environmental assessment. The National Coastal Condition Report III (NCCRIII) is the third in a series of environmental assessments of U.S. coastal and Great Lakes waters. http://www.physorg.com/news148662847.html Space & Earth Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:14:07 EST news148662847 Hispanics often do not visit undeveloped natural areas like national forests because of a lack of information about recreation opportunities, according to a recent Forest Service report. http://www.physorg.com/news148046321.html Space & Earth Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:58:41 EST news148046321 Patients treated with radiation prior to surgery for advanced rectal cancer have fewer instances of cancer recurrence and better overall survival rates, according to a recent Geisinger report. http://www.physorg.com/news147446266.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:17:46 EST news147446266 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released its final report on the Sept. 11, 2001, collapse of the 47-story World Trade Center building 7 (WTC 7) in New York City. The final report is strengthened by clarifications and supplemental text suggested by organizations and individuals worldwide in response to the draft WTC 7 report, released for public comment on Aug. 21, but the revisions did not alter the investigation team's major findings and recommendations, which include identification of fire as the primary cause for the building's failure. http://www.physorg.com/news146411517.html Technology Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:51:57 EST news146411517 The consumption of illicit or noncommercial alcohol is widespread in many countries worldwide and contributes significantly to the global burden of disease, according to a new report released today by the International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP). The report focuses on the use of noncommercial alcohol, defined as traditional beverages produced for home consumption or limited local trade and counterfeit or unregistered products, in three regions: sub-Saharan Africa, southern Asia, and central and eastern Europe. http://www.physorg.com/news146316142.html Medicine & Health Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:22:22 EST news146316142 During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama proposed an economic plan that would create 5 million jobs in environmental industries. These so-called "green collar" jobs do, in fact, present the next frontier for U.S. manufacturing, says a new report from Duke University. http://www.physorg.com/news146233639.html Space & Earth Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:27:19 EST news146233639 A report on the log truck industry just delivered to the state legislature indicates that the number of traffic accidents involving log trucks declined 11 percent while collisions for all commercial trucks increased by 15 percent in Washington between 2004 and 2006. http://www.physorg.com/news142009708.html Other Sciences Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:08:28 EST news142009708 A new report on South Los Angeles by the UCLA School of Public Affairs indicates that the area, once mostly African American, now has a Latino majority and continues to experience fewer employment opportunities, higher poverty and more violent crime than the rest of Los Angeles County. http://www.physorg.com/news140796824.html Other Sciences Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:13:44 EST news140796824 A new report co-authored by Rice political scientists Mark Jones and William Reed with colleagues at the University of Houston finds patterns and/or aberrations in the use of Tasers related to ethnicity, gender, race and geography. http://www.physorg.com/news140204221.html Other Sciences Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:37:01 EST news140204221 The United States should develop a comprehensive strategy on the growing need for technological innovations to help prevent the impending economic crisis in health care and to improve the quality and convenience of care, according to a report from the 2007 conference "Economic Strategy for Health Care through Standards and Technologies." http://www.physorg.com/news138633141.html Other Sciences Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:12:20 EST news138633141 The National Cancer Institute (NCI) released a report, co-edited by University of Minnesota professor Barbara Loken, that reaches the government's strongest conclusion to date that tobacco marketing and depictions of smoking in movies promote youth smoking. "There is now incontrovertible evidence that marketing of tobacco, and the depiction of smoking in the movies, promote youth smoking and can cause young people to begin smoking," said Loken, professor of marketing at the Carlson School of Management and one of the report's five scientific editors. http://www.physorg.com/news138535848.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:10:48 EST news138535848 Individuals with a more senior level of job authority have higher levels of interpersonal conflict according to new research out of the University of Toronto. http://www.physorg.com/news138373957.html Other Sciences Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:12:37 EST news138373957 About 13 percent of elderly Americans are mistreated, most commonly by someone who verbally mistreats or financially takes advantage of them, according to a University of Chicago study that is the first comprehensive look at elder mistreatment in the country. http://www.physorg.com/news138373507.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:05:07 EST news138373507 IBM's X-Force says cyber-criminals are using public research on Web browser weaknesses to launch attacks before most users are even aware of their vulnerability. The mid-year report from the security group indicates that organized criminals are adopting new automated techniques and strategies that allow them to exploit vulnerabilities much faster than ever before. http://www.physorg.com/news136652352.html Technology Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:59:12 EST news136652352 Without immediate action to develop an integrated, comprehensive, national health workforce policy, the U.S. is at risk of losing its status as the global health care leader, states a new report released by the Association of Academic Health Centers. The report was funded in part by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. http://www.physorg.com/news135604194.html Medicine & Health Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:49:54 EST news135604194 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that discusses the potential impacts of climate change on human health, human welfare, and communities in the U.S. The report, entitled "Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems," also identifies adaptation strategies to help respond to the challenges of a changing climate and identifies near- and long-term research goals for addressing data and knowledge gaps. http://www.physorg.com/news135519424.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:17:04 EST news135519424 The nation's fourth and eighth graders scored higher in reading and mathematics than they did during their last national assessment, according to the federal government's latest annual statistical report on the well-being of the nation's children. Not all the report's findings were positive; there also were increases in the adolescent birth rate and the proportion of infants born at low birthweight. http://www.physorg.com/news134994720.html Other Sciences Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:32:00 EST news134994720