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. Survey results may be biased in multilingual research if consumers are unfamiliar with translated terms, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. http://phys.org/news287754356.html Other Sciences Tue, 14 May 2013 13:00:01 EST news287754356 (Phys.org) —A team of linguistics experts from the U.S., Great Britain and New Zealand has found evidence that suggests a core group of words used in a common language thousands of years ago has survived to this day. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers claim that some core words used in modern languages are related to some spoken 15,000 years ago. http://phys.org/news287136451.html Other Sciences Tue, 07 May 2013 09:08:04 EST news287136451 In the light of recent events, where the possibility of buying the rights to name exoplanets has been advertised, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) wishes to inform the public that such schemes have no bearing on the official naming process. The IAU wholeheartedly welcomes the public's interest to be involved in recent discoveries, but would like to strongly stress the importance of having a unified naming procedure. http://phys.org/news285077471.html Space & Earth Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:11:30 EST news285077471 Two leading Professors have rejected the idea that English descends from Anglo-Saxon, and instead claim they have proof that its origin derives from Scandinavia. http://phys.org/news273739953.html Other Sciences Mon, 03 Dec 2012 06:54:05 EST news273739953 (Phys.org)—Unlike other species, humans speak to each other in remarkably diverse ways. Some of our 6,000 to 8,000 languages use clicks (!Kung). Others don't differentiate between nouns and verbs (Straits Salish). Still others pack a whole sentence into a single word (Cayuga). In comparison, the communication systems of other animals show precious little variation within species; vervet monkeys use the same communicative signals across their geographical range, just as honeybees, bacteria and every other species each have one way of communicating. http://phys.org/news271408396.html Other Sciences Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:13:30 EST news271408396 Japan's biggest mobile operator said Monday it will launch a translation service that lets people chat over the telephone in several different languages. http://phys.org/news270101606.html Technology Mon, 22 Oct 2012 05:13:37 EST news270101606 A free high-tech tool to combat the wildlife poaching crisis was offered to grassroots rangers by a consortium of conservation organizations at the World Conservation Congress. http://phys.org/news266580996.html Biology Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:16:45 EST news266580996 Understanding linguistic diversity among London's schoolchildren is key for the city's future as a 'global player', research shows. A study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) mapped the distribution of languages spoken by London state school pupils. By combining language spoken with ethnicity, researchers have shed new light on patterns of educational inequality. http://phys.org/news255864687.html Other Sciences Thu, 10 May 2012 10:31:33 EST news255864687 Google Translate marked its sixth birthday on Thursday with news that more than 200 million people use the free online translation service monthly. http://phys.org/news254677454.html Technology Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:44:25 EST news254677454 The US State Department on Friday launched a new high-tech form of outreach to the international community when it took questions on foreign policy from Twitter followers in different languages. http://phys.org/news245097850.html Technology Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:44:19 EST news245097850 A new study of how compound word formation is influenced by subtle forms of linguistic pressure demonstrates that words which "sound better" to the speakers of a language have a higher chance of being created, suggesting that, like biological organisms, words are subject to selection pressures that play a role in deciding which words become part of a language over time. http://phys.org/news242620929.html Other Sciences Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:42:34 EST news242620929 PayPal, the US-based online payment giant, has moved to expand its global presence with its first Southeast Asian operations centre, the latest in a string of similar offices around the globe. http://phys.org/news239430936.html Technology Wed, 02 Nov 2011 06:00:01 EST news239430936 (PhysOrg.com) -- Japanese cellular service company NTT DoCoMo, recently demonstrated a smartphone cloud based app that allows users speaking different languages to communicate with one another by translating their conversation into each other’s language. Using already existing technology from other companies, the service “listens” to words spoken on one end, coverts those words to text, then translates them to the other person’s language, which it spits into another text file; it then uses text-to-speech software to read the results to the person on the other end of the line. When the person responds, the whole process works in reverse. In addition to speaking and hearing the finished result, users can also see the words in both languages on their cell phones as the conversation progresses. http://phys.org/news226054135.html Technology Tue, 31 May 2011 09:49:30 EST news226054135 Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have created lip-reading computers that can distinguish between different languages. http://phys.org/news159599897.html Technology Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:18:38 EST news159599897