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. The US Department of Defense has approved a fivefold expansion of its cybersecurity force over the coming years in a bid to increase its ability to defend critical computer networks, The Washington Post reported. http://phys.org/news278569077.html Technology Mon, 28 Jan 2013 04:30:01 EST news278569077 (AP) — Sally Ride, who blazed trails into orbit as the first American woman in space, died Monday of pancreatic cancer. She was 61. http://phys.org/news262285869.html Space & Earth Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:11:15 EST news262285869 Los Angeles, CA (May 10, 2012) Despite the fact that military service means working long hours with unpredictable schedules, frequent relocations, and separations from loved ones due to deployment, a new study published in the Journal of Family Issues (a SAGE journal) finds that marriages of military members are not more vulnerable than civilian marriages. http://phys.org/news255891636.html Other Sciences Thu, 10 May 2012 18:00:40 EST news255891636 As militaries develop autonomous robotic warriors to replace humans on the battlefield, new ethical questions emerge. If a robot in combat has a hardware malfunction or programming glitch that causes it to kill civilians, do we blame the robot, or the humans who created and deployed it? http://phys.org/news254405878.html Electronics Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:18:14 EST news254405878 Members of the hacker group Anonymous defaced the website on Friday of the law firm that defended a US Marine who faced charges in connection with the 2005 killing of 24 Iraqi civilians. http://phys.org/news247502427.html Technology Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:40:35 EST news247502427 University at Buffalo career counselor Holly Justice is hosting a workshop Nov. 10 to help student veterans translate their military experience into resumes that will catch the attention of civilian companies. http://phys.org/news240045935.html Other Sciences Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:25:40 EST news240045935 A US firm specializing in Internet censoring equipment on Friday confirmed that Syria was using its products to block web activity, amid a brutal crackdown on anti-regime protests. http://phys.org/news239085101.html Technology Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:31:53 EST news239085101 Despite contrary belief, reducing unemployment in locations with active insurgencies does not decrease the rate of insurgent attacks against government and allied forces. Additionally, it was found that unemployment in these same locations also had no impact in reducing the deaths of civilians. http://phys.org/news224177332.html Other Sciences Mon, 09 May 2011 16:29:08 EST news224177332 A paper published in this week's issue of PLoS Medicine provides the most detailed assessment thus far of civilian deaths in the course of the recent Iraq war. Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks from King's College London, UK and colleagues analyzed data from Iraq Body Count (IBC), a nongovernmental project that collates media reports of deaths of individual Iraqi civilians and cross-checks these reports with data from hospitals, morgues, nongovernmental organizations, and official figures. http://phys.org/news217013248.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:27:42 EST news217013248 (PhysOrg.com) -- "War porn" -- videos viewed for entertainment that feature gruesome footage of dead American soldiers or the killing of soldiers and civilians in the Middle East wars -- are growing in numbers online, in part, because of the absence of a strong mainstream media presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, says University at Buffalo popular culture expert David Schmid, PhD. http://phys.org/news193338004.html Other Sciences Mon, 17 May 2010 18:00:21 EST news193338004 A hole in public policy is shortchanging U.S. soldiers and civilian workers who become casualties of a new-age war strategy that leans heavily on private contractors, a new University of Illinois study says. http://phys.org/news189947440.html Other Sciences Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:11:16 EST news189947440 Living through the trauma of war seems to increase the risk of developing asthma, suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://phys.org/news187901282.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:30:02 EST news187901282 The risk of depression is greater among Iraqi soldiers who took part in the Gulf War than among civilians. Surprisingly, on the other hand, neither of these groups showed any signs of post-traumatic stress ten years after that war-­with the exception of those Iraqis who have left Iraq. This is demonstrated in a study published in the new issue of the scientific journal New Iraqi Journal of Medicine. http://phys.org/news144928209.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:50:09 EST news144928209