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. Using new technologies that make it easier to sequence the human genome, researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a series of genes that become fused when their chromosomes trade places with each other. These recurrent gene fusions are thought to be the driving mechanism that causes certain cancers to develop. http://www.physorg.com/news150904093.html Medicine & Health Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:48:13 EST news150904093 (PhysOrg.com) -- Image recognition is a long-standing challenge in science. But European researchers have achieved a breakthrough by developing a powerful image-recognition application with mass-market appeal. There is a bright future for the technology. http://www.physorg.com/news150562034.html Technology Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:47:14 EST news150562034 (PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers can now attach hyperlinks to pictures you take using your mobile phone. It offers the prospect of new ways to discover, engage and navigate your surroundings. You wake up in a strange city with no recollection of how you got there and no information about where you are. Demonstrating nerves of steel, you calmly pick up your mobile phone and take a picture of the streetscape. http://www.physorg.com/news150120827.html Technology Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:13:47 EST news150120827 Cancer Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and the Charité - Universitäts Medizin Berlin (Germany) have identified a gene which enables them to predict for the first time with high probability if colon cancer is going to metastasize. http://www.physorg.com/news149090177.html Medicine & Health Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:56:17 EST news149090177 Modern humans left Africa over 60,000 years ago in a migration that many believe was responsible for nearly all of the human population that exist outside Africa today. http://www.physorg.com/news149089956.html Biology Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:52:36 EST news149089956 Deep inside the Frasassi cave system in Italy and more than 1,600 feet below the Earth's surface, divers found filamentous ropes of microbes growing in the cold water, according to a team of Penn State researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news148967544.html Biology Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:52:24 EST news148967544 Purdue University researchers found a mechanism that naturally shuts down cellulose production in plants, and learning how to keep that switch turned on may be key to enhancing biomass production for plant-based biofuels. http://www.physorg.com/news148748550.html Biology Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:02:30 EST news148748550 Researchers at the University of Warwick's Department of Statistics and Centre for Complexity Science have devised a new research tool that could help unpick the complex cell interactions that lead to cancer and also allow social scientists to mine social networking sites such as Facebook for useful insights. http://www.physorg.com/news148561729.html Other Sciences Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:08:49 EST news148561729 A University of British Columbia geneticist has discovered a gene mutation that can cause the most common eye cancer - uveal melanoma. http://www.physorg.com/news148141384.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:23:04 EST news148141384 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Virginia Tech are developing a computer simulation that matches the movements of all 300 million people in towns across the US. The team hopes that the model will help them understand the spread of contagious diseases, fads, and traffic flows. http://www.physorg.com/news148018856.html Technology Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:20:55 EST news148018856 New therapies for some forms of epilepsy may soon be possible, thanks to a discovery made by a team of University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute neuroscience researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news147697831.html Medicine & Health Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:10:31 EST news147697831 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have investigated the possibility that laser printers emit pathogenic toner particles into the air, which has been a subject of public controversy. Some reports have suggested that laser printers release tiny particles that could have negative health effects. http://www.physorg.com/news147449602.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:13:22 EST news147449602 Facial recognition systems perform some very challenging tasks such as checking an individual`s photo against a database of known or suspected criminals. The task can become nearly impossible when the systems acquire poor facial images -a situation that occurs all too often in real-world environments. Now, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have found that several simple steps can significantly improve the quality of facial images that are acquired at border entry points such as airports and seaports. http://www.physorg.com/news146853682.html Technology Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:41:22 EST news146853682 By manipulating the appearance of a chronically achy hand, researchers have found they could increase or decrease the pain and swelling in patients moving their symptomatic limbs. The findings -reported in the November 25th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication -reveal a profound top-down effect of body image on body tissues, according to the researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news146841327.html Biology Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:15:27 EST news146841327 Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have reported for the first time that mammals can be stimulated to regrow inner nerve cells in their damaged retinas. Located in the back of the eye, the retina's role in vision is to convert light into nerve impulses to the brain. http://www.physorg.com/news146766141.html Biology Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:22:21 EST news146766141 Think protecting young teenagers on the Internet is important? Then be sure they think it's important, too, according to a forthcoming article in IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. http://www.physorg.com/news146497235.html Other Sciences Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:40:35 EST news146497235 Researchers in Missouri have borrowed the technology that living cells use to produce energy to develop a tiny, self-powered sensor for rapid detection of hidden explosives. The experimental sensor, about the size of a postage stamp, represents the first of its kind to be powered by mitochondria, the microscopic "powerhouses" that provide energy to living cells, the researchers say. Their study is scheduled for the November 26 issue of the weekly Journal of the American Chemical Society. http://www.physorg.com/news146141371.html Chemistry Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:49:31 EST news146141371 Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found a genetic marker that controls an enzyme present in aggressive and metastatic cancer. The study suggests an absence of microRNA-101 is related to high expression of the protein EZH2, which was previously shown to be active in metastatic cancers. MicroRNA's are molecules that help regulate gene expression. miR-101 is one of few miRNA's shown to play such an important role in the development of cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news145805024.html Medicine & Health Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:23:44 EST news145805024 A new study in the November issue of the journal Appetite finds that obese women display significantly weaker impulse control than normal-weight women, but between obese and normal-weight men, the impulsivity levels are nearly the same. The study was conducted by researchers in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Psychology. http://www.physorg.com/news145555292.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:01:32 EST news145555292 (PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers have developed an ingenious microscopic method to observe the behavior of single nanoparticles of a catalyst, down to the resolution of single catalytic events. http://www.physorg.com/news145544570.html Nanotechnology Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:02:50 EST news145544570 Cancer cells are already stressed by the fast pace they require to grow and spread and scientists believe a little more stress just may kill them. http://www.physorg.com/news145533145.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:52:25 EST news145533145 (PhysOrg.com) -- University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and physicists have developed a method of measuring how strain affects thin films of silicon that could lay the foundation for faster flexible electronics. http://www.physorg.com/news144949834.html Physics Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:50:34 EST news144949834 (PhysOrg.com) -- The grid`s huge communication and computation capacities could let scientists gather data and run remote experiments anywhere in the world. European researchers have now mapped out how that can be done. http://www.physorg.com/news144948068.html Technology Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:21:08 EST news144948068 As Americans prepare for a day without cigarettes and tobacco products as part of the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout (R) (November 20), new research gives them more reasons to extend that break to a lifetime, according to the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF). Among the new research presented at the organization's annual meeting in September 2008 are studies that link cigarette smoking and upper airway symptoms ("smoker's nose"), the loss of smokers' ability to smell common odors, and most alarming, the role second-hand smoke plays in the rise of cases of "environmental laryngitis." http://www.physorg.com/news144940543.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:15:43 EST news144940543 Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in The Netherlands have managed to crack the so-called McEliece encryption system. This system is a candidate for the security of Internet traffic in the age of the quantum computer - the predicted superpowerful computer of the future. http://www.physorg.com/news144669128.html Technology Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:52:08 EST news144669128 (PhysOrg.com) -- Chemistry researchers at The University of Warwick and the John Innes Centre, have found a novel signalling molecule that could be a key that will open up hundreds of new antibiotics unlocking them from the DNA of the Streptomyces family of bacteria. http://www.physorg.com/news144495812.html Chemistry Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:43:32 EST news144495812 Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have successfully tested a genetic strategy designed to improve treatment of human infections caused by the yeast Candida albicans, ranging from diaper rash, vaginitis, oral infections (or thrush which is common in HIV/AIDS patients), as well as invasive, blood-borne and life-threatening diseases. http://www.physorg.com/news144333292.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:34:52 EST news144333292 Researchers at the University of Denver (DU) Morgridge College of Education are conducting a groundbreaking study that will compare two early literacy intervention approaches to educating young children with Down syndrome. The Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Educational Fund is funding the study, which hopes to improve teaching methods for children with the condition. http://www.physorg.com/news144070978.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:42:58 EST news144070978 Nalini Nadkarni of Evergreen State College currently advises a team of researchers who sport shaved heads, tattooed biceps and prison-issued garb rather than the lab coats and khakis typically worn by researchers. Why is Nadkarni's team composed of such apparently iconoclastic researchers? Because all of her researchers are inmates at Cedar Creek Corrections Center, a medium security prison in Littlerock, Washington. http://www.physorg.com/news143737457.html Biology Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:04:17 EST news143737457 What is it that allows some brands to succeed and some to fail? Why is it sometimes better to be first and other times more advantageous to reach the market later? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research takes a close look at the learning process consumers use to evaluate brands. http://www.physorg.com/news143207622.html Other Sciences Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:53:42 EST news143207622