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. On September 11, firefighters, police officers and ambulance workers faced a terrifying rescue effort in the World Trade Center complex. They battled to save people from the collapsing Twin Towers, searched for survivors, tackled fires and evacuated as many people as they could in an area which contained an estimated 17,000 people. And making their jobs even harder was the problem of poor communications: frightened workers and their relatives jammed mobile networks with calls and the emergency services' own radio communications turned out to be incompatible with one another. http://www.physorg.com/news178369250.html Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:10:01 EST news178369250 A workshop at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama has dramatically improved the ability of conservationists and regulatory agencies to monitor the spread of chytridiomycosis -one of the deadliest frog diseases on Earth. http://www.physorg.com/news175180017.html Biology Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:20:02 EST news175180017 (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 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has concluded two weeks of technology development tests on two of the agency's prototype lunar rovers. http://www.physorg.com/news172323843.html Space & Earth Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:46:12 EST news172323843 Hundreds of onlookers cheered Monday afternoon when a beached mother whale was reunited with her calf on a southern Florida beach, the mother frantically thrashing about and splashing water into the air. http://www.physorg.com/news169188838.html Biology Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:40:02 EST news169188838 How can rescue units be better protected during disaster operations or avalanche victims be found quicker? A new localization system connects satellite-based positioning systems with terrestrial locating aids and situation-dependent sensory systems. http://www.physorg.com/news166793127.html Technology Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:40:03 EST news166793127 By marrying GPS technology with asthma rescue inhalers, University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher David Van Sickle hopes to better understand the environmental triggers of asthma attacks and improve the way people with asthma control their disease. http://www.physorg.com/news165225627.html Medicine & Health Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:00:55 EST news165225627 (AP) -- Shuttle Atlantis and its crew moved toward the Hubble Space Telescope for a 350-mile-high grab Wednesday that will set the stage for five days of treacherous spacewalking repairs in an orbit littered with space junk. http://www.physorg.com/news161409855.html Space & Earth Wed, 13 May 2009 12:43:00 EST news161409855 (AP) -- The Atlantis astronauts uncovered a 21-inch stretch of nicks on their space shuttle Tuesday, but NASA said the damage did not appear to be serious. http://www.physorg.com/news161364106.html Space & Earth Tue, 12 May 2009 16:22:42 EST news161364106 (AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of seven thundered away Monday on one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, setting off on an extraordinarily ambitious repair mission that NASA hopes will lift the celebrated observatory to new scientific heights. http://www.physorg.com/news161272307.html Space & Earth Mon, 11 May 2009 14:52:06 EST news161272307 (AP) -- In what's expected to be the last time ever, both of NASA's shuttle launch pads are occupied. Atlantis is on one, primed for a flight this coming week to the Hubble Space Telescope. Endeavour sits on the other a mile away for a mission no one wants. http://www.physorg.com/news161142179.html Space & Earth Sun, 10 May 2009 02:43:31 EST news161142179 (AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour is on a launch pad, ready to rocket off on a rescue mission if shuttle Atlantis needs help when it flies to repair the Hubble Space Telescope next month. http://www.physorg.com/news159193884.html Space & Earth Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:32:02 EST news159193884 In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, researchers will unveil findings that show that premature babies born before 34 weeks have a 31 percent reduction in serious complications when given a "rescue course" of Antenatal Corticosteroids (ACS) steroids with no adverse side effects noted. http://www.physorg.com/news152439715.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:22:17 EST news152439715 With its unique location along the western bank of the Hudson River, Stevens Institute of Technology provided a dramatic front row venue for the emergency landing and successful rescue of U.S. Airways Flight 1549. http://www.physorg.com/news151763167.html Space & Earth Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:26:43 EST news151763167 The National Institute of Standards and Technology held a rescue robot exercise in Texas last week in which about three dozen robots were tested by developers and first responders in order to develop a standard suite of performance tests to help evaluate candidate mechanical rescuers. This exercise was sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security`s Science and Technology Directorate to develop performance standards for robots for use in urban search and rescue missions. http://www.physorg.com/news146852350.html Electronics Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:19:10 EST news146852350 A ten-kilo GSM mobile phone network developed by European researchers will allow rescue workers to set up communications just hours, or even minutes, after a man-made or natural catastrophe. It will mean more lives saved. http://www.physorg.com/news135957569.html Technology Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:59:29 EST news135957569