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) -- After waiting years for the sun to illuminate Saturn's north pole again, cameras aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft have captured the most detailed images yet of the intriguing hexagon shape crowning the planet. http://www.physorg.com/news179601566.html Space & Earth Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:50:03 EST news179601566 (PhysOrg.com) -- The first hard winter wheat varieties bred and developed for production in the eastern United States have been released by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). http://www.physorg.com/news176122758.html Biology Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:01:57 EST news176122758 High temperatures, humidity and low wind speed are associated with high occurrence of dengue fever according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Public Health. http://www.physorg.com/news175806130.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:04:03 EST news175806130 US scientists on Thursday said that the El Nino warming trend of the Pacific Ocean waters has returned, bringing with it almost certain changes in weather patterns around the world. http://www.physorg.com/news166367335.html Space & Earth Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:09:26 EST news166367335 (AP) -- Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole a decade ago, has died after the disease recurred. She was 57. http://www.physorg.com/news165085627.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:40:02 EST news165085627 Across New Jersey, more towns are using solar-powered warning signs, capitalizing on the technology's effectiveness to inform the public, warn motorists of danger and save energy. http://www.physorg.com/news164637858.html Technology Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:50:02 EST news164637858 Chinese officials claimed they prevented rain on the first day of the 2008 Beijing Olympics by launching rockets into the rain clouds the night before. Emeritus professor of meteorology Charles L. Hosler asserts that the good weather that day was coincidental. While the impact that humans can have on the weather is currently negligible, Hosler predicts that in the future we will be able to alter precipitation patterns in a predictable manner. http://www.physorg.com/news159123630.html Space & Earth Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:00:59 EST news159123630 (PhysOrg.com) -- The space shuttle Discovery's crew is expected to complete its mission to the International Space Station with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:43 p.m. EDT on Saturday, March 28. The return to Earth will conclude a 13-day flight. Nine of those days were spent docked to the station. http://www.physorg.com/news157224348.html Space & Earth Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:26:26 EST news157224348 A plane set off Wednesday during a break in bad weather to re-supply three stranded British researchers, who are trapped and fighting to survive in the North Pole, organizers of the aid effort said. http://www.physorg.com/news156611094.html Space & Earth Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:05:30 EST news156611094 High summer temperatures, pushed higher by global climate change, may bring with them a spike in hospitalizations for respiratory problems, according to an analysis of data from twelve European cities, from Dublin to Valencia. The data comes from the "Assessment and Prevention of Acute Health Effects of Weather Conditions in Europe" (PHEWE), a multi-center, three-year collaboration between epidemiologists, meteorologists and experts in public health collaboration that investigated the short-term effects of weather in Europe. http://www.physorg.com/news154341716.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:42:34 EST news154341716 Scientists at the BBSRC-funded Institute for Animal Health (IAH) are stepping up the battle against the devastating and economically damaging bluetongue virus. By combining ingenious ways to trap and monitor midges with cutting edge computer modelling and weather predictions the IAH team are gaining an understanding of how the insects spread the disease so that they can improve surveillance methods and advise farmers how and when to protect their animals. http://www.physorg.com/news137324874.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:47:54 EST news137324874