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. A Sandia engineer who trained U.S. soldiers to avoid improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has developed a fertilizer that helps plants grow but can't detonate a bomb. It's an alternative to ammonium nitrate, an agricultural staple that is also the raw ingredient in most of the IEDs in Afghanistan. http://phys.org/news285928584.html Space & Earth Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:36:36 EST news285928584 British soldiers in Afghanistan have been issued with surveillance drones so small they can fit in the palm of a man's hand. http://phys.org/news279181435.html Technology Mon, 04 Feb 2013 06:24:06 EST news279181435 (Phys.org)—In the tribal societies of the Amazon forest, violent conflict accounted for 30 percent of all deaths before contact with Europeans, according to a recent study by University of Missouri anthropologist Robert Walker. Understanding the reasons behind those altercations in the Amazon sheds light on the instinctual motivations that continue to drive human groups to violence, as well as the ways culture influences the intensity and frequency of violence. http://phys.org/news268398282.html Other Sciences Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:04:49 EST news268398282 (Phys.org)—Foreign policy has taken center stage in the presidential campaign as Barack Obama and Mitt Romney tout their differing plans – and take aim at one another's vision for international security. http://phys.org/news268290143.html Other Sciences Mon, 01 Oct 2012 06:02:28 EST news268290143 Security concerns at the Olympics have dominated headlines over the past month after private contractor G4S failed to recruit the number of guards it had promised. The British government responded by deploying military personnel, and now there are more British troops guarding the streets of London than in Afghanistan. http://phys.org/news262856801.html Other Sciences Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:46:52 EST news262856801 In August 2010, shortly after WikiLeaks released tens of thousands of classified documents that cataloged the harsh realities of the war in Afghanistan, a group of friends - all computer experts - gathered at the New York City headquarters of the Internet company Bitly Inc. to try and make sense of the data. http://phys.org/news261764899.html Technology Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:28:26 EST news261764899 The WikiLeaks whistleblower site claimed on Thursday a victory in an Icelandic court against efforts to block donations to it since 2010. http://phys.org/news261329786.html Technology Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:50:01 EST news261329786 Technology that sent unmanned aircraft over Iraq and Afghanistan soon could be steering unstaffed naval boats for such dangerous tasks as minesweeping, submarine detection, intelligence gathering and approaching hostile vessels. http://phys.org/news253466584.html Technology Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:25:18 EST news253466584 The Tajikistan government ordered Internet providers on Saturday to block Facebook, along with several independent media sites, a spokeswoman for the country's web-provider association told AFP. http://phys.org/news250000770.html Technology Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:39:37 EST news250000770 (PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study published in Science, researchers, led by physicist Neil Johnson from the University of Miami, show that attacks by groups such as the Taliban or Hezbollah may seem sporadic, they eventually begin to follow a mathematical pattern. http://phys.org/news228742466.html Other Sciences Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:34:57 EST news228742466 A new survey conducted by WCS scientists, supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), reveals that large mammals, including Asiatic black bears, gray wolves, markhor goats, and leopard cats are surviving in parts of Afghanistan after years of conflict. http://phys.org/news228397269.html Biology Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:41:22 EST news228397269 Afghanistan is the worst place in the world to be a mother and Norway is the best, an annual report released Tuesday said. http://phys.org/news223642778.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 May 2011 12:40:01 EST news223642778 Since 2003, the antiwar movement in the United States has had much to protest with Americans fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan and now Libya, but the movement—which has dropped off sharply the past two years—may be more anti-Republican than antiwar, says a University of Michigan researcher. http://phys.org/news221315397.html Other Sciences Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:40:01 EST news221315397 (AP) -- WikiLeaks' American domain name system provider, EveryDNS, has withdrawn service to the wikileaks.org name after the secret-spilling website once again became the target of hacker attacks. http://phys.org/news210572540.html Technology Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:10:08 EST news210572540 (AP) -- WikiLeaks spokesman Julian Assange said Thursday his organization is preparing to release the rest of the secret Afghan war documents it has on file. The Pentagon warned that would be more damaging to security and risk more lives than the organization's initial release of some 76,000 war documents. http://phys.org/news200854158.html Technology Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:50:01 EST news200854158 (PhysOrg.com) -- A Soviet-born political analyst says that revelations of treachery and double-dealing in Afghanistan are an old story - and that the U.S.S.R.'s war in the region has lessons to teach us still. Some of America's top military brass are listening. http://phys.org/news199441471.html Other Sciences Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:25:06 EST news199441471 The founder of a website which published tens of thousands of leaked military files about the war in Afghanistan said Monday they showed that the "course of the war needs to change". http://phys.org/news199372866.html Technology Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:22:28 EST news199372866 Analyzing nearly 20 terabytes of data collected from 220 mission flight-hours covering more than half of Afghanistan, Naval Research Laboratory and the U.S. Geological Survey investigators reveal several potential major oil and gas sedimentary basins, mineral-rich regions, and hydrologic resources for agriculture and economic development as recently reported by Department of Defense. http://phys.org/news196071871.html Space & Earth Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:50:05 EST news196071871 The Wildlife Conservation Society announced the restoration of Kabul University's herbarium—a once-threatened collection of nearly 25,000 preserved plant specimens—in a multi-partner effort that will vastly improve Afghan research capacity and inform decision-making regarding the future management and protection of Afghanistan's environment. http://phys.org/news190692575.html Biology Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:40:02 EST news190692575 Researchers for the Wildlife Conservation Society have discovered for the first time the breeding area of the large-billed reed warbler—dubbed in 2007 as "the world's least known bird species"—in the remote and rugged Wakhan Corridor of the Pamir Mountains of north-eastern Afghanistan. http://phys.org/news182620742.html Biology Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:10:02 EST news182620742 (AP) -- Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Henson goes out on patrol with a computer on his back and a joystick in his holster. He also carries a rifle, but the military is hoping he'll soon have less need for it. http://phys.org/news169903978.html Technology Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:33:48 EST news169903978