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. Spanish researchers have measured CO2 levels for the past three years in the troposphere (lower atmosphere) over a sparsely inhabited rural area near Valladolid. The results, which are the first of their kind in the Iberian Peninsula, show that the levels rose "significantly" between 2002 and 2005. http://www.physorg.com/news179059890.html Space & Earth Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:30:02 EST news179059890 For many people "rural" is synonymous with low incomes, limited economic opportunity, and poor schools. However, a recent study at the University of Illinois found that much of rural America is actually prosperous, particularly in the Midwest and Plains. http://www.physorg.com/news178983147.html Other Sciences Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:50:02 EST news178983147 (AP) -- A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller victims: fish. http://www.physorg.com/news177920793.html Biology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:50:09 EST news177920793 Tree leaves may be powerful tools for monitoring air quality and planning biking routes and walking paths, suggests a new study by scientists at Western Washington University in Bellingham. The research will be presented at this month's Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America in Portland, Oregon. http://www.physorg.com/news174827586.html Space & Earth Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:30:01 EST news174827586 (PhysOrg.com) -- Rich rural towns show higher levels of alcohol-related crime than poorer communities, according to new research from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. http://www.physorg.com/news173429370.html Medicine & Health Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:50:47 EST news173429370 Results from Australia's largest study of young drivers have shown that they are at significant risk of crash on rural roads. According to researchers from The George Institute, young drivers living in rural areas are more likely to be involved in serious crashes than those in urban areas. http://www.physorg.com/news172844917.html Other Sciences Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:29:30 EST news172844917 From book titles to real estate developments, it's easier to find things claiming to be sustainable than it is to define it. http://www.physorg.com/news172842559.html Space & Earth Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:00:01 EST news172842559 There is a strong relationship between drinking and taking one's own life. In any given year, people with alcohol dependence (AD) commit more than 20 percent of suicides in the general population; some 80 to 90 percent of AD suicides are by men, mostly white. A new look at suicide and alcohol has found that both attempted and completed suicides occur at greater rates in rural communities with greater bar densities. http://www.physorg.com/news172513898.html Medicine & Health Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:40:01 EST news172513898 Live in an expensive city? Think you pay too much in federal taxes? If so, a study in the current issue of the Journal of Political Economy finds that you're exactly right. http://www.physorg.com/news169995271.html Other Sciences Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:55:01 EST news169995271 Nurses and clinical officers (non-physician clinicians, NPCs) are capable of determining when a person should receive antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Human Resources for Health suggest that this should ease the strain on overstretched doctors in sub-Saharan Africa and thereby help increase access to antiretroviral therapy, particularly in rural areas. http://www.physorg.com/news169928922.html Medicine & Health Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:30:01 EST news169928922 (PhysOrg.com) -- Fewer Americans are dying on our nation's roads, not only because they are driving less, but also because the type of driving has changed, says a researcher at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news163351130.html Other Sciences Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:19:42 EST news163351130 An infectious disease striking a large city may seem like a disastrous scenario -- millions of people sharing apartment buildings, crammed on buses and trains and brushing past one another on crowded sidewalks. http://www.physorg.com/news163159985.html Technology Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:13:47 EST news163159985 More than 17 million U.S. children live more than an hour away by ground or air transportation from a life-saving pediatric trauma center, according to a new study by researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania. The creation of a national inventory of pediatric trauma centers may help to identify the locations of gaps and greatly improve access to care for U.S. children, the authors said. http://www.physorg.com/news163101561.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:59:56 EST news163101561 People who live in urban areas are more likely to develop late-stage cancer than those who live in suburban and rural areas. That is the conclusion of a new study published in the June 15, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's results indicate a need for more effective urban-based cancer screening and awareness programs. http://www.physorg.com/news161229442.html Medicine & Health Mon, 11 May 2009 03:08:40 EST news161229442 (AP) -- Verizon Wireless has offered to shorten the period in which it demands exclusive rights to new cell phones from LG and Samsung in an effort to give small rural carriers a better chance to sell up-to-date phones. http://www.physorg.com/news161027871.html Technology Fri, 08 May 2009 18:58:15 EST news161027871 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by Oregon State University researchers shows that rural residents in Oregon who have HIV/AIDS experience stigma and discrimination in day-to-day living and when accessing health care services. http://www.physorg.com/news159200550.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:23:02 EST news159200550 (AP) -- Treating African children at home for malaria doesn't help in cities because most fevers aren't actually caused by malaria, a new study said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news158908029.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:07:33 EST news158908029 To cut the cost of bringing high-speed Internet to rural areas, Dr. Ka Lun Lee and colleagues at the University of Melbourne and NEC Australia in the state of Victoria are experimenting with a way to boost the reach of existing technology. Their results, which show a new way to cheaply cover 99 percent of those living in this province, will be presented during the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), taking place March 22-26 in San Diego. http://www.physorg.com/news156428604.html Technology Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:24:08 EST news156428604 In Martin County, Ky., a remote corner of Appalachia, it can take hours to reach a doctor's office, a simple cholesterol check costing a miner a day's work. http://www.physorg.com/news154696690.html Technology Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:18:48 EST news154696690 Millions of homes in rural areas of Far Eastern countries are heated by charcoal burned on small, hibachi-style portable grills. Scientists in Japan are now reporting development of an improved "biomass charcoal combustion heater" that they say could open a new era in sustainable and ultra-high efficiency home heating. http://www.physorg.com/news153064410.html Chemistry Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:53:57 EST news153064410 Arizona has the ability to expand colorectal cancer screening capacity; this potential increase was more pronounced in rural as compared to urban regions, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities. http://www.physorg.com/news153059751.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:36:23 EST news153059751 The use of telemedicine can dramatically improve the quality of child sexual assault examinations in rural communities where rates of abuse and neglect are highest - sometimes more than double the statewide rate - a study published in the January issue of the medical journal Pediatrics has found. http://www.physorg.com/news152194502.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:15:33 EST news152194502 (PhysOrg.com) -- Access to modern forms of energy does not guarantee a reduction in poverty. Contrary to what current macroeconomic studies would have us believe, more than just electricity, gas or diesel is needed. The key factor is an efficient network with links to urban areas. This is the conclusion of Annemarije Kooijman-van Dijk in her thesis on the subject. She conducted her research in the Himalayas, obtaining her doctorate from the School of Management and Governance at the University of Twente, The Netherlands, on 19 December. http://www.physorg.com/news149259735.html Other Sciences Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:02:15 EST news149259735 Face-to-face and telephone follow-up sessions appear to be more effective in the maintenance of weight loss for women from rural communities compared with weight loss education alone, according to a report in the November 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In addition, telephone counseling appears to be just as effective as face-to-to face counseling for weight loss management. http://www.physorg.com/news146765991.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:19:51 EST news146765991 To tackle the growing number of psychiatric cases in Michigan's rural areas, particularly among children and adolescents, a team of Michigan State University doctors from the colleges of Osteopathic Medicine and Human Medicine meet each week with patients from across the state via video conference. http://www.physorg.com/news144342457.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:07:37 EST news144342457 Patients expect the most up-to-date equipment and technology at hospitals, regardless of the institution's size or budget. Providing that technology, however, can be difficult for small, rural hospitals that often lack the budget and staffing to make it possible. http://www.physorg.com/news143996342.html Technology Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:59:02 EST news143996342 An Indiana University study found that HIV care providers in rural Indiana report significant stigma and discrimination in the rural medical referral system surrounding issues of HIV and substance abuse. Providers felt that these factors impeded their ability to offer quality care to their patients. http://www.physorg.com/news140361805.html Medicine & Health Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:23:25 EST news140361805 Over the next year, researchers at Montana State University's Western Transportation Institute will use state-of-the-art video cameras to help teenage drivers stay safe on the state's rural roads. http://www.physorg.com/news138625196.html Technology Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:59:56 EST news138625196 Would you be surprised to learn that nine people died last year on the highway you take to work everyday? Or would you be shocked to see that six teenagers died within five miles of your home in fatal car accidents? With the help of the interactive maps on saferoadmaps.org developed by University of Minnesota researchers - you can learn those facts and more by simply typing in your address. http://www.physorg.com/news136450741.html Other Sciences Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:59:01 EST news136450741 Rural strategies designed to induce economic growth often emphasize the need to improve access to capital for poor households. However, this approach implicitly assumes that family members pool all their resources and allocate them to their most efficient use. Men and women may differ in their access to credit and may choose not to alleviate their partners' constraints. http://www.physorg.com/news136215514.html Other Sciences Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:38:34 EST news136215514