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. Children as young as 12 have a strong sense of their personal futures and can reflect thoughtfully on what life might hold for them, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and led by Professor Paul Croll of Reading University and Professor Gaynor Attwood of the University of the West of England. http://www.physorg.com/news177493714.html Other Sciences Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:00:01 EST news177493714 (PhysOrg.com) -- "The very thought of you ... the mere idea of you" -- from the song "The Very Thought of You" by Ray Noble. Can the mere thought of your loved one reduce your pain? http://www.physorg.com/news177344980.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:30:34 EST news177344980 (PhysOrg.com) -- How dependent have we become on mobile phones, and are social networking sites changing the nature of our relationships with other people? A three-year Oxford University study is to address these issues. http://www.physorg.com/news174222554.html Technology Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:30:01 EST news174222554 A new study into the social networks of Tasmanian devils may help prevent the further spread of an extinction-threatening disease. The research, published in Ecology Letters, has produced an intricate social network of devil social relationships, revealing how disease can spread through a population. http://www.physorg.com/news169879500.html Biology Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:45:53 EST news169879500 A focus on psychological wealth rather than financial wealth can help people get through today's tough times, according to two of the world's leading psychological experts on happiness. More money makes people feel better about their lives, but it won't necessarily improve their quality of life, they said Saturday. http://www.physorg.com/news168967060.html Medicine & Health Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:50:01 EST news168967060 (PhysOrg.com) -- To a certain extent, just about everyone has some sort of social anxiety -- from the reluctance to chat with an airplane seat mate to the nervousness that comes with public speaking. http://www.physorg.com/news168192749.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:30:03 EST news168192749 (AP) -- Takeo Doi, a scholar who wrote that the Japanese psyche thrived on a love-hungry dependence on authority figures, has died, his family said Monday. He was 89. http://www.physorg.com/news166088893.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:49:09 EST news166088893 (PhysOrg.com) -- Most parents understand the importance of keeping their kids active in a time when childhood obesity is becoming a serious problem. But one University of Alberta researcher wants to go a step further and find out how sports also teach social skills. http://www.physorg.com/news161358345.html Other Sciences Tue, 12 May 2009 14:46:27 EST news161358345 Children who can stay focused and don't sweat the small stuff have a better shot at good health in adulthood -- and this is especially true for girls, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news160837849.html Medicine & Health Wed, 06 May 2009 14:11:16 EST news160837849 (PhysOrg.com) -- Children who are bullied at school over several years are up to four times more likely to develop psychotic-like symptoms by the time they reach early adolescence. http://www.physorg.com/news160406866.html Medicine & Health Fri, 01 May 2009 14:28:13 EST news160406866 A Queen's University research team has found that a painful pelvic affliction associated with adult men occurs as frequently in adolescent boys. Chronic prostatitis or chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a urogenital disease associated with persistent and life-altering pelvic and genital pain. http://www.physorg.com/news159098487.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:01:52 EST news159098487 Contrary to common stereotypes, individuals with major mental disorders are more likely to become victims of violent crimes when they are experiencing an increase in symptoms than they are to commit crime, according to a new study by Brent Teasdale, an assistant professor of criminal justice at Georgia State University. http://www.physorg.com/news158929220.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:01:18 EST news158929220 Twenty years after first being assessed in a long-term autism study, 41 Utahns with the disorder had a higher social outcome than those in similar studies, University of Utah psychiatry researchers have reported in the Journal of Autism Research online. http://www.physorg.com/news156768213.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:51:01 EST news156768213 (PhysOrg.com) -- It seems the ill-advised roads taken early in life are mostly one-way. http://www.physorg.com/news151330573.html Medicine & Health Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:16:13 EST news151330573 Without a way to measure religious beliefs, anthropologists have had difficulty studying religion. Now, two anthropologists from the University of Missouri and Arizona State University have developed a new approach to study religion by focusing on verbal communication, an identifiable behavior, instead of speculating about alleged beliefs in the supernatural that cannot actually be identified. http://www.physorg.com/news140178703.html Other Sciences Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:31:43 EST news140178703