NASA Reveals New Batch Of Space Program Artifacts
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is inviting eligible education institutions, museums and other organizations to examine and request space program artifacts online. The items represent significant human space flight technologies, processes ...
Emotions should be taken seriously
Health workers trained to take emotions more seriously may prevent depression among patients, a recent study at the University of Stavanger finds.
'Coffee Talk' Disappearing In Native New Yorkers
In the early 1990s, comedian Mike Myers regularly dressed up in a giant wig, gaudy fake nails and gigantic sunglasses to become Linda Richman -- a stereotypical New Yorker who had fits of feeling "verklempt" ...
What Happened in Haiti?
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the world focuses on the heart-wrenching losses and unbelievable devastation of the recent earthquake in Haiti, researchers at Michigan Technological University, discuss what happened there ...
NASA Orbiter Listening for Phoenix Lander Hears Nothing
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has completed 11 overflights, listening for the Phoenix Mars Lander on Jan. 19 and 20, without hearing anything from the lander.
Clinical trial to explore link between vitamin D and cholesterol
(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusual finding in previous studies of vitamin D-deficient patients has prompted Rockefeller University researchers to launch a new clinical study to determine whether there is a causative link between ...
VCURES develops new technique in detecting low blood volume
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the VCU Reanimation Engineering Shock Center, VCURES, have developed a new technique for rapidly determining the severity of hypovolemia - the abnormal decrease in blood volume caused by ...
Kepler Mission Update: First exoplanet discovery, focal plane anomaly
(PhysOrg.com) -- Kepler is continuing to collect science data. The Kepler Science Team announced Kepler’s first exoplanet discoveries at the 215th American Astronomical Society Meeting in Washington DC on ...
Athletes' Deaths Raise Awareness of Undiagnosed Heart Conditions
(PhysOrg.com) -- The sporting world lost two young athletes this month to sudden cardiac death. Preliminary autopsy reports indicate that Chicago Bears defensive end Gaines Adams, 26, and Southern Indiana center Jeron Lewis, ...
Apple may replace Google with Bing on iPhone: report
Apple is in talks with Microsoft to make Bing the default search engine on the iPhone instead of Google, BusinessWeek magazine reported on Wednesday.
New gene discovered for recessive form of brittle bone disease
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions have discovered the third in a sequence of genes that accounts for previously unexplained forms of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a genetic condition ...
SD panel OKs tax break for small energy projects
(AP) -- Property tax breaks will be awarded for investments in small renewable energy projects, a South Dakota legislative committee decided Wednesday, despite concerns that the exemptions would result in less revenue for ...
Public Invited To Pick Pixels on Mars
(PhysOrg.com) -- The most powerful camera aboard a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars will soon be taking photo suggestions from the public.
Herpes medication does not reduce risk of HIV transmission
A five-year international multi-center clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a drug widely used as a safe and effective treatment taken twice daily to suppress herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which is the most common cause ...