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. Everything was silent in St. Petersburg's Semenovsky Square. On the cold December day in 1849, the snow fell softly on the soldiers, on the crowd and on the ragged prisoners who unexpectedly found themselves blinking at the bright, beautiful sun shining through a haze of thick clouds. http://www.physorg.com/news179157008.html Other Sciences Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:00:01 EST news179157008 Magma from a Chilean volcano shot through Earth's crust at around a metre (3.25 feet) per second, a speed highlighting the perils from so-called rhyolitic volcanoes, scientists reported on Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news174143402.html Space & Earth Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:30:01 EST news174143402 (PhysOrg.com) -- Abolishing patent and copyright laws sounds radical, but two economists at Washington University in St. Louis say it's an idea whose time has come. Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine see innovation as a key to reviving the economy. They believe the current patent/copyright system discourages and prevents inventions from entering the marketplace. The two professors have published their views in a new book, Against Intellecutual Monopoly, from Cambridge University Press. http://www.physorg.com/news155495067.html Other Sciences Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:05:33 EST news155495067 Contrary to the words of a popular song, there is such a thing as the real world. Computer science faculty at Washington University in St. Louis are exposing their undergraduate students to learning in ways that prepare them for interaction in the real work place. http://www.physorg.com/news154721675.html Other Sciences Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:14:57 EST news154721675 (PhysOrg.com) -- Flying twin-engine light aircraft the equivalent of several trips around the globe and establishing a network of seismic instruments across an area the size of Texas, a U.S.-led, international team of scientists has not only verified the existence of a mountain range suspected to have caused the massive East Antarctic Ice Sheet to form, but also has created a detailed picture of the rugged landscape buried under more than 2.5 miles of ice. http://www.physorg.com/news154717255.html Space & Earth Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:01:34 EST news154717255 (PhysOrg.com) -- The anxiety of cancer returning is often overlooked by both patients and medics, according to leading experts in the disease. http://www.physorg.com/news154714235.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:11:10 EST news154714235 (PhysOrg.com) -- Building on plant virus research started more than 20 years ago, a biologist at Washington University in St. Louis and his a colleague at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis have discovered a technology that reduces infection by the virus that causes Rice Tungro Disease, a limiting factor of rice production in Asia. http://www.physorg.com/news153510036.html Biology Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:41:07 EST news153510036 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of St Andrews have discovered that gorillas have a more extensive repertoire of gestures than any other mammal. http://www.physorg.com/news153413952.html Biology Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:59:43 EST news153413952 (PhysOrg.com) -- Why do we look when another person looks? Are we looking for objects of interest or perhaps a warning of impending danger? Or are we just plain nosey? Human tendency to follow another person's gaze - `gaze following' - can be traced back to man's most distant relatives, according to a new scientific report. http://www.physorg.com/news152812829.html Biology Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:01:12 EST news152812829 (PhysOrg.com) -- Thinking about your putting technique in between shots can make you play worse, not better, according to a new report by scientists. http://www.physorg.com/news152545361.html Medicine & Health Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:43:22 EST news152545361 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new brain-imaging study is shedding light on what it means to "get lost" in a good book - suggesting that readers create vivid mental simulations of the sounds, sights, tastes and movements described in a textual narrative while simultaneously activating brain regions used to process similar experiences in real life. http://www.physorg.com/news152210728.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:46:03 EST news152210728 (PhysOrg.com) -- Experts at The University of Manchester are to produce a detailed picture of the public`s views on the uncertain future of a 250-mile-stretch of coastline. http://www.physorg.com/news151938896.html Space & Earth Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:15:43 EST news151938896 (PhysOrg.com) -- St Andrews researchers may finally have found the reason why women are more likely to coo over babies than men. http://www.physorg.com/news151775937.html Medicine & Health Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:59:20 EST news151775937 A new study into the diet of ancient Israel has revealed that far from being 'the land of milk and honey', its inhabitants suffered from the lack of a balanced diet. http://www.physorg.com/news151078460.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:14:20 EST news151078460 Got a lead foot? Hold on to your wallet. http://www.physorg.com/news150992952.html Other Sciences Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:29:12 EST news150992952 (PhysOrg.com) -- It's a little like finding out that Superman is actually Clark Kent. A team of biologists at Washington University in St. Louis has discovered that two vital cellular components, nuclear RNA Polymerases IV and V (Pol IV and V), found only in plants, are actually specialized forms of RNA Polymerase II, an essential enzyme of all eukaryotic organisms, including humans. http://www.physorg.com/news150477159.html Biology Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:12:39 EST news150477159 New research provides support for the use of St. John's wort extracts in treating major depression. A Cochrane Systematic Review backs up previous research that showed the plant extract is effective in treating mild to moderate depressive disorders. http://www.physorg.com/news142656014.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:40:14 EST news142656014 As an eleven year old boy in 1985, Donald Wylie tossed a bottle into the Orkney sea, with a message asking its finder to track him down. Almost a quarter of a century later, Donald will be reunited with the bottle which eventually washed up hundreds of miles away on the West Sands in St Andrews http://www.physorg.com/news138546698.html Other Sciences Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:11:38 EST news138546698 With its first demonstration of a rocket-powered plane, the Rocket Racing League is hoping to have invented a new sport. Thousands of spectators witnessed the league´s first flight, held at the Experimental Aircraft Association´s AirVenture air show in Oshkosh, Wisc., on Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news136735471.html Space & Earth Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:04:26 EST news136735471 Comprising the "infrastructure" for the Information Age, cyberinfrastructure - the organized aggregate of information technologies, organizations, and human resources - is essential for future research advancement and discovery. In this month's EDUCAUSE Review, Dr. Fran Berman, director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, makes the case for investment in cyberinfrastructure as part of the "IT bill" for the Information Age. http://www.physorg.com/news136558192.html Technology Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:49:52 EST news136558192