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. Two dietary supplements -- vitamin D and fish oil -- will soon undergo a five-year test of their effectiveness in lowering the rates of several major diseases. Since nearly all African-Americans are deficient in vitamin D, the federal study will also assess whether supplements narrow the gap between disease rates in blacks and other racial groups. http://www.physorg.com/news165736839.html Medicine & Health Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:30:01 EST news165736839 US and European scientists were Tuesday bidding farewell to the tenacious solar probe Ulysses which has been recording data around the sun for more than 18 years, four times longer than planned. http://www.physorg.com/news165584644.html Space & Earth Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:10:01 EST news165584644 As a specialist in skin disorders and cancers, Dr. Janellen Smith sees firsthand what too much sun can do. Sunburns and accelerated skin aging are common results, but excessive sun exposure also can be deadly. http://www.physorg.com/news165513473.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:00:02 EST news165513473 The sun is the focus of a deepening mystery. Solar scientists want to know: Why is the sun so quiet? http://www.physorg.com/news165402599.html Space & Earth Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:10:01 EST news165402599 After 18.6 years in space and defying several earlier expectations of its demise, the joint ESA/NASA solar orbiter Ulysses will achieve 'end of mission' on 30 June 2009. The final communication pass with a ground station will start at 17:35 CEST and run until 22:20 CEST (15:35-20:20 UTC) or until the final command is issued to switch the satellite's radio communications into 'monitor only' mode. No further contact with Ulysses is planned. http://www.physorg.com/news165233546.html Space & Earth Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:15:43 EST news165233546 (AP) -- Software maker Oracle Corp.'s results topped Wall Street's forecast for the latest quarter Tuesday, despite a 5 percent drop in sales and a 7 percent decline in profit. http://www.physorg.com/news164995938.html Technology Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:20:01 EST news164995938 Now that the weather is nice, people will spend more time outside. Whether it`s doing yard work, playing golf or relaxing at the beach, we are a nation of sun lovers. Some people with light skin may even spend a few sessions in the tanning booth to begin to develop a golden hue that looks like they spent a week at the beach. Others work outside and whether they planned to or not, they will get more sunlight for the next six months. This carries a note of concern, since sunlight is very likely the reason malignant melanoma incidence has doubled since the 1970`s with an estimated 69,000 new cases expected this year and almost 9,000 deaths. http://www.physorg.com/news162666086.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 May 2009 18:02:26 EST news162666086 (PhysOrg.com) -- Cheap, convenient and casual, baseball caps and flip-flops have acquired a trendy charm. Those qualities have made them must-wear accessories for teens, outdoor enthusiasts, gardeners or anyone trying to keep cool during the sweltering days of summer. http://www.physorg.com/news162114929.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 May 2009 08:56:46 EST news162114929 NJIT's new 1.6-meter clear aperture solar telescope -the largest of its kind in the world -is now operational. The unveiling of this remarkable instrument -said to be the pathfinder for all future, large ground-based telescopes -could not have come at a more auspicious moment for science. This year marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo's telescope that he used to demonstrate that sunspots are indeed on the Sun. http://www.physorg.com/news161972205.html Space & Earth Tue, 19 May 2009 17:17:14 EST news161972205 Asian Americans who have adopted more aspects of Western culture may be more likely to engage in behaviors that increase sun exposure, thereby endangering their skin health, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Dermatology. http://www.physorg.com/news161883101.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 May 2009 16:32:44 EST news161883101 (AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. may have broken anti-bribery laws with its actions in an unspecified location outside the United States, a revelation that would-be acquirer Oracle Corp. knew about before inking its $7.4 billion takeover deal. http://www.physorg.com/news161026137.html Technology Fri, 08 May 2009 18:31:02 EST news161026137 NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is about to use its last drop of the coolant that has chilled it for the past five-and-a-half years. On about May 12, give or take a week or so, the observatory is predicted to run out of the liquid helium that has run through its veins, keeping its infrared detectors at frosty operating temperatures of just a few degrees above the coldest temperature possible, called absolute zero. http://www.physorg.com/news160762028.html Space & Earth Tue, 05 May 2009 17:07:31 EST news160762028 NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft served up another curveball to a University of Colorado at Boulder team after a second flyby of the hot inner planet Oct. 6 detected magnesium -- an element created inside exploding stars and which is found in many medicine cabinets on Earth -- clumped in the tenuous atmosphere of the planet. http://www.physorg.com/news160322181.html Space & Earth Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:57:07 EST news160322181 (AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc.'s loss ballooned in the latest quarter as restructuring charges and a 20 percent drop in sales compounded the financial woes Oracle Corp. is set to inherit by acquiring Sun for $7.4 billion. http://www.physorg.com/news160157226.html Technology Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:07:34 EST news160157226 A very recent article carried by the BBC called, 'Quiet Sun Baffling Astronomers' sent me in a twitter of research activity. The BBC article's head notes include "The Sun is the Dimmest It Has Been for Nearly A Century" and a suggestion we could be possibly looking at another Maunder Minimum which occurred in the mid-seventeenth century and lasted some 70-years which some believe led to a mini ice age causing havoc throughout North America and Europe. http://www.physorg.com/news160043689.html Space & Earth Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:22:43 EST news160043689 Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that among preteens, the use of photographs to measure ultraviolet (UV) exposure, could motivate them to improve sun protection practices and limit number of sunburns. These findings appear in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association. http://www.physorg.com/news159685661.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:08:16 EST news159685661 (AP) -- If IBM Corp. had managed to buy longtime rival Sun Microsystems Inc., it might have been as incongruous as waking up to a big blue sun. http://www.physorg.com/news159468953.html Technology Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:56:15 EST news159468953 (AP) -- IBM Corp.'s first-quarter results slipped as all its major business units suffered declines, but the company backed its bullish outlook for 2009 on Monday, reflecting its belief that a broad mix of services and software will help it weather the recession. http://www.physorg.com/news159463926.html Technology Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:32:44 EST news159463926 Dear EarthTalk: Is there really such a thing as "sun-protective clothing"? If so, does it mean I can dispense with oily sunscreens once and for all? (John Sugarman, San Diego, Calif.) http://www.physorg.com/news159441398.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:17:03 EST news159441398 Business software giant Oracle announced Monday it was buying Sun Microsystems and its Java programming language for 7.4 billion dollars after IBM abandoned its bid for the struggling tech company. http://www.physorg.com/news159433563.html Technology Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:06:37 EST news159433563 You ditched the baby oil with iodine ions ago, but you still have some burning questions about less-obvious sun no-no's. Now that spring is here and everyone's exposure time is likely to increase, get updated on the latest sun sense: http://www.physorg.com/news159191851.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:58:08 EST news159191851 Representatives of Sun Microsystems met earlier this week with advisers for IBM in an effort to restart buyout talks that stalled earlier this month, but no deal was reached. http://www.physorg.com/news159191691.html Technology Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:55:19 EST news159191691 (PhysOrg.com) -- Twin NASA spacecraft have provided scientists with their first view of the speed, trajectory, and three-dimensional shape of powerful explosions from the sun known as coronal mass ejections, or CMEs. This new capability will dramatically enhance scientists' ability to predict if and how these solar tsunamis could affect Earth. http://www.physorg.com/news158940323.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:06:02 EST news158940323 Two places on opposite sides of Earth may hold the secret to how the moon was born. NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft are about to enter these zones, known as the L4 and L5 Lagrangian points, each centered about 93 million miles away along Earth's orbit. http://www.physorg.com/news158515936.html Space & Earth Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:15:44 EST news158515936 (AP) -- Without IBM Corp.'s $7 billion takeover offer, Sun Microsystems Inc., a Silicon Valley rebel known for independence, is possibly alone again. Unless a new suitor somehow emerges, Sun will have to overcome the wobbly finances that forced it to shop itself around. http://www.physorg.com/news158255927.html Technology Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:59:21 EST news158255927 (AP) -- Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc. fell in premarket trading Monday on news that IBM Corp. withdrew an acquisition offer. http://www.physorg.com/news158223678.html Technology Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:02:33 EST news158223678 Religious technology may seem like an oxymoron, but as more people obtain mobile phones, iPhones and other devices to help them manage their lives, it's only natural that many of them will be using their gadgets to help them enrich their spiritual life as well. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a mobile application known as Sun Dial, which alerts Muslim users when it's time to perform the five daily prayers known as salat. The device is currently being discussed this week at the human-computer interaction conference, CHI, in Boston. http://www.physorg.com/news158206723.html Technology Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:19:15 EST news158206723 IBM has cut the price of its takeover bid for Sun Microsystems Inc. to nine to 10 dollars a share from 10 to 11 dollars a share, The Wall Street Journal online reported on Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news157914459.html Technology Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:08:12 EST news157914459 Scientists studying Eastern North American monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have uncovered a suite of genes that may be involved in driving the butterflies to migrate towards Mexico for the winter. Their research, published in the open access journal BMC Biology, describes 40 genes that are linked to the butterflies' compulsion to orientate themselves by an internal 'sun compass' and begin the 4000km journey southwards. http://www.physorg.com/news157733654.html Biology Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:54:45 EST news157733654 The world's biggest chip maker Intel rolled out a line of "revolutionary" chips designed as high-performance engines for datacenters, work stations and research computers. http://www.physorg.com/news157702685.html Electronics Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:18:36 EST news157702685