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. (PhysOrg.com) -- With Memorial Day just around the corner, NASA plans a spectacular aerial display May 20 of the newly designed parachute recovery system for its Ares I rocket. The centerpieces for the test are the three massive main parachutes -- measuring 150 feet in diameter and weighing 1-ton each -- the largest rocket parachute ever manufactured. http://www.physorg.com/news161879186.html Space & Earth Mon, 18 May 2009 15:27:05 EST news161879186 Mayor Boris Johnson outlined plans to make London "the cleanest, greenest city on earth" by the 2012 Olympics and called for commitments from other world cities at a climate change conference. http://www.physorg.com/news161846242.html Space & Earth Mon, 18 May 2009 06:18:09 EST news161846242 (AP) -- Google said Wednesday it will reshoot all photos in Japan for its Street View service after residents complained the 360-degree panoramic images provided a view over the fences around their homes. http://www.physorg.com/news161507393.html Technology Thu, 14 May 2009 08:10:24 EST news161507393 America's power grid today resembles the country's canal system of the 19th Century. A marvel of engineering for its time, the canal system eventually could not keep pace with the growing demands of transcontinental transportation. http://www.physorg.com/news160942405.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 19:14:19 EST news160942405 (PhysOrg.com) -- Vehicles on America's roads today get only about three miles more per gallon than vehicles back in 1923, University of Michigan researchers say. http://www.physorg.com/news160758081.html Technology Tue, 05 May 2009 16:01:45 EST news160758081 The European-built Node 3 module for the International Space Station will be shipped to NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on 17 May. http://www.physorg.com/news160663280.html Space & Earth Mon, 04 May 2009 13:41:46 EST news160663280 A new study confirms what most people already know: sending text messages and driving are a potentially lethal combination. http://www.physorg.com/news160649069.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 May 2009 09:45:16 EST news160649069 On 28 April, the final qualification test firing of the third stage solid propellant motor for Europe`s new small launch vehicle took place at the Salto di Quirra Interforce Test Range in Sardinia, Italy. http://www.physorg.com/news160317681.html Space & Earth Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:46:16 EST news160317681 Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research are testing an innovative technological system in the Detroit area this month that ultimately will help protect drivers from being surprised by black ice, fog, and other hazardous weather conditions. http://www.physorg.com/news158417721.html Technology Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:55:53 EST news158417721 (PhysOrg.com) -- Plans for a solar-powered racing car which will cruise at 60mph using the same power as a hairdryer have been unveiled by students at Cambridge University. http://www.physorg.com/news158248893.html Technology Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:02:17 EST news158248893 Tesla Motors says orders have been streaming in for its electric Model S sedans due to begin rolling off assembly lines in 2011. http://www.physorg.com/news157917126.html Technology Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:52:25 EST news157917126 (PhysOrg.com) -- Milica Stojanovic says the best way to think about the need for better underwater communications is to consider the Titanic. http://www.physorg.com/news157915862.html Technology Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:31:37 EST news157915862 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, on Monday said it settled a patent dispute over car navigation technology with TomTom NV for an undisclosed amount. http://www.physorg.com/news157646011.html Technology Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:34:37 EST news157646011 Dear EarthTalk: If you have an electric or plug-in hybrid car, you're paying for electricity rather than gasoline all or most of the time. How does that cost compare to a gas-powered car's cost-per-mile? And since the electricity may be generated from some other polluting source, does it really work out to be better for the environment? (Kevin DeMarco, Milford, Connecticut) http://www.physorg.com/news157618076.html Space & Earth Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:48:37 EST news157618076 US automaker Tesla Motors unveiled Thursday its state-of-the-art five-seat sedan, billed as the world's first mass-produced, highway-capable electric car. http://www.physorg.com/news157312107.html Technology Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:48:57 EST news157312107 (PhysOrg.com) -- A blind fish that has evolved a unique technique for sensing motion may inspire a new generation of sensors that perform better than current active sonar. http://www.physorg.com/news157135791.html Technology Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:53:04 EST news157135791 (PhysOrg.com) -- Buying a new car is one of the biggest purchases most people make. But how can you be sure that the car you order will live up to your expectations? European and Asian researchers are using immersive virtual reality and emotional design to offer a solution. http://www.physorg.com/news157040818.html Technology Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:27:40 EST news157040818 President Barack Obama Thursday unveiled a 2.4 billion dollar boost for electric vehicle development, vowing to compete with foreign nations in the race to be world leader on renewable energy. http://www.physorg.com/news156703825.html Technology Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:50:49 EST news156703825 As the global automobile industry considers alternative energy sources to replace the traditional internal combustion engine, Jessie Pacheco, a mail clerk at Camp Pendleton, has been making his rounds to Marines in General Motors (GM) Chevrolet Equinox fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has sponsored the GM FCVs at Camp Pendleton since 2006 with two more scheduled to arrive later this year. http://www.physorg.com/news156600088.html Technology Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:02:10 EST news156600088 (PhysOrg.com) -- The final pieces of the Ares I-X flight test rocket left the Alliant Tech Systems manufacturing facility in Promontory, Utah, Thursday and began a 2,917-mile journey to its launch site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.physorg.com/news156179269.html Space & Earth Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:08:59 EST news156179269 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny, ubiquitous particles in the atmosphere may play a profound role in regulating global climate. But the scientists who study these particles -- called aerosols -- have long struggled to accurately measure their composition, size, and global distribution. A new detection technique and a new satellite instrument developed by NASA scientists, the Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor (APS), should help ease the struggle. http://www.physorg.com/news156086477.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:22:26 EST news156086477 South Korea's first space rocket launch has been postponed by a month to late July to give engineers more time for tests, the government said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news156063981.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:06:58 EST news156063981 (AP) -- AT&T Inc. said Wednesday it will spend up to $350 million over five years to buy more than 8,000 Ford Motor Co. vans and trucks, then convert them to run on compressed natural gas. http://www.physorg.com/news155999539.html Technology Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:12:39 EST news155999539 Truck crashes are a significant public health hazard causing thousands of deaths and injuries each year, with driver fatigue and sleepiness being major causes. A new study has confirmed previous findings that obesity-driven testing strategies identify commercial truck drivers with a high likelihood of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and suggests that mandating OSA screenings could reduce the risk of truck crashes. http://www.physorg.com/news155993856.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:38:11 EST news155993856 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has completed a successful test firing of the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor. http://www.physorg.com/news155923882.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:12:21 EST news155923882 AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson has a problem: There are way too many Toyota Prius hybrids sitting on his car lots across America. http://www.physorg.com/news155565905.html Technology Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:50:19 EST news155565905 Diagnosing and treating obstructive sleep apnea may soon become much less expensive and arduous, thanks to new research showing that a simplified program using experienced nurses, home ambulatory diagnosis and auto-titrating continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines to titrate CPAP pressures is not inferior to the traditional model which relies on specialist physicians and sleep studies. http://www.physorg.com/news155559550.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:59:40 EST news155559550 Four international bodies on Wednesday called on governments and car makers to halve global vehicle emissions by 2050 as the auto industry insisted it was serious about producing greener vehicles. http://www.physorg.com/news155413701.html Technology Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:28:47 EST news155413701 Cell phones are a danger on the road in more ways than one. Two new studies show that talking on the phone while traveling, whether you're driving or on foot, is increasing both pedestrian deaths and those of drivers and passengers, and recommend crackdowns on cell use by both pedestrians and drivers. The new studies, lead-authored by Rutgers University, Newark, Economics Professor Peter D. Loeb, relate the impact of cell phones on accident fatalities to the number of cell phones in use, showing that the current increase in deaths attributed to cell phone use follows a period when cell phones actually helped to reduce pedestrian and traffic fatalities. However, this reduction in fatalities disappeared once the numbers of phones in use reached a "critical mass" of 100 million, the study found. http://www.physorg.com/news155404929.html Other Sciences Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:02:53 EST news155404929 (PhysOrg.com) -- The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), called GOES-O, arrived this morning by a C17 military cargo aircraft at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility from the manufacturing plant in El Segundo, Calif. http://www.physorg.com/news155397372.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:57:05 EST news155397372