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) -- Music Professor Jason Freeman created Piano Etudes, a Web-based application that allows audiences to participate in the composition process. http://www.physorg.com/news153595977.html Technology Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:33:19 EST news153595977 (PhysOrg.com) -- Dispersed wind farms and solar panels on people`s homes are posing new challenges for managing power grids that were designed when all electricity was generated in centralised plants. A new semantic web technology promises a solution. http://www.physorg.com/news153407687.html Technology Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:16:42 EST news153407687 (PhysOrg.com) -- Almost everyone who has used a major internet search engine has had the same experience: Search for "Dodge convertible" and 0.16 seconds later you have 4.3 million links to web pages on dodge ball, Dodge City and convertible debt instruments. http://www.physorg.com/news152984304.html Technology Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:39:07 EST news152984304 Steve Cucinotta's job lets him work with state-of-the-art software, create the latest Facebook applications and collaborate with equally cutting-edge co-workers. And if that's not enough, consider this: His office has a Foosball table. http://www.physorg.com/news151174948.html Technology Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:02:28 EST news151174948 (PhysOrg.com) -- A January 11, 2009 article in the London Times (on-line version) entitled, Revealed: The Environmental Impact of Google Searches quoted Harvard Physicist, Alex Wissner-Gross that "two Google searches generate the same carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea." As one might expect, the Google Team went into overdrive to correct the perception that Googlers are energy hogs. http://www.physorg.com/news151162640.html Space & Earth Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:37:20 EST news151162640 For most teenagers, privacy is important. They want to be able to go in their rooms, shut the door and close the world out. It's their safe place, a haven for them and their friends. http://www.physorg.com/news151059596.html Technology Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:59:56 EST news151059596 (PhysOrg.com) -- If you think you know what science is and how science works, think again. A new University of California, Berkeley, Web site called "Understanding Science" paints an entirely new picture of what science is and how science is done, showing it to be a dynamic and creative process rather than the linear - and frequently boring - process depicted in most textbooks. http://www.physorg.com/news150730593.html Other Sciences Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:36:33 EST news150730593 In the early days of the Internet, some scholars once predicted a lessening of racism and race-based discrimination in online interactions thanks to the anonymity and race-neutral nature of the medium. But according to a new study published by a University of Illinois professor who studies race and the Internet, adolescents are increasingly experiencing both individual and vicarious discrimination online, which in turn triggers stress, depression and anxiety. http://www.physorg.com/news150643577.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:26:17 EST news150643577 Like most everyone these days, when you need to search the Internet for just about anything, you use Google. Let's face it. Google is the undisputed champion when it comes to Internet searching. It's become so mainstream that the name itself has become synonymous with searching the Internet. It's actually listed as a verb in some dictionaries. "I Googled it" or "I Googled him" means you went online and searched for information relevant to that item or person. http://www.physorg.com/news150573286.html Technology Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:54:46 EST news150573286 In a pair of related studies released by Seattle Children's Research Institute and published in the January 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, researchers found that 54 percent of adolescents frequently discuss high-risk activities including sexual behavior, substance abuse or violence using MySpace, the popular social networking Web site (SNS). The studies, Adolescent Display of Health Risk Behaviors on MySpace, and Reducing At-Risk Adolescents' Display of Risk Behavior on a Social Networking Web Site, were led by research fellow Megan A. Moreno, MD, MPH, MSEd, and Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH, of the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at Seattle Children's Research Institute, and the University of Washington. http://www.physorg.com/news150447571.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:59:31 EST news150447571 Adobe Systems and Intel today announced plans to collaborate on the development to port and optimize Adobe Flash technology for the Intel Media Processor CE 3100. This effort is expected to provide consumers with richer and more seamless Web-based and video viewing experiences through advanced Intel-based cable set-top boxes, Blu-ray Disc players, digital TVs and retail connected AV devices. http://www.physorg.com/news150389447.html Technology Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:50:47 EST news150389447 (PhysOrg.com) -- Most of the knowledge and services potentially available on the worldwide web can`t be accessed through browsers and websites. A new European research project has devised a smart toolkit that unlocks and links the web`s hidden resources. http://www.physorg.com/news149345949.html Technology Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:59:09 EST news149345949 (PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers have created a microbial ecosystem smaller than a stick of gum that sheds new light on the plankton-eat-plankton world at the bottom of the aquatic food chain. http://www.physorg.com/news148556505.html Biology Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:41:45 EST news148556505 Scientists at Toshiba's Corporate Research and Development Center, in Japan have developed a system that offers shoppers advice on what to buy based on the product barcode and the current weblog buzz around the gadget. The team describes the system WOM Scouter this month in the International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies. http://www.physorg.com/news148054201.html Technology Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:10:01 EST news148054201 (PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed innovative software to make finding information on your computer and sharing it with others considerably easier. In the process, they may have solved the chicken and egg problem that has held back development of the semantic web. http://www.physorg.com/news146843260.html Technology Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:47:40 EST news146843260 (PHysOrg.com) -- The Internet contains vast amounts of information, much of it unorganized. But what you see online at any given moment is just a snapshot of the Web as a whole -- many pages change rapidly or disappear completely, and the old data gets lost forever. http://www.physorg.com/news146159573.html Technology Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:52:53 EST news146159573 A new Web site designed to emphasize smoking prevention for young girls has been launched through Children's Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD) and Dartmouth Medical School (DMS). The safe, online patient education site was created by Dartmouth pediatrician Henry Bernstein to help prevent smoking in young girls 8-11 years old). http://www.physorg.com/news145818109.html Medicine & Health Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:01:49 EST news145818109 (PhysOrg.com) -- Step aside, John McCain and Barack Obama. Meet Sen. Julian Polonius Foley Marcos DeWiki III, a true man of the people. DeWiki -- in Internet fashion -- is making an unprecedented run for president of the United States. http://www.physorg.com/news143216303.html Other Sciences Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:18:23 EST news143216303 New research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows unsponsored and professional society Web sites provide significantly higher quality information about common elective surgical procedures compared with commercially sponsored Web sites. In addition, the study authors say that providing patients with technical search terms may increase the likelihood of obtaining reliable surgical information on the Web. http://www.physorg.com/news142848547.html Medicine & Health Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:09:07 EST news142848547 According to a study by the University of California at Berkeley, traditional search engines such as Google and Yahoo index only about 0.2% of the Internet. The remaining 99.8%, known as the "deep Web," is a vast body of public and subscription-based information that traditional search engines can't access. http://www.physorg.com/news140110066.html Technology Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:27:46 EST news140110066 (PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since Bram Cohen invented BitTorrent, Web traffic has never been the same. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, however, is a matter of debate. http://www.physorg.com/news138381520.html Technology Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:18:40 EST news138381520 (PhysOrg.com) -- More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or even their identity. http://www.physorg.com/news136023039.html Technology Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:10:39 EST news136023039 (PhysOrg.com) -- More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or even their identity. http://www.physorg.com/news135959959.html Technology Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:39:19 EST news135959959 (PhysOrg.com) -- Where would we be without the web? It is such an immense and rich source of information; we feel that every answer is out there. All it takes is a bit of searching... http://www.physorg.com/news135434410.html Technology Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:40:10 EST news135434410 IBM today previewed a unique Social Accessibility collaboration software, developed by IBM Research, which allows Internet users to improve Web accessibility, particularly for those who are visually impaired. http://www.physorg.com/news134838593.html Technology Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:09:53 EST news134838593