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. (PhysOrg.com) -- Historically, crop rotation has worked to keep the western corn rootworm in check in Wisconsin. http://www.physorg.com/news172239429.html Biology Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:19:33 EST news172239429 (PhysOrg.com) -- In 1918, the Spanish flu raced around the globe, ending the lives of an estimated 40 million people in less than a year. Epidemiologists believe one in four Americans became infected during that pandemic with 750,000 dying. http://www.physorg.com/news171648246.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:20:01 EST news171648246 (PhysOrg.com) -- Previously rare big city storms - like a tornado Aug. 19 that downed trees and ripped off roofs in downtown Minneapolis and the powerful thunderstorms in New York City a day earlier - may not be so unusual anymore. http://www.physorg.com/news171644354.html Space & Earth Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:50:05 EST news171644354 Tornadoes that occur from hurricanes moving inland from the Gulf Coast are increasing in frequency, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This increase seems to reflect the increase in size and frequency among large hurricanes that make landfall from the Gulf of Mexico. The findings can be found in Geophysical Research Letters online and in print in a future issue. http://www.physorg.com/news171623905.html Space & Earth Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:19:17 EST news171623905 With three months left in the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, storm watchers can be sure that there will not be another Hurricane Katrina, or Rita, or Wilma this year, or ever again. http://www.physorg.com/news171178603.html Space & Earth Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:30:02 EST news171178603 (AP) -- Humans may not be the only ones guarding against swine flu by the time cold weather ushers in influenza season. The flu namesakes could also be getting new vaccinations. http://www.physorg.com/news171178403.html Medicine & Health Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:20:05 EST news171178403 Novel H1N1 influenza, better known as swine flu, reached pandemic status in June, but many public health experts believe its threat may peak with the flu season this fall. As a vaccine is being developed, communities are emphasizing common-sense prevention and finalizing large-scale response plans should H1N1 sicken millions. http://www.physorg.com/news171135017.html Medicine & Health Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:40:03 EST news171135017 (PhysOrg.com) -- A laboratory study by University of Maryland researchers suggests that some of the worst fears about a virulent H1N1 pandemic flu season may not be realized this year, but does demonstrate the heightened communicability of the virus. http://www.physorg.com/news171017947.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:11 EST news171017947 The World Health Organisation's announcement Friday that the 2009 H1N1 virus has become the dominant strain of flu worldwide fits a historical pattern, but the impact on vaccine policy remains unclear, a top expert said. http://www.physorg.com/news170744057.html Medicine & Health Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:00:02 EST news170744057 (AP) -- Health officials are stressing that it is vital for pregnant women and new parents to get the swine flu vaccine to protect themselves and their children. http://www.physorg.com/news170613875.html Medicine & Health Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:00:03 EST news170613875 (AP) -- Government health officials are urging people not to panic over estimates of 90,000 people dying from swine flu this fall. http://www.physorg.com/news170528748.html Medicine & Health Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:06:25 EST news170528748 (AP) -- Health officials are offering some basic advice for college students with flu symptoms: Avoid other people until 24 hours after a fever is gone. http://www.physorg.com/news170065022.html Medicine & Health Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:40:01 EST news170065022 (AP) -- Conservation groups are asking a federal judge in Missoula to block fall wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana. http://www.physorg.com/news170064953.html Biology Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:30:02 EST news170064953 The hot back-to-school item for college students? A thermometer. And a plan to go home or hunker down in a dorm room if the swine flu strikes. http://www.physorg.com/news169964686.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:50:02 EST news169964686 As flu season draws nearer along with the potential for resurgence in H1N1, leading infectious diseases doctors, hospital epidemiologists, and infection preventionists urge officials to base recommendations for the public and healthcare workers on scientific knowledge and frontline experience gained from the outbreak this summer. http://www.physorg.com/news169300539.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:10:04 EST news169300539 (AP) -- Get ready to roll up your sleeve three times for flu shots this fall. That's right, three times. This year's flu season is shaping up to be a very different one. Most people will need one shot for the regular seasonal flu and probably two others to protect against the new swine flu. http://www.physorg.com/news168796642.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:57:44 EST news168796642 (AP) -- Swine flu vaccine manufacturers are on track to start delivering the first batches of it in September, the World Health Organization said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news168777519.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:39:11 EST news168777519 (AP) -- Swiss drugmaker Novartis has begun injecting its swine flu vaccine into people in the company's first human tests, a spokesman said Wednesday. The vaccine is being tested in a yearlong trial of 6,000 people of all ages in Britain, Germany and the United States, Novartis spokesman Eric Althoff told The Associated Press, adding that the vaccine will likely be on the market before the trial finishes. http://www.physorg.com/news168682913.html Medicine & Health Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:22:28 EST news168682913 Weather experts on Wednesday reduced the number of projected hurricanes in the north Atlantic this season to four, two of them major hurricanes with winds above 178 kilometers (111 miles) per hour. http://www.physorg.com/news168624608.html Space & Earth Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:40:01 EST news168624608 (AP) -- In a drive to inoculate people against swine flu before winter, many European governments say they will fast-track the testing of a new flu vaccine, arousing concern among some experts about safety issues and proper vaccine doses. http://www.physorg.com/news167826081.html Medicine & Health Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:40:01 EST news167826081 A long-term environmental research project being conducted at the University of Houston may offer important information about the effects of Hurricane Ike on pollution levels and help regulators determine whether existing fish-consumption advisories remain appropriate. http://www.physorg.com/news166192879.html Space & Earth Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:00:29 EST news166192879 El Niņo years typically result in fewer hurricanes forming in the Atlantic Ocean. But a new study suggests that the form of El Niņo may be changing potentially causing not only a greater number of hurricanes than in average years, but also a greater chance of hurricanes making landfall, according to climatologists at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The study appears in the July 3, 2009, edition of the journal Science. http://www.physorg.com/news165763631.html Space & Earth Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:20:01 EST news165763631 Most of the world's acute hunger and undernutrition occurs not in conflicts and natural disasters but in the annual "hunger season," according to an article published this week in open access journal PLoS Medicine. The hunger season is the time of year when the previous year's harvest stocks have dwindled, food prices are high, and jobs are scarce, and is often under recognized. http://www.physorg.com/news165565062.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:18:45 EST news165565062 (AP) -- Gartner Inc. analysts are predicting this holiday season will be sweeter than last year's for the PC industry. http://www.physorg.com/news165210146.html Technology Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:10:02 EST news165210146 Global warming will likely mean more unpredictable weather, scientists say, and a new study by researchers at the University of Georgia pins down, possibly for the first time, how drought conditions in an area's fall and winter may effect tornado activity the following spring. http://www.physorg.com/news165048049.html Space & Earth Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:41:34 EST news165048049 LSU's WAVCIS, or Wave-Current-Surge Information System for Coastal Louisiana, has a few new tricks up its sleeve in preparation for the 2009 hurricane season. http://www.physorg.com/news164078139.html Space & Earth Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:16:46 EST news164078139 (PhysOrg.com) -- As the summer travel season begins, many vacation and business travelers will beat jet lag with the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. http://www.physorg.com/news163175924.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:39:29 EST news163175924 (PhysOrg.com) -- Summer soon begins in the Northern Hemisphere and, on June 1st, the Atlantic hurricane season kicks off. What do Atlantic and Pacific Ocean surface temperatures and heights tell forecasters about what they can expect this season? Although peak hurricane time doesn't arrive until late-summer and early fall, there are some oceanic signals that give a hint of coming activity and NASA satellites are helping to provide that data. http://www.physorg.com/news163082600.html Space & Earth Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:44:13 EST news163082600 (AP) -- When experts sketch out nightmare hurricane scenarios, a New York strike tends to be high on the list. http://www.physorg.com/news162995706.html Space & Earth Sun, 31 May 2009 13:35:55 EST news162995706 The first tropical depression of the north Atlantic's hurricane season formed Thursday and forecasters said it would likely reach tropical storm strength before petering out over open seas. http://www.physorg.com/news162740828.html Space & Earth Thu, 28 May 2009 14:47:29 EST news162740828