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. Effects of climate change projected this century for Oregon's Upper Willamette River Basin, including Eugene-Springfield, will threaten water supplies, buildings, transportation systems, human health, forests, and fish and wildlife, according to a report produced by the University of Oregon's Climate Leadership Initiative and the National Center for Conservation Science & Policy. http://www.physorg.com/news155305646.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:27:52 EST news155305646 Next time you have an unlucky encounter with a crab's pinchers, consider that the claw tips may be reinforced with bromine-rich biomaterial 1.5 times harder than acrylic glass and extremely fracture resistant, says a University of Oregon scientist. http://www.physorg.com/news154788435.html Biology Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:51:08 EST news154788435 A new study reports that charcoal particles left by wildfires in sediments of 35 North American lake beds don't readily support the theory that comets exploding over the continent 12,900 years ago sparked a cooling period known as the Younger Dryas. http://www.physorg.com/news152375857.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:38:05 EST news152375857 Abundant tiny particles of diamond dust exist in sediments dating to 12,900 years ago at six North American sites, adding strong evidence for Earth's impact with a rare swarm of carbon-and-water-rich comets or carbonaceous chondrites, reports a nine-member scientific team. http://www.physorg.com/news150048795.html Nanotechnology Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:13:15 EST news150048795