http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Does checking Twitter and Facebook to see what your friends are up to make you feel like you are missing out on all the fun? Researchers have come up with a way of measuring the modern day concept of the "fear of missing out" (FoMO). http://phys.org/news286446334.html Other Sciences Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:25:45 EST news286446334 The findings from a year-long study that sought to identify what factors contribute to outstanding fundraising appeals are published this week. The Clayton Burnett-commissioned research, led by academics at the University of Bristol and Indiana University in the US, analysed the leadership, communication and structures behind some of the UK's most successful fundraising programmes. http://phys.org/news284882217.html Other Sciences Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:57:10 EST news284882217 The BBC has published the results from the 'Great British Class Survey' which has revealed a new model of social class with seven categories ranging from the Elite at the top to a 'Precariat' at the bottom. http://phys.org/news284279351.html Other Sciences Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:29:18 EST news284279351 New research estimates that 28% of digital music world-wide is pirated using illegal file-sharing. The findings shed light on financial difficulties in the music industry experienced by companies such as HMV. http://phys.org/news279269758.html Other Sciences Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:10:02 EST news279269758 (Phys.org)—Geneticist Theo Sanderson has written a simple text editor that allows a writer to use only words from a list of the 1000 ("ten hundred" since "thousand" isn't on the list) most commonly used words in the English language, to describe things. He calls it the Up-Goer Five Text Editor, in honor of a comic created by xkcd, to describe a Saturn V rocket, using only the most common 1000 words in the English language. Sanderson has made the editor available online for free, which intrigued bloggers, Chris Rowan and Anne Jefferson to the extent that they've set up a Tumblr blogger page called "Ten Hundred Words of Science," where they display the results of a challenge they've issued to scientists to describe what they do for a living using Sanderson's text editor. The results are thought provoking, interesting and quite often humorous. http://phys.org/news278927768.html Other Sciences Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:50:02 EST news278927768 How does the Google search ranking system work? Can mathematics explain the Bill Murray movie Groundhog Day? A new web series of 'The Algebra of Everything' will explore these questions and more. http://phys.org/news278838266.html Other Sciences Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:04:45 EST news278838266 Modern humans left Africa twice as early as previously thought, spreading in a number of climate-driven waves, new research suggests. http://phys.org/news278749975.html Other Sciences Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:00:03 EST news278749975 Projects which aim to bring heritage attractions to life using immersive digital technologies will be showcased at Watershed, Bristol this Friday. Three of the collaborations draw on the expertise of researchers in the University of Bristol's Faculty of Arts. http://phys.org/news267953670.html Technology Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:34:38 EST news267953670 (AP)—Britain's government says a new research institute partly funded by the country's eavesdropping spy agency will ask mathematicians and computer scientists to join the fight against cyber threats. http://phys.org/news266741862.html Technology Thu, 13 Sep 2012 07:57:47 EST news266741862 (Phys.org)—Publishing scientific papers is big business, so is connecting the dots between papers that are published and offering reports to those looking for reliable information about them. To fill the first need, scientific journals have evolved from paper only publications to online portals that offer researchers a very public platform for showcasing their work, even if most of those that wish to read the papers must go through a pay-wall. To satisfy the second need, two types of establishments have come about. The first is where companies charge people to access information about published papers and the second is where they offer it for free to anyone who wishes access under a Creative Commons agreement. At this point, it appears the second approach is winning. http://phys.org/news264930018.html Technology Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:40:31 EST news264930018 Google on Monday urged governments to get better at sharing information to allow citizens and first responders to make better use of the Internet during natural disasters. http://phys.org/news260433896.html Technology Mon, 02 Jul 2012 07:45:10 EST news260433896 Women working in hedge funds struggle to be taken seriously at work, according to a new study from two leading management experts. http://phys.org/news260028160.html Other Sciences Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:02:48 EST news260028160 (Phys.org) -- Our obsession with social networking is not exclusive to the twenty-first century, according to a team of UK researchers. http://phys.org/news260005958.html Other Sciences Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:52:57 EST news260005958 An Oxford University-led study examining the consequences of the ongoing fiscal squeeze in Western economies is looking to the past to inform the present, with two academics from Victoria's School of Government providing a New Zealand perspective. http://phys.org/news258619398.html Other Sciences Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:43:39 EST news258619398 Researchers have called for a consistent and supportive approach to child abandonment in Europe to protect the welfare of the hundreds of youngsters given up by their parents every year. http://phys.org/news257486170.html Other Sciences Tue, 29 May 2012 04:56:53 EST news257486170 The United Nations and the Brazilian government are launching an Internet debate around 10 themes for a green planet to elicit suggestions from experts and the public for next month's Rio+20 summit. http://phys.org/news256532030.html Space & Earth Fri, 18 May 2012 03:54:06 EST news256532030 Parts of Japan's Mount Fuji, a national symbol and key tourist attraction, could collapse if a newly-discovered faultline under the mountain shifts, a government-commissioned report has warned. http://phys.org/news255930079.html Space & Earth Fri, 11 May 2012 04:41:28 EST news255930079 An electronic cheque which eliminates the need for costly processing by banks but preserves the simplicity and ease of a traditional cheque book has been designed by a team of academics in the UK. http://phys.org/news248336386.html Technology Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:20:08 EST news248336386 Academics from the Universities of Oxford and Warwick have shed new light on the history of interactions between the classical world, Africa and the Middle East. http://phys.org/news241422927.html Other Sciences Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:55:38 EST news241422927 (AP) -- The British university whose stolen emails caused a global climate science controversy in 2009 says those behind the breach have apparently released a second and potentially far larger batch of old messages. http://phys.org/news241198560.html Space & Earth Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:36:44 EST news241198560 (PhysOrg.com) -- According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, California Institute of Technology, or Caltech, has beaten out Harvard to take the top spot for the first time since they started this ranking system. http://phys.org/news237211890.html Other Sciences Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:12:02 EST news237211890 Global crises and the slow burn of climate change are having a profound impact on the lives and livelihoods of poor people around the world, and bringing into question core ideas about what development is and how it happens, according to a new report. http://phys.org/news236426140.html Other Sciences Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:55:48 EST news236426140 The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, today announced the launch of what is believed to be the largest academic-based cloud storage system in the U.S., specifically designed for researchers, students, academics, and industry users who require stable, secure, and cost-effective storage and sharing of digital information, including extremely large data sets. http://phys.org/news235923547.html Technology Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:28:42 EST news235923547 New research has found public sector workers are typically more pro-socially motivated than their private sector counterparts. The University of Bristol study, published today, examined motivational indicators in workers from both sectors across 51 countries. http://phys.org/news235800022.html Other Sciences Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:00:50 EST news235800022 Many university students use scholarly databases like they would Google, revealing an astonishingly poor understanding of how to refine searches for better research results, a US study has found. http://phys.org/news233843224.html Other Sciences Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:27:28 EST news233843224 (PhysOrg.com) -- More pupils do physics and chemistry after the age of 16 in schools which provide a more comprehensive range of careers supervision and advice, according to new research by academics at the University of York. http://phys.org/news233392194.html Other Sciences Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:10:53 EST news233392194 The US Navy is turning to the wisdom of the crowd to forge military strategy, inviting the public to join an online game in which Somali pirates have hijacked commercial ships. http://phys.org/news224856780.html Technology Tue, 17 May 2011 13:13:23 EST news224856780 When people think about how academia links with external organisations they often think in terms of commercialisation of research. But the results of a large-scale survey of academics across all disciplines in every UK university, and a parallel survey of all sectors of UK business, tell a very different story. http://phys.org/news224847059.html Other Sciences Tue, 17 May 2011 10:31:13 EST news224847059 A three-year international research project, directed by two academics at the University of Oxford, finds that humans have natural tendencies to believe in gods and an afterlife. http://phys.org/news224760338.html Other Sciences Mon, 16 May 2011 10:26:21 EST news224760338 A significant gap between the best and worst maths trainee teachers in England has been revealed in new research published today (22nd March 2011). This applies to both general Primary trainee teachers and to Secondary specialist trainee maths teachers. http://phys.org/news220786174.html Other Sciences Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:29:55 EST news220786174