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. Japanese scientists at a boozy office party stumbled across a discovery they hope will help revolutionise efficient energy transmission one day: red wine makes a metal compound superconductive. http://phys.org/news224478686.html Physics Fri, 13 May 2011 04:11:50 EST news224478686 About one in 10 cancers in men and one in 33 in women in western European countries are caused by current and past alcohol consumption, according to a study released Friday. http://phys.org/news221466599.html Medicine & Health Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:30:24 EST news221466599 Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the UK's National Measurement Institute are working on a project to develop a new, lighter weight beverage can punch with improved wear resistance. The target reduction of a can wall thickness of only 1 micrometre (0.001 mm) could save up to 800 tonnes of aluminium a year. http://phys.org/news221317526.html Technology Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:05:42 EST news221317526 (PhysOrg.com) -- A Japanese scientist who "likes alcohol very much" has discovered that soaking samples of material in hot party drinks for 24 hours turns them into superconductors at ambient temperature. http://phys.org/news213947107.html Physics Tue, 11 Jan 2011 06:50:01 EST news213947107 For most American students, spending a semester or two studying in a foreign country means the opportunity to improve foreign language skills and become immersed in a different culture. For others, studying abroad is more like a prolonged spring break: it can be months with fewer academic responsibilities, plentiful bars and alcohol, and parents far away. http://phys.org/news205989673.html Medicine & Health Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:50:02 EST news205989673 Blood alcohol levels below the current legal limit for driving have a significant negative effect on a person's dexterity. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Research Notes found that just two single vodka and orange drinks were enough to make senior volunteers struggle at an obstacle avoidance test while walking. http://phys.org/news204437296.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Sep 2010 05:20:01 EST news204437296 HIV disease tends to progress at a faster rate in infected individuals who consume two or more alcoholic drinks a day, according to an important new paper in AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. http://phys.org/news192987691.html Medicine & Health Thu, 13 May 2010 16:41:52 EST news192987691 Researchers have detected a link between alcohol consumption, cancer and aging that starts at the cellular level with telomere shortening. http://phys.org/news191058166.html Medicine & Health Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:00:01 EST news191058166 Both legitimate brewers and distillers - and authorities on the track of illicit alcohol from home stills - will soon have a helping hand. Measurement experts have unveiled a portable device to determine the strength of alcoholic drinks quickly and easily, almost anywhere. Published in the open access Chemistry Central Journal, the researchers show that their technique is just as accurate, and more sophisticated, than widely used lab-based methods. http://phys.org/news188507338.html Chemistry Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:30:01 EST news188507338 (PhysOrg.com) -- Energy drinks, favored among young people for the beverages? caffeine jolt, also play a lead role in several popular alcoholic drinks, such as Red Bull and vodka. But combining alcohol and energy drinks may create a dangerous mix, according to University of Florida research. http://phys.org/news185044659.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:50:01 EST news185044659 Alcoholic beverages popular among youths are more likely to be advertised in magazines with high youth readership than alcoholic drinks consumed mainly by adults, resulting in disproportionately high youth exposure to such targeted alcohol ads, according to a new study. http://phys.org/news178979646.html Medicine & Health Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:50:01 EST news178979646 Older adults who have alcohol dependence problems drink significantly more than do younger adults who have similar problems, a new study has found. http://phys.org/news177945316.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:30:14 EST news177945316 (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is challenging makers of alcohol-infused energy drinks to prove their beverages are safe, citing complaints that the products can cause risky behavior and injury. http://phys.org/news177342237.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:00:02 EST news177342237