http://www.physorg.com/ en-us PhysOrg Team Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Does flower water harbour potentially deadly bacteria? Do bedside blooms compete with patients for oxygen? Do bouquets pose a health and safety risk around medical equipment? http://www.physorg.com/news180258763.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-17T08:10:01-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a non-volatile memory that has the same basic structure as a flash memory but is made from cheap, flexible, organic materials. http://www.physorg.com/news180259614.html Technology 2009-12-17T08:07:41-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- As budget cuts in education continue, we will see more use of mobile technologies in the classroom in 2010, predicts Dr. Vivian Wright, a University of Alabama educator. http://www.physorg.com/news180187195.html Technology 2009-12-17T08:00:04-07:00 Individuals with more education suffer less from asthma. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Respiratory Research have found that having less than 12 years of formal schooling is associated with worse asthma symptoms. http://www.physorg.com/news180257011.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-17T07:53:54-07:00 (AP) -- The question is a potential deal-killer: If nations ever agree to slash greenhouse gas emissions, how will the world know if they live up to their pledges? http://www.physorg.com/news180257046.html Space & Earth 2009-12-17T07:50:03-07:00 The medical establishment and politicians must do more to crack down on alternative medicine, argues a senior scientist on BMJ.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news180256755.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-17T07:30:02-07:00 (AP) -- The United States is prepared to join other rich countries in raising $100 billion in yearly climate financing for poor countries by 2020, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced Thursday at the Copenhagen talks. http://www.physorg.com/news180256541.html Space & Earth 2009-12-17T07:19:38-07:00 A single-atom-thick sheet of carbon, like those seen in pencil marks -- offers great potential for new types of nanoscale devices, if a good way can be found to mold the material into desired shapes. http://www.physorg.com/news180256587.html Nanotechnology 2009-12-17T07:18:00-07:00 Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was personally skeptical of manned space missions and warned that NASA's future funding could depend on whether it was likely to create jobs. http://www.physorg.com/news180255598.html Space & Earth 2009-12-17T07:15:12-07:00 (AP) -- Procter & Gamble Co. is getting a digital divorce from Kroger Co., severing the online coupon program the two Cincinnati-based companies began two years ago. http://www.physorg.com/news180249919.html Technology 2009-12-17T06:58:45-07:00 (AP) -- 'Tis the season for heart-melting tales of spontaneous good will among strangers, which, like the rest of our relationships, has gotten a lot more convenient since the advent of the Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news180249834.html Technology 2009-12-17T05:24:43-07:00 Scientists in Scotland, Canada and the US have proposed a new method to identify priority areas for whale conservation. The team's findings, published in Animal Conservation, suggest that even small protected areas, identified through feeding behaviour, can benefit highly mobile marine predators such as killer whales. http://www.physorg.com/news180214605.html Biology 2009-12-16T20:20:06-07:00 Santa should share Rudolf's snack of carrots and celery sticks rather than brandy and mince pies and swap his reindeer for a bike or walk, says a public health expert in the Christmas issue published in BMJ today. http://www.physorg.com/news180214579.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-16T20:00:11-07:00 Every year in the United States, 160,000 cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed, and 57,000 patients die of the disease, making it the second leading cause of death from cancer among adults, after lung cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news180208760.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-16T20:00:05-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation Hostage Rescue Team had a problem -- they needed a small, portable tool to identify fingerprints and faces, but couldn't get anyone interested in building a solution for such a limited market. So they came to the National Institute of Standards and Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news180214029.html Technology 2009-12-16T19:29:30-07:00 Yesterday, Dec. 15, at the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change, MIT researchers debuted the Copenhagen Wheel -- a revolutionary new bicycle wheel that not only boosts power, but can keep track of friends, fitness, smog and traffic. Though it looks like an ordinary bicycle wheel with an oversized center, the Wheel's bright red hub is a veritable Swiss army knife's worth of electronic gadgets and novel functions. http://www.physorg.com/news180212131.html Technology 2009-12-16T18:56:35-07:00 Like an angry dog, a volcano growls before it bites, shaking the ground and getting "noisy" before erupting. This activity gives scientists an opportunity to study the tumult beneath a volcano and may help them improve the accuracy of eruption forecasts, according to Emily Brodsky, an associate professor of Earth and planetary sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. http://www.physorg.com/news180210955.html Space & Earth 2009-12-16T18:50:02-07:00 It`s a world first: thanks to new technology developed by the University of Victoria, Canada, researchers can now show how multiple parts of the right brain dynamically process spatial relationships. http://www.physorg.com/news180208497.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-16T18:30:13-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- When drawing up a list of New Year's resolutions, be sure to include your pets, says Lorraine Corriveau, a wellness veterinarian at Purdue University's School of Veterinary Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news180187226.html Other Sciences 2009-12-16T18:30:05-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Solitary waves that run a long distance without losing their shape or dying out are a special class of waves called solitons. These everlasting waves are exotic enough, but theoreticians at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) , a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland, and their colleagues in India and the George Mason University, now believe that there may be a new kind of soliton that`s even more special. Expected to be found in certain types of ultracold gases, the new soliton would not be just a low-temperature atomic curiosity, it also may provide profound insights into other physical systems, including the early universe. http://www.physorg.com/news180207149.html Physics 2009-12-16T18:10:11-07:00 Verifying the accuracy of network analyzers -instruments that are used to measure key performance characteristics of electronic networks -was once an awkward process involving multiple steps and pieces of equipment. http://www.physorg.com/news180207439.html Technology 2009-12-16T18:10:07-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Over three decades, a world-recognized medical team at UC San Diego Medical Center has spurred the evolution of a complex surgery to destroy dangerous clusters of arteries and veins in the brain. Integrating innovative approaches in radiology, anesthesia and surgery, the team has perfected a method to systematically starve these abnormal brain lesions, artery by artery, vein by vein. http://www.physorg.com/news180208353.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-16T18:10:06-07:00 In the first genome-wide association study (GWAS) of leprosy and the largest GWAS on an infectious disease, scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and 26 institutes in China identified seven genes that increase an individual's susceptibility to leprosy. http://www.physorg.com/news180208605.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-16T18:10:02-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- If you've seen an Internet ad for capacitor-type power factor correction devices, you might be led to believe that using one can save you money on your residential electricity bill. However, a team including specialists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have recently explained why the devices actually provide no savings by discussing the underlying physics. http://www.physorg.com/news180209041.html Technology 2009-12-16T18:04:46-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Addiction disorders of various kinds are a major health and social problem, and our knowledge of how the brain`s reward system functions needs to be enhanced. Uppsala researchers now shows an unexpected effect of the signal substance glutamate on the midbrain in mice. The study is published in the Web edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS. http://www.physorg.com/news180207696.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-16T18:00:19-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Lay health teachers who engaged Hispanics inside their social networks were more effective than mailers at encouraging participants to prepare disaster plans. http://www.physorg.com/news180204630.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-16T18:00:15-07:00 The University of California, San Diego and nine other universities are members of a new research center charged with finding ways to improve the design of computing systems ranging from large data centers to tiny brain sensors. In its first three years, the Multi-Scale Systems Center (MuSyC) will focus on tackling a critical issue affecting multiple scales: energy efficiency. http://www.physorg.com/news180208212.html Technology 2009-12-16T18:00:11-07:00 Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia represent an exponentially growing social and health care challenge for American families - not only family members who face the progressive brain disease, but also those who love them. http://www.physorg.com/news180207313.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-16T18:00:06-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Next Generation Air Transportation System, known as NextGen, is due for national implementation in stages between now and 2018. "I am predicting ultimate success and a system that will provide a much safer travel environment," says Dr. David Brown, a University of Alabama professor who has used data mining to help improve FAA safety databases. http://www.physorg.com/news180186094.html Technology 2009-12-16T17:50:03-07:00 When it comes to finger sensitivity, bigger isn't always better. http://www.physorg.com/news180120296.html Medicine & Health 2009-12-16T17:45:43-07:00