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In one of the more dramatic moments of an underwater archaeological survey co-led by Mercyhurst College archaeologist James Adovasio along Florida's Gulf Coast this summer, Andy Hemmings stood on an inundated river's edge where man hasn't set foot in more than 13,000 years. http://www.physorg.com/news170947571.html Other Sciences Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:40:03 EST news170947571 The Hormone Foundation, the public education affiliate of The Endocrine Society, in collaboration with the National Alliance for Caregiving, today released key findings from a first-of-its-kind survey aimed at better understanding the daily needs and struggles of unpaid caregivers of people with diabetes. http://www.physorg.com/news169818618.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:20:16 EST news169818618 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has arrived at its last stop on Earth -- Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. http://www.physorg.com/news169752808.html Space & Earth Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:50:01 EST news169752808 Approximately 1 in 6 public health workers said they would not report to work during a pandemic flu emergency regardless of its severity, according to a survey led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The findings are a significant improvement over a 2005 study conducted by the same research team, in which more than 40 percent of public health employees said they were unlikely to report to work during a pandemic emergency. The new study suggests ways for improving the response of the public health workforce. The results are published in the July 24 edition of the journal PLoS ONE. http://www.physorg.com/news167650689.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:38:33 EST news167650689 (PhysOrg.com) -- With many employees on the threshold of retirement now forced to re-think their plans in the wake of the global financial crisis, new research confirms that money is clearly a key priority for most people. However, it`s not the only inducement when it comes to deciding when to retire. http://www.physorg.com/news167580932.html Other Sciences Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:00:01 EST news167580932 (PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has flown over the western United States knows the patterns well: Seemingly endless repetitions of similar landforms, ridges and valleys and ridges and valleys arranged with nearly the regularity of the teeth on a comb. Now, an MIT geologist and co-workers say they have found the underlying mechanism that explains these widespread patterns - and how they vary from one place to another. http://www.physorg.com/news167493887.html Space & Earth Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:05:18 EST news167493887 Genetic research indicates that Australian Aborigines initially arrived via south Asia. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have found telltale mutations in modern-day Indian populations that are exclusively shared by Aborigines. http://www.physorg.com/news167423399.html Biology Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:30:43 EST news167423399 Arctic springtails (Megaphorura arctica) survive freezing temperatures by dehydrating themselves before the coldest weather sets in. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Genomics have identified a suite of genes involved in controlling this extreme survival mechanism. http://www.physorg.com/news167375159.html Biology Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:14:46 EST news167375159 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study published this week takes scientists a step further in their quest to understand how Antarctica's vast glaciers will contribute to future sea-level rise. Reporting in the journal Nature Geoscience, scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and University of Durham describe how a new 3-d map created from radar measurements reveals features in the landscape beneath a vast river of ice, ten times wider than the Rhine, in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. http://www.physorg.com/news167315664.html Space & Earth Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:50:02 EST news167315664 More than three-quarters of parents would be willing to permit the use of their children's newborn screening samples for research purposes if their permission were obtained beforehand, a University of Michigan survey shows. http://www.physorg.com/news166877377.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:50:12 EST news166877377 The seismometer is snugged in its hole and tamped over with dirt. Now it's time for the stomp test. http://www.physorg.com/news166089342.html Space & Earth Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:57:05 EST news166089342 Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey subjected species found in Antarctic waters to increasing levels of water temperature to learn how well they would cope with a warmer ocean. The study, to be presented at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting on Tuesday, June 30, shows that several of these species are already living really close to their upper temperature range, and that further increases could easily provoke serious ecological imbalances in this region. http://www.physorg.com/news165566317.html Biology Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:39:44 EST news165566317 New data show that enrollment in U.S. science and engineering (S&E) graduate programs in 2007 grew 3.3 percent over comparable data for 2006--the highest year-over-year increase since 2002 and nearly double the 1.7 percent increase seen in 2006. Science programs added the most students in absolute numbers, but engineering's percentage growth over 2006, 5.9 percent, was substantially higher than that of science, which grew by 2.4 percent. Enrollment in computer sciences programs was up 2.7 percent, the first increase since 2002. http://www.physorg.com/news165085085.html Other Sciences Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:50:01 EST news165085085 In the wake of Lord Carter's Digital Britain Report, an Oxford survey shows that one of the main challenges will be to change the perceptions of the third of the British population who choose not to use the internet. http://www.physorg.com/news164902192.html Technology Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:11:21 EST news164902192 The Seismological Lab at the University of Nevada, Reno is finishing the first phase of seismic surveying through downtown as part of U.S. Geological Survey study to create an earthquake hazard map in the Reno-Carson City urban corridor. http://www.physorg.com/news164381802.html Space & Earth Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:38:10 EST news164381802 It's a long-standing and crucial question that, as yet, remains unanswered: just how common is scientific misconduct? In the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, Daniele Fanelli of the University of Edinburgh reports the first meta-analysis of surveys questioning scientists about their misbehaviours. The results suggest that altering or making up data is more frequent than previously estimated and might be particularly high in medical research. http://www.physorg.com/news162795064.html Other Sciences Fri, 29 May 2009 05:52:29 EST news162795064 Asked to choose between lower gasoline prices and reduced greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline, 66 percent of Americans in a new online survey chose lower gas prices and the rest said that reducing the emissions that cause climate change was more important. http://www.physorg.com/news162672802.html Space & Earth Wed, 27 May 2009 19:54:07 EST news162672802 (PhysOrg.com) -- The science instrument for NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has been shipped to Boulder, Colo., for a planned launch in November. http://www.physorg.com/news162058334.html Space & Earth Wed, 20 May 2009 17:12:52 EST news162058334 (AP) -- Spacewalkers' specially designed tools couldn't dislodge a balky bolt interfering with repairs Sunday at the Hubble Space Telescope, so they took an approach more familiar to people puttering around down on Earth: use brute force. http://www.physorg.com/news161786489.html Space & Earth Sun, 17 May 2009 13:43:35 EST news161786489 A new study has sounded the alarm that the majority of Canadian adults are inactive over their lifespan and don't exercise enough during their leisure time. Published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, the study is unique in that it collected information over two decades from the 1981 Canada Fitness Survey, the 1988 Campbell's Survey of Well-Being and from the 2002/4 Physical Activity Longitudinal Study of the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news161349169.html Medicine & Health Tue, 12 May 2009 12:13:21 EST news161349169 Motorway-sized troughs and channels carved into Antarctica's continental shelves by glaciers thousands of years ago could help scientists to predict future sea-level rise according to a report in the journal Geology this month (May). http://www.physorg.com/news160734415.html Space & Earth Tue, 05 May 2009 09:27:17 EST news160734415 (PhysOrg.com) -- Satellite images show that icebergs have begun to calve from the northern front of the Wilkins Ice Shelf - indicating that the huge shelf has become unstable. This follows the collapse three weeks ago of the ice bridge that had previously linked the Antarctic mainland to Charcot Island. http://www.physorg.com/news160141181.html Space & Earth Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:41:09 EST news160141181 "You've come a long way, baby." - Virginia Slims cigarette campaign http://www.physorg.com/news157038193.html Other Sciences Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:43:45 EST news157038193 Autosub, a robot submarine built and developed by the UK's National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, has successfully completed a high-risk campaign of six missions travelling under an Antarctic glacier. http://www.physorg.com/news156521242.html Space & Earth Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:07:46 EST news156521242 Trousers have to be tried on - the variation between size labeling and actual clothing size is huge. This is shown by the report "Large? Clothing sizes and size labeling", which looks at the relationship between clothing sizes and the actual clothing measurements as well as consumers' views on and experiences of this. http://www.physorg.com/news156512563.html Other Sciences Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:43:12 EST news156512563 A new report by scientists at Columbia University's Earth Institute and the US Geological Survey points to an abundant supply of carbon-trapping rock in the US that could be used to help stabilize global warming. http://www.physorg.com/news155480837.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:07:47 EST news155480837 A large-scale study conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health has identified the type and frequency of hazardous conditions found in the home healthcare (HHC) setting. An anonymous survey of over 700 home healthcare RNs employed in New York City provided the most complete assessment of homecare hazardous household conditions to date. The most common hazardous conditions found in households were environmental and physical hazards, including animal hair, cigarette smoke, excessive dust, and mold/dampness. Physical hazards, such as loose rugs, were also common. http://www.physorg.com/news155387948.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:20:10 EST news155387948 An international team of scientists led by the UK has been given the go-ahead to explore one of the planet's last great frontiers - an ancient lake hidden deep beneath Antarctica's ice sheet. Buried under 3 km of ice, the lake - the size of Lake Windermere (UK) - may have been isolated for hundreds of thousands of years and could contain unique forms of life. The team hopes the exploration will yield vital clues about life on Earth, climate change and future sea-level rise. http://www.physorg.com/news155225080.html Space & Earth Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:05:17 EST news155225080 (PhysOrg.com) -- The vast expanses of intergalactic space appear to be filled with a haze of tiny, smoke-like "dust" particles that dim the light from distant objects and subtly change their colors, according to a team of astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II), including a researcher from the University of California, Davis. http://www.physorg.com/news154893222.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:54:42 EST news154893222 A Wildlife Conservation Society-supported survey of the Sahara has captured the first camera-trap photographs of the critically endangered Saharan cheetah in Algeria. The survey was conducted by researchers from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), the Office du Parc National de l'Ahaggar (OPNA), and the Université de Béjaďa, with support from WCS and Panthera. http://www.physorg.com/news154695999.html Biology Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:07:26 EST news154695999