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. At least a dozen Alberta high-school calculus classrooms were exposed to the West Nile virus recently. http://www.physorg.com/news180012327.html Other Sciences Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:50:02 EST news180012327 A new study shows that people who have been infected with West Nile virus may have persistent virus in their kidneys for years after initial infection, potentially leading to kidney problems. The research, which appears in the January 1 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, is now available online. http://www.physorg.com/news179418889.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:48:46 EST news179418889 (PhysOrg.com) -- West Nile virus is more deadly in older adults due to defects in T cells, according to a study conducted by researchers from the UA College of Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news179159762.html Medicine & Health Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:36:51 EST news179159762 The extinction of plant and animal species can be likened to emptying a museum of its collection, or dumping a cabinet full of potential medicines into the trash, or replacing every local cuisine with McDonald's burgers. http://www.physorg.com/news179066778.html Biology Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:47:10 EST news179066778 (AP) -- Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness. http://www.physorg.com/news176059549.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:26:36 EST news176059549 Infection with West Nile virus (WNV) causes no symptoms in most people. However, it can cause fever, meningitis, and/or encephalitis. What determines the outcome of infection with WNV in different people has not been determined. http://www.physorg.com/news174586956.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:10:02 EST news174586956 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have used NASA`s Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) to compose the most comprehensive picture of changing glaciers along the coast of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. http://www.physorg.com/news173029514.html Space & Earth Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:46:10 EST news173029514 A cellular molecule that not only can sense two common respiratory viruses but also can direct cells to mount a defense has been identified by microbiologists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. http://www.physorg.com/news170255291.html Biology Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:09:40 EST news170255291 On a warm, breezy day in Oak Lawn, Ill., veterinary graduate student Jessica Girard of the University of Wisconsin-Madison removed a robin from a finely threaded net hidden in the shadows of a tree-lined meadow. http://www.physorg.com/news169404775.html Medicine & Health Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:20:02 EST news169404775 (PhysOrg.com) -- Mosquitoes with the potential to carry diseases lethal to many unique species of Galapagos wildlife are being regularly introduced to the islands via aircraft, according to new research published today. http://www.physorg.com/news169282786.html Biology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:00:27 EST news169282786 (PhysOrg.com) -- When Tony Goldberg is not whacking through the brush of central Africa, one of the world's great cauldrons of emerging human and animal disease, he is scouring another disease hot spot: the southwestern suburbs of Chicago. http://www.physorg.com/news167582012.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:10:01 EST news167582012 SARS. Ebola. West Nile. Avian flu. Over the past decade, the world has watched and waited to see if these viruses would develop into global health threats. In recent weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) sent a shockwave through the public when it ranked the emergent influenza swine-A/H1N1 virus--better known as swine flu--at alert Phase 5, implying that an influenza pandemic is imminent. http://www.physorg.com/news163352310.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:39:21 EST news163352310 Climate change is widening viral disease among farm animals, expanding the spread of some microbes that are also a known risk to humans, the world's top agency for animal health said on Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news162486984.html Medicine & Health Mon, 25 May 2009 16:16:49 EST news162486984 (AP) -- The ProVector Bt may not look too much like a real flower, but the artificial device sports bright, finely tuned colors and sweet nectar that can lure and kill mosquitoes that potentially carry diseases. http://www.physorg.com/news160842732.html Technology Wed, 06 May 2009 15:32:45 EST news160842732 Devastating droughts worse than the infamous Sahel drought are part of the normal climate regime for sub-Saharan West Africa, according to new research. http://www.physorg.com/news159111684.html Space & Earth Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:42:09 EST news159111684 North America's biological field stations have long been home to a rich legacy of research results, scientists say, making them important places for serendipitous discoveries in the biological and environmental sciences. http://www.physorg.com/news158430314.html Biology Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:25:39 EST news158430314 A new study published as the cover article for the April 2009 issue of The FASEB Journal promises to give physicians new ways to reduce deadly responses to viral infections of the brain and spinal cord. In the report, scientists from Columbia University, NY, detail for the first time the chemical processes that star-shaped nerve cells, called astrocytes, use to handle invading viruses and to summon other immune cells to cause life-threatening inflammation. http://www.physorg.com/news157713299.html Medicine & Health Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:15:23 EST news157713299 Both plant and human diseases that can travel with the wind have the potential to spread far more rapidly than has been understood, according to a new study, in findings that pose serious concerns not only for some human diseases but also a new fungus that threatens global wheat production. http://www.physorg.com/news157210190.html Biology Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:30:43 EST news157210190 Children with asthma have an easier time breathing if they spend even a few days in the country, safeguarded from urban air pollution, a study led by Giovanni Piedimonte, M.D., professor and chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, finds. http://www.physorg.com/news155892672.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:32:21 EST news155892672 (PhysOrg.com) -- A parasitic isopod that scientists identified five years ago has all but decimated mud shrimp populations in coastal estuaries ranging from British Columbia to northern California - with the exception of a handful of locations in Oregon from Waldport to Tillamook. http://www.physorg.com/news154892548.html Biology Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:42:59 EST news154892548 If global warming some day causes the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to collapse, as many experts believe it could, the resulting sea level rise in much of the United States and other parts of the world would be significantly higher than is currently projected, a new study concludes. http://www.physorg.com/news153066381.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:26:50 EST news153066381 New research reveals a model of host-pathogen interaction that explains how the immune system finds and destroys cells infected with a potentially lethal brain virus. The study, published online on February 5th in Immunity, a Cell Press publication, may lead to new treatments for West Nile virus (WNV) and other similar viral infections. http://www.physorg.com/news153059154.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:26:33 EST news153059154 A recent study shows that shade trees on the west and south sides of a house in California can reduce a homeowner's summertime electric bill by about $25.00 a year. The study, conducted last year on 460 single-family homes in Sacramento, is the first large-scale study to use utility billing data to show that trees can reduce energy consumption. http://www.physorg.com/news150384050.html Space & Earth Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:20:50 EST news150384050 Research conducted at The University of Queensland could contribute to the development of a vaccine and cure for West Nile virus and Dengue fever. http://www.physorg.com/news148228029.html Medicine & Health Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:27:09 EST news148228029 A new test for West Nile virus in horses that could be modified for use on humans and wildlife may help track the spread of the disease, according to an article in the September issue of the Journal of Medical Microbiology. http://www.physorg.com/news138435188.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:13:08 EST news138435188 (PhysOrg.com) -- People infected with West Nile virus seem to return to normal within one year of experiencing symptoms, a new McMaster study has found. The study, published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine, is the largest ever done on the long-term prognosis of West Nile virus. http://www.physorg.com/news138383281.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:48:01 EST news138383281 The long-term prognosis of patients infected with West Nile virus is good, according to a new study appearing in the August 19, 2008, issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians' flagship journal. This is the largest study of the long-term outcomes of West Nile virus infection. http://www.physorg.com/news138297914.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:05:14 EST news138297914 Dramatic year-to-year temperature swings and a century-long warming trend across West Antarctica are linked to conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean, according to a new analysis of ice cores conducted by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of Washington (UW). The findings show the connection of the world's coldest continent to global warming, as well as to periodic events such as El Niņo. http://www.physorg.com/news137772050.html Space & Earth Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:00:50 EST news137772050 Screening the entire human genome, a team headed by Yale University scientists have identified several hundred genes that impact West Nile virus infection. The findings reported Wednesday online in the journal Nature may give scientists valuable new clues about ways to intervene in a host of deadly viral infections. http://www.physorg.com/news137246041.html Medicine & Health Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:54:01 EST news137246041 Borneo (Kalimantan) is the third largest island in the world. It is rich with a variety of indigenous orchid species that grow in the forests. Borneo's rain forests are also home to some extremely rare species of orchids, all highly valued for their exotic aromas and aesthetic beauty. It has been estimated that 2500 to 3000 orchid species grow in the forests of Borneo. http://www.physorg.com/news135510875.html Space & Earth Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:54:35 EST news135510875