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) -- Scientists have known for 40 years that even though it takes longer to use sign language to sign individual words, sentences can be signed, on average, in the same time it takes to say them, but until now they have never understood how this could be possible. http://www.physorg.com/news180085938.html Technology Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:00:01 EST news180085938 (PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers and colleagues have created cell phones that allow deaf people to communicate in sign language, the same way hearing people use phones to talk. http://www.physorg.com/news178997841.html Technology Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:30:01 EST news178997841 Deaf children are able to develop a language-like gesture system by making up hand signs and using homemade systems to increase their communication as they grow, just as children with conventional spoken language, research at the University of Chicago shows. http://www.physorg.com/news153928311.html Medicine & Health Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:54:37 EST news153928311 Capt. Kirk and his unforgettable "Beam me up, Scotty" introduced a generation to the concept of videophones on the 1960s drama series "Star Trek." The phones are now a reality - for more than 100,000 deaf people. http://www.physorg.com/news152982747.html Electronics Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:13:31 EST news152982747 A group at the University of Washington has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone. UW engineers got the phones working together this spring, and recently received a National Science Foundation grant for a 20-person field project that will begin next year in Seattle. http://www.physorg.com/news138590527.html Technology Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:22:07 EST news138590527