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. Oceanographers using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason discovered and recorded the first video and still images of a deep-sea volcano actively erupting molten lava on the seafloor. http://www.physorg.com/news180289662.html Space & Earth Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:28:41 EST news180289662 (PhysOrg.com) -- For many people, it has become routine to go online to check out a map before traveling to a new place. But for blind people, Google maps and other visual mapping applications are of little use. Now, a unique device developed at MIT could give the visually impaired the same kind of benefit that sighted people get from online maps. http://www.physorg.com/news178219684.html Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:29:54 EST news178219684 (PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine the thrill of floating out of the International Space Station and into the emptiness of space and what it would be like to work on the orbiting science laboratory. http://www.physorg.com/news174067652.html Space & Earth Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:20:03 EST news174067652 Japan on Friday launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, aiming for a share of space transport after the retirement of the US space shuttle fleet next year. http://www.physorg.com/news171866723.html Space & Earth Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:10:02 EST news171866723 Japan early Friday launched its first cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, aiming for a share of space transport after the retirement of the US space shuttle fleet next year. http://www.physorg.com/news171779379.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:00:01 EST news171779379 (AP) -- The astronauts aboard the linked shuttle and station moved a giant chest of drawers from one spacecraft to the other Monday, and hitched it to the orbiting outpost. http://www.physorg.com/news170959781.html Space & Earth Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:00:03 EST news170959781 A second, lighter-weight test rover has entered the testing setup at JPL where rover team members are assessing strategy for getting Spirit out of soft soil where it is embedded on Mars. http://www.physorg.com/news170357223.html Space & Earth Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:40:01 EST news170357223 Today, Aug. 18, 2009, marks the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's 2,000th sol, or Martian day, on the Red Planet. http://www.physorg.com/news169832999.html Space & Earth Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:00:01 EST news169832999 (PhysOrg.com) -- Mars rover team members are planning a long-duration experiment with the test rover at JPL beginning next week. This test will check whether favorable motion seen in earlier tests can be sustained to gain as much distance in the sandbox as Spirit would need to complete on Mars to escape its predicament. http://www.physorg.com/news169480401.html Space & Earth Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:20:01 EST news169480401 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity is investigating a metallic meteorite the size of a large watermelon that is providing researchers more details about the Red Planet's environmental history. http://www.physorg.com/news169145414.html Space & Earth Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:50:41 EST news169145414 (PhysOrg.com) -- The International Space Station has a new "engawa" -- and it's open for business. http://www.physorg.com/news169142871.html Space & Earth Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:20:01 EST news169142871 (PhysOrg.com) -- Composition measurements by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity confirm that this rock on the Martian surface is an iron-nickel meteorite. http://www.physorg.com/news168801850.html Space & Earth Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:24:44 EST news168801850 (AP) -- A space station air purifier was working again Sunday after it shut down at the worst possible time, when company was still visiting and had swollen the on-board crowd to a record 13. http://www.physorg.com/news167837986.html Space & Earth Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:40:54 EST news167837986 Space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts completed the delicate move of the Japanese Experiment Section from Endeavour's payload bay to the end of the Japanese Exposed Section, the so-called "porch" on the Kibo laboratory. http://www.physorg.com/news167400962.html Space & Earth Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:30:01 EST news167400962 Engineers placed a rock underneath the test rover at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., on July 1, 2009, to more closely simulate Spirit's predicament on Mars. http://www.physorg.com/news165768550.html Space & Earth Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:50:12 EST news165768550 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars rover Spirit, lodged in Martian soil that is causing traction trouble, is taking advantage of the situation by learning more about the Red Planet's environmental history. http://www.physorg.com/news165164322.html Space & Earth Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:30:01 EST news165164322 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new image of Spirit's underbelly is helping engineers assess the rover's current state and plan her escape from soft soil. The panoramic mosaic of multiple images was taken by the microscopic imager instrument at the end of Spirit's robotic arm--the first time that imager has been used to assess the underside and wheels of the rover. The image appears blurred because the microscopic camera was designed to focus on targets just a few centimeters in front of its optics. The imagery will assist engineers with analyses and ground-based testing to recreate the rover's conditions before testing various options for extracting it from its current location. http://www.physorg.com/news163351826.html Space & Earth Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:30:51 EST news163351826 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Hubble Space Telescope has been with us for nearly two decades. In that time, its breathtaking images have captured people`s imaginations and its groundbreaking science has revealed some of the many secrets of our universe. http://www.physorg.com/news161960925.html Space & Earth Tue, 19 May 2009 14:15:16 EST news161960925 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA managers completed a review Thursday of space shuttle Atlantis' readiness for flight and selected an official launch date for the STS-125 mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. Commander Scott Altman and his six crewmates are scheduled to lift off at 2:01 p.m. EDT, May 11, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.physorg.com/news160327349.html Space & Earth Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:23:16 EST news160327349 Robotic trained surgeons at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia presented a new and novel approach to surgically treat urothelial cancer (in the lining of the bladder or kidney) today at the American Urological Association's Annual Meeting. Using da Vinci(R) robot-assisted technology, urologic cancer surgeons perform complicated urologic cases using minimally invasive surgery. http://www.physorg.com/news159967639.html Medicine & Health Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:29:26 EST news159967639 In January 2004, NASA landed two identical robotic rovers named Spirit and Opportunity on the surface of Mars. The twins were primed for a brief 3-month mission to tell us a story of water and possibly life itself in the planet's past. More than five years later, the dynamic duo are still roving the Red Planet, engaged in a saga of overachievement that has transformed Mars exploration. http://www.physorg.com/news157305969.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:06:52 EST news157305969 (AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts installed the last set of solar wings at the international space station Thursday, accomplishing the top job of shuttle Discovery's mission. Steven Swanson and Richard Arnold II struggled with some cable connections, but managed to hook everything up. http://www.physorg.com/news156695997.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:55:03 EST news156695997 (PhysOrg.com) -- On a plain that stretches for miles in every direction, the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has caught a first glimpse on the horizon of the uplifted rim of the big crater that has been Opportunity's long-term destination for six months. http://www.physorg.com/news156621141.html Space & Earth Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:54:50 EST news156621141 (PhysOrg.com) -- In the middle of MIT`s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) sits a platform of fake grass with tomato plants nestled in terra cotta pots, growing under the light of an artificial sun. But this urban, indoor garden has a twist: the caretakers of the plants are entirely robotic. http://www.physorg.com/news155904807.html Electronics Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:54:22 EST news155904807 (PhysOrg.com) -- In a race against time and the elements, engineers with NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission hope to extend the lander's survival by gradually shutting down some of its instruments and heaters, starting today. http://www.physorg.com/news144511029.html Space & Earth Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:57:09 EST news144511029 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has finished scooping soil samples to deliver to its onboard laboratories, and is now preparing to analyze samples already obtained. Scientists are anxious to analyze the samples as the power Phoenix generates continues to drop. The amount of sunlight is waning on Mars' northern plains as late-summer turns to fall. http://www.physorg.com/news143909255.html Space & Earth Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:47:35 EST news143909255 (PhysOrg.com) -- As fall approaches Mars' northern plains, NASA's Phoenix Lander is busy digging into the Red Planet's soil and scooping it into its onboard science laboratories for analysis. http://www.physorg.com/news142785747.html Space & Earth Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:42:27 EST news142785747 (PhysOrg.com) -- If the robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander can nudge a rock aside today, scientists on the Phoenix team would like to see what's underneath. http://www.physorg.com/news141320965.html Space & Earth Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:49:25 EST news141320965 (PhysOrg.com) -- Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced by the heating of samples. http://www.physorg.com/news136740257.html Space & Earth Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:24:17 EST news136740257 (PhysOrg.com) -- A distinctive hard-surface feature called "Snow Queen" beneath NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander visibly changed sometime between mid-June and mid-July, close-up images from the Robotic Arm Camera show. http://www.physorg.com/news136645719.html Space & Earth Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:08:39 EST news136645719