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. You can practically track Steve Barkley's stress by the level of activity in his temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, the hinge joint that connects the lower jaw to the temporal bone of the skull and helps one chew, talk and yawn. http://www.physorg.com/news178536962.html Medicine & Health 2009-11-27T19:40:04-07:00 (AP) -- Ariana Leonard's high school students shuffled in their seats, eagerly awaiting a cue from their Spanish teacher that the assignment would begin. "Take out your cell phones," she said in Spanish. http://www.physorg.com/news178565351.html Technology 2009-11-27T17:29:38-07:00 (AP) -- For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the "eye in the sky." He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on the nation's worst traffic. http://www.physorg.com/news178557435.html Technology 2009-11-27T15:40:01-07:00 The discovery that an ancient light harvesting protein plays a pivotal role in the photosynthesis of green algae should help the effort to develop algae as a biofuels feedstock. Researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have identified the protein LHCSR as the molecular "dimmer switch" that acts to prevent green algae from absorbing too much sunlight during photosynthesis and suffering oxidation damage as a consequence. http://www.physorg.com/news178555031.html Biology 2009-11-27T15:10:01-07:00 It doesn't seem like a fair fight. In one corner loomed the Thanksgiving table, groaning with poultry, pie and mashed potatoes. http://www.physorg.com/news178554433.html Medicine & Health 2009-11-27T14:27:40-07:00 (AP) -- The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban Internet gambling. http://www.physorg.com/news178551993.html Technology 2009-11-27T14:10:01-07:00 Fujitsu Laboratories today announced, as a world first, the development of a novel technology for forming graphene transistors directly on the entire surface of large-scale insulating substrates at low temperatures while employing chemical-vapor deposition (CVD) techniques which are in widespread use in semiconductor manufacturing. http://www.physorg.com/news178552799.html Technology 2009-11-27T14:00:59-07:00 (AP) -- James Cameron was thinking beyond the big screen when he created the alien world of Pandora. The "Titanic" director worked in tandem with video game developer Ubisoft Montreal on the game based on his upcoming sci-fi epic "Avatar." http://www.physorg.com/news178551980.html Technology 2009-11-27T14:00:04-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- The European Space Agency has today released spectacular new observations from the Herschel Space Observatory, including the UK-led SPIRE instrument. Spectrometers on board all three Hershel instruments have been used to analyse the light from objects inside our galaxy and from other galaxies, producing some of the best measurements yet of atoms and molecules involved in the birth and death of stars. http://www.physorg.com/news178551842.html Space & Earth 2009-11-27T13:45:21-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Uppsala University and University Children`s Hospital in Uppsala have devised powerful new tools for typing cells from children with acute lymphatic leukemia and for prediction of how children with leukemia will respond to chemotherapy. The study was recently published in electronic form by the prestigious hematological journal Blood. http://www.physorg.com/news178550370.html Medicine & Health 2009-11-27T13:21:30-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has made the first unambiguous detection of high-energy gamma-rays from an enigmatic binary system known as Cygnus X-3. The system pairs a hot, massive star with a compact object -- either a neutron star or a black hole -- that blasts twin radio-emitting jets of matter into space at more than half the speed of light. http://www.physorg.com/news178547547.html Space & Earth 2009-11-27T12:34:14-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Alberta researcher has turned the site of a southern Alberta rockslide tragedy into the proving ground for new equipment meant to avert such a disaster in the future. http://www.physorg.com/news178547053.html Space & Earth 2009-11-27T12:25:08-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Is it possible to make even more compact digital memories for portable electronic devices and which consume even less energy? A team of French researchers has recently demonstrated that it is feasible, thanks to a new class of materials known as multiferroics, which combine unusual electric and magnetic properties. http://www.physorg.com/news178546236.html Physics 2009-11-27T12:15:20-07:00 ASUS today launched the Eee PC T91MT, the world's first convertible tablet netbook to feature a multi-touch screen that supports Windows 7 Multi-Touch gestures. http://www.physorg.com/news178545872.html Electronics 2009-11-27T12:05:21-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Ultraluminous infrared galaxies ((ULIRGs) are galaxies whose luminosity exceeds that of a trillion suns; for comparison, the Milky Way galaxy has a typical (and much more modest) luminosity of only about ten billion suns. ULIRGs were discovered by an all-sky infrared survey satellite in the 1980's, and since then the origin(s) of their huge infrared emission has been widely debated. Extreme infrared activity is known to be associated with interacting galaxies, and optical imaging indeed shows that many ULIRGs are in collision, but this fact does not answer the question of what physical mechanism powers the luminosity. Might the same process be underway at a low level in our galaxy? http://www.physorg.com/news178544948.html Space & Earth 2009-11-27T11:55:01-07:00 (AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth with a smooth touchdown Friday to end an 11-day flight that resupplied the International Space Station. http://www.physorg.com/news178530037.html Space & Earth 2009-11-27T10:58:45-07:00 The International Atomic Energy Agency on Friday announced an agreement to help African nations battle the tsetse fly, the main carrier of parasites that causes sleeping sickness with its bites. http://www.physorg.com/news178541680.html Medicine & Health 2009-11-27T10:57:30-07:00 Alzheimer's disease takes a devastating emotional toll on families but it also is one of the most expensive conditions to treat because of its progressive nature, requiring increasing assistance with eating, bathing and other basic activities over up to 20 years. http://www.physorg.com/news178536665.html Medicine & Health 2009-11-27T10:00:01-07:00 Cell phone owners are ringing the changes and putting a smile on their dial by adorning their mobiles with ornamental stickers, charms and beads -- and the craze just keeps getting bigger. http://www.physorg.com/news178536526.html Electronics 2009-11-27T09:29:33-07:00 (AP) -- Indonesia has rejected a push by the resort island of Bali for rare turtles to be legally slain in Hindu ceremonies, siding with conservationists of the protected reptiles against religious advocates, an official said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news178530601.html Biology 2009-11-27T08:50:01-07:00 (AP) -- Gert Ignatiussen returns to this fjord-front Inuit town with the spoils of his hunting trip. Six seals, all killed with a single shot to the head. http://www.physorg.com/news178530519.html Space & Earth 2009-11-27T08:30:01-07:00 People you know have spent small fortunes on shiny new smart phones such as the iPhone 3GS, a BlackBerry or the Droid. But the devices still don't have all the features they want. http://www.physorg.com/news178530161.html Electronics 2009-11-27T08:20:01-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors need more clarity on what they can and cannot do within the current law on assisted suicide, according to an editorial by Dr Richard Huxtable and Professor Karen Forbes in this week's BMJ. http://www.physorg.com/news178529997.html Medicine & Health 2009-11-27T08:10:01-07:00 (AP) -- Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry that increasingly supplies their goods. http://www.physorg.com/news178530466.html Technology 2009-11-27T08:00:02-07:00 (AP) -- Personal computer maker Lenovo Group said Friday it is joining the race to develop products that link phones and PCs by buying back a mobile phone business that it sold last year. http://www.physorg.com/news178530583.html Technology 2009-11-27T08:00:01-07:00 (AP) -- Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say. http://www.physorg.com/news178530693.html Space & Earth 2009-11-27T07:52:01-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- The first-ever Australian benchmark of climate change impacts on marine ecosystems and options for adaptation is being released in Brisbane today. http://www.physorg.com/news178529108.html Space & Earth 2009-11-27T07:50:01-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- The use of antibiotic eye drops for conjunctivitis has increased by almost half since they became available over the counter at chemists in 2005, data obtained by Oxford University researchers has shown. http://www.physorg.com/news178529794.html Medicine & Health 2009-11-27T07:37:01-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Architecture could help us tackle climate change, if we start to design our buildings with 'living' materials, according to Dr Rachel Armstrong, UCL Bartlett School of Architecture. http://www.physorg.com/news178528786.html Other Sciences 2009-11-27T07:30:01-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created new tools for semantic technology development which are helping to set the next generation of official standards. The tools also unblock some key bottlenecks in semantic technology. http://www.physorg.com/news178529295.html Technology 2009-11-27T07:28:55-07:00