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(PhysOrg.com) -- Heat transport in the earth's mantle and in the atmosphere is probably not as effective as previously thought. http://www.physorg.com/news179053848.html Physics Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:40:01 EST news179053848 The first ever published study of aviation-related injuries and deaths in the U.S. finds that more than 1,013 patients are admitted to U.S. hospitals with aviation-related injuries annually, and that 753 aviation-deaths occur each year. http://www.physorg.com/news178868591.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:20:05 EST news178868591 Bergen County Police and a Hackensack, N.J., drug treatment center are among a growing number of agencies using a software program to identify dangerous intersections, spot teen driving trends and reduce accident fatalities. http://www.physorg.com/news178315890.html Technology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:20:01 EST news178315890 Scientists are reporting evidence that air pollution - a well-recognized problem at major airports - may pose an important but largely overlooked health concern for people living near smaller regional airports. Those airports are becoming an increasingly important component of global air transport systems. The study, one of only a handful to examine airborne pollutants near regional airports, suggests that officials should pay closer attention to these overlooked emissions, which could cause health problems for local residents. It appears online in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news177772475.html Space & Earth Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:40:03 EST news177772475 (PhysOrg.com) -- The creation of E-ZPass lanes over the past 15 years has significantly improved the health of newborn babies living near highways in the Northeast, according to a Columbia study. The researchers found that reductions in traffic congestion generated by E-ZPass lanes reduced premature birthrates by 10.8 percent and low birth weight by 11.8 percent among infants born within 2 kilometers of toll plazas. The net effect has led to hundreds of millions of dollars in saved medical costs. http://www.physorg.com/news177698504.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:10:01 EST news177698504 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to fund research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Engineering on technologies that would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the capture and permanent safe storage, or sequestration, of carbon dioxide (CO2). The project is in collaboration with Southern Company, the parent company of Alabama Power. http://www.physorg.com/news176997779.html Space & Earth Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:04:06 EST news176997779 Although nearly 80 percent of the U.S. population lives within 2 hours by ground or helicopter transport to a verified burn center, there is substantial state and regional variation in geographic access to these centers, according to a study in the October 28 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news175887043.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:30:03 EST news175887043 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Friday it would approve biofuels for commercial flights by 2010 in a bid to drastically reduce the industry's carbon footprint. http://www.physorg.com/news175525268.html Technology Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:20:01 EST news175525268 A multi-million pound engineering research project is using advanced thinking to revolutionise the welding industry - and offering the prospect of saving lives. http://www.physorg.com/news174909407.html Technology Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:29:14 EST news174909407 (PhysOrg.com) -- The efforts to get more people out of cars and on their bikes in the UK could be being hampered by Governments' own transport strategies, claims new research from the University of Derby. http://www.physorg.com/news174908511.html Other Sciences Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:42:42 EST news174908511 When it comes to the two basic types of cells, prokaryotes and eukaryotes, compartmentalization is everything. Prokaryotes are evolutionarily ancient cells that only have a membrane surrounding their outer boundary, while the more complex eukaryotes have an outer membrane and membrane bound compartments within the cell. Perhaps most notable is the double layered membrane that surrounds the nucleus, the cellular compartment which houses the cell's genetic material. http://www.physorg.com/news174050458.html Chemistry Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:25:25 EST news174050458 (PhysOrg.com) -- Stop signs are supposed to be traffic safety tools, but how effective are they? According to one Ryerson University researcher, intersections with stop signs can be some of the deadliest places on the road. http://www.physorg.com/news173454547.html Other Sciences Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:10:03 EST news173454547 (PhysOrg.com) -- As a society, we are increasingly interested in finding new ways of transportation that are cleaner for the environment. New concepts in mass transit seem to be one of the main ways to move toward this future. However, many people (especially in the U.S.) don't want to give up the privacy of individual travel. As a result, it might be that so-called "sky pods" may provide the answer. http://www.physorg.com/news172939296.html Technology Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:42:27 EST news172939296 (PhysOrg.com) -- The widespread idea that Mars is red due to rocks being rusted by the water that once flooded the red planet may be wrong. Recent laboratory studies show that the red dust may be formed by ongoing grinding of surface rocks and liquid water need not have played any significant role in the red dust formation process. These findings, which open up the debate about the history of water on Mars and whether it has ever been habitable, have been presented at the European Planetary Science Congress by Dr Jonathan Merrison. http://www.physorg.com/news172481192.html Space & Earth Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:26:56 EST news172481192 Growing the energy crops short rotation coppice (SRC) willow and miscanthus grass could help the UK to reduce carbon emissions and benefit wildlife, according to researchers from the UK Research Councils` Rural Economy and Land Use Programme. http://www.physorg.com/news172317168.html Biology Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:10:07 EST news172317168 Worldwide, 13% of women who give birth suffer from postnatal depression, which causes a significant deterioration in a mother's quality of life and her ability to care for her baby. Now, Spanish researchers have developed a model to diagnose this illness with a predictive power of 80% - the best result to date for this kind of depression. http://www.physorg.com/news172307812.html Medicine & Health Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:50:01 EST news172307812 During air-medical transport of acutely-ill patients, 1 in 20 experience a critical event such as death, major resuscitation or blood pressure deterioration according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://www.physorg.com/news172151601.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:00:03 EST news172151601 (PhysOrg.com) -- What will the weather be like over the next few hours on the A3 between Nuremberg and Würzburg in Germany? Could fog be a problem? A new system will enable automakers to offer their customers additional services - such as weather information or details of vacant parking spaces. http://www.physorg.com/news171040497.html Technology Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:20:01 EST news171040497 A new study shows that nervous system integrity and axonal properties may play a key role in prion diseases. The findings, from researchers at the Rudolf Virchow Center and the Institute of Virology of the University of Würzburg, expand our understanding of the development of prion disease and suggest novel targets for therapeutic and diagnostic approaches in its early stages. Details are published August 21 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens. http://www.physorg.com/news170079903.html Medicine & Health Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:28:20 EST news170079903 (PhysOrg.com) -- A European research project has developed technologies that pave the way for highly efficient unmanned public transport systems in our cities. http://www.physorg.com/news169913192.html Technology Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:30:01 EST news169913192 Web 2.0 can help companies located in the same region share haulage space when transporting consignments. Pooling benefits the environment, reduces CO2 output and saves costs -- experts put the figure at around 15 percent. http://www.physorg.com/news169375078.html Technology Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:40:05 EST news169375078 (PhysOrg.com) -- As technology shrinks, and as it becomes possible to unplug and still conduct all of your business from a hand-held device, we demand more convenience. And there are two entities leading the way in developing ways to make it easier to take care of business away from home: The International Air Transport Association and USAA. One is providing airline check-in standards for mobile phones, and the other is providing a way to deposit checks using images taken with a cell phone. http://www.physorg.com/news169132434.html Electronics Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:14:32 EST news169132434 (PhysOrg.com) -- Can computers solve the logistical nightmare of planning English football fixtures? http://www.physorg.com/news168796520.html Technology Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:20:01 EST news168796520 (AP) -- "Cash for clunkers" could have the same effect on global warming pollution as shutting down the entire country - every automobile, every factory, every power plant - for an hour per year. That could rise to three hours if the program is extended by Congress and remains as popular as it is now. http://www.physorg.com/news168693300.html Space & Earth Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:40:01 EST news168693300 Since its discovery just a few years ago, graphene has climbed to the top of the heap of new super-materials poised to transform the electronics and nanotechnology landscape. As N.J. Tao, a researcher at the Biodesign Institute of Arizona State University explains, this two dimensional honeycomb structure of carbon atoms is exceptionally strong and versatile. Its unusual properties make it ideal for applications that are pushing the existing limits of microchips, chemical sensing instruments, biosensors, ultracapacitance devices, flexible displays and other innovations. http://www.physorg.com/news166357423.html Nanotechnology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:10:01 EST news166357423 (PhysOrg.com) -- Efficient energy transport plays an important role in the development of optoelectonic materials. The true masters of energy transfer via a hierarchical arrangement of different molecules are the photosynthetic mechanisms of plants. http://www.physorg.com/news166264723.html Nanotechnology Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:39:34 EST news166264723 A protein called STAT3 has been found to play a fundamental role in converting normal cells to cancerous cells, according to a new study led by David E. Levy, Ph.D., professor of pathology and microbiology at NYU Langone Medical Center. http://www.physorg.com/news165159246.html Medicine & Health Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:10:03 EST news165159246 The poor are disproportionately victims of road crashes, with the number of deaths set to nearly double in two decades, according to the first global assessment of road safety released on Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news164291927.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:39:04 EST news164291927 Fuel-efficient and environmentally-friendly, hybrid buses starred at a public transportation congress in Vienna this week, but they still face a long road before becoming cost-effective on a mass scale. http://www.physorg.com/news163782375.html Technology Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:06:44 EST news163782375 Crisis-hit airlines said Tuesday that a plan to cap the growth of the industry's emissions by 2020 was ambitious and costly but agreed on the urgency of fighting climate change. http://www.physorg.com/news163757721.html Space & Earth Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:15:41 EST news163757721