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. Japan began imploring people to wrap up for its "warmbiz" winter energy-saving campaign on Thursday, despite Tokyo basking in warm sunshine. http://phys.org/news271000529.html Technology Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:10:02 EST news271000529 A decline in April-May rainfall over south-east Australia is associated with a southward expansion of the subtropical dry-zone according to research published today in Scientific Reports, a primary research journal from the publishers of Nature. http://phys.org/news268504980.html Space & Earth Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:00:01 EST news268504980 It isn't only birds that move south as autumn approaches. Some insects also live their lives on the same principle. A new study of migratory insects has just been published that shows that a considerably higher number of insects survive and migrate back south in the autumn than was previously believed. http://phys.org/news266757943.html Biology Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:25:54 EST news266757943 Using sheep to alert shepherds of an imminent wolf attack by text message might sound fanciful, but testing is already under way in Switzerland where the predator appears to be back. http://phys.org/news263277637.html Technology Sat, 04 Aug 2012 05:40:49 EST news263277637 This year was the hottest in France since the start of the 20th century, Meteo France said Tuesday, with average national temperatures 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than the norm. http://phys.org/news244204961.html Space & Earth Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:42:50 EST news244204961 Record-breaking autumn temperatures have attracted hundreds of rare moths to Britain in what experts have called the best migration of the insects in years. http://phys.org/news237198984.html Biology Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:36:32 EST news237198984 Walking outdoors in the fall, the splendidly colorful leaves adorning the trees are a delight to the eye. In Europe these autumn leaves are mostly yellow, while the United States and East Asia boast lustrous red foliage. But why is it that there are such differences in autumnal hues around the world? A new theory provided by Prof. Simcha Lev-Yadun of the Department of Science Education- Biology at the University of Haifa-Oranim and Prof. Jarmo Holopainen of the University of Kuopio in Finland and published in the Journal New Phytologist proposes taking a step 35 million years back to solve the color mystery. http://phys.org/news169376021.html Biology Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:54:18 EST news169376021 Global warming will likely mean more unpredictable weather, scientists say, and a new study by researchers at the University of Georgia pins down, possibly for the first time, how drought conditions in an area's fall and winter may effect tornado activity the following spring. http://phys.org/news165048049.html Space & Earth Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:41:34 EST news165048049 (PhysOrg.com) -- One sign of autumn is the leaves turning colour, but why do some turn red? This question has baffled biologists for decades, and many ideas have been put forward to explain leaf colour change in autumn. Now, Dr Thomas Döring, a visiting post-doc in the Division of Biology at Imperial College London, has come up with a new possible explanation. http://phys.org/news142087375.html Biology Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:42:55 EST news142087375