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. An Ariane 5 launcher lifted off this evening from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, ST-2 and GSAT-8, into their planned transfer orbits. Flight VA202 was the third Ariane 5 launch of 2011. http://phys.org/news225366056.html Space & Earth Mon, 23 May 2011 10:41:10 EST news225366056 (AP) -- The number of people infected with tuberculosis has jumped by 50 percent in London in the last decade, making it the tuberculosis capital of Western Europe, a new report says. http://phys.org/news211786160.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:29:36 EST news211786160 (PhysOrg.com) -- Today saw the opening of a remote, northerly site in the worldwide network of Galileo ground stations. The Kiruna Galileo Station in the Swedish Arctic will play a vital role communicating with the satellites of Europe?s global navigation system, which are due to start launching next year. http://phys.org/news211478611.html Space & Earth Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:03:45 EST news211478611 Europe on Thursday banned baby bottles containing the chemical Bisphenol-A as of early next year over fears it may harm the health of children throughout the EU's half a billion population. http://phys.org/news209914318.html Medicine & Health Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:32:21 EST news209914318 (PhysOrg.com) -- Wine grapes that flourish in certain parts of Europe just might excel in West Texas. http://phys.org/news208186420.html Biology Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:33:53 EST news208186420 Stretching 100 kilometers through Chile's harsh Atacama Desert, a newly inaugurated data cable is creating new opportunities at ESO's Paranal Observatory and the Observatorio Cerro Armazones. Connecting these facilities to the main Latin American scientific data backbone completes the last gap in the high-speed link between the observatories and Europe. http://phys.org/news208103044.html Space & Earth Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:24:22 EST news208103044 (AP) -- Internet giant Google says more than 244,000 Germans have asked that their homes be made unrecognizable in its Street View program, scheduled to launch in Germany next month. http://phys.org/news206857479.html Technology Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:24:51 EST news206857479 In Latin magistra means 'female teacher', and now Europe’s third long-duration astronaut mission to the International Space Station will carry almost the same name: MagISStra. http://phys.org/news205752121.html Space & Earth Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:22:12 EST news205752121 (AP) -- Authorities in the Czech Republic have banned Google Inc. from continuing in its mapping feature "Street View" in the eastern European country. http://phys.org/news203662014.html Technology Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:10:01 EST news203662014 (AP) -- Belgian police say 10 people have been arrested in raids across Europe against hackers who put illegal copies of movies and television series on the Internet. http://phys.org/news203170283.html Technology Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:50:04 EST news203170283 Paleontologists have discovered that a close relative of Velociraptor hunted the dwarfed inhabitants of Late Cretaceous Europe, an island landscape largely isolated from nearby continents. http://phys.org/news202382830.html Other Sciences Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:00:17 EST news202382830 Archaeologists working on Stone Age remains at a site in North Yorkshire say it contains Britain's earliest surviving house. A team from the Universities of Manchester and York reveal today that the home dates to at least 8,500 BC - when Britain was part of continental Europe. http://phys.org/news200655475.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:30:04 EST news200655475 New mobile phones sold in Europe as of next year should all work off the same universal chargers, the European Commission said on Friday. http://phys.org/news199704934.html Electronics Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:00:05 EST news199704934 (AP) -- When it comes to accessing the Web over mobile devices, Americans are far behind their Internet-connected counterparts in Japan, South Korea and parts of Europe. http://phys.org/news197730121.html Technology Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:20:01 EST news197730121 In the time before Columbus sailed the ocean blue, a cooler central Pacific Ocean has been connected with drought conditions in Europe and North America that may be responsible for famines and the disappearance of cliff dwelling people in the American West. http://phys.org/news195309866.html Space & Earth Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:00:02 EST news195309866 France Telecom and 19 partners will invest 700 million dollars to bring high-speed Internet to 20 countries in western Africa, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. http://phys.org/news195217676.html Technology Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:08:23 EST news195217676 Buying diamond watches or designer labels on the Internet might seem anathema for those able to jet across the world for a shopping spree, yet luxury firms are slowly but surely investing in e-trade. http://phys.org/news195196470.html Technology Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:40:01 EST news195196470 Worldwide semiconductor sales rose 47.2 percent in January over a year ago and were 0.3 percent higher than the previous month, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported Monday. http://phys.org/news186667564.html Technology Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:10:02 EST news186667564 Germany's high-tech industry is not expected to return to growth until 2011 after a devastating recession in 2009, its chief lobby group said Monday ahead of the giant CeBIT trade fair. http://phys.org/news186653102.html Technology Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:30:01 EST news186653102 The European Commission on Friday cleared the purchase by US computer giant Hewlett-Packard of networking company 3Com, saying it would not harm competition in Europe. http://phys.org/news185199074.html Technology Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:30:03 EST news185199074 There is some discrepancy among the scientific community as to the situation of reservoirs in Spain, one of the countries with the greatest water stress in Europe. For this purpose, a team of researchers has surveyed experts and has determined which basins in Spain have the most water problems. http://phys.org/news183810757.html Space & Earth Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:10:01 EST news183810757 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in the U.S. have calculated that 1.2 million years ago, at a time when our ancestors were spreading through Africa, Europe and Asia, there were probably only around 18,500 individuals capable of breeding (and no more than 26,000). This made them an endangered species with a smaller population than today’s species such as gorillas (approximately 25,000 breeding individuals) and chimpanzees (an estimated 21,000). They remained an endangered species for around one million years. http://phys.org/news183278038.html Biology Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:00:01 EST news183278038 The quake that struck Haiti erupted just below the surface on a notorious fault where two plates of the Earth's crust jostle and grind, scientists said. http://phys.org/news182609663.html Space & Earth Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:40:06 EST news182609663 Scientists from the Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, UK Met Office and the Jersey State Veterinary Service and Jersey Meteorological Department, are working together on an early-warning system to help defend cattle against the spread of 'bluetongue' disease, reveals a study published today in Weather. The team are fusing meteorological data with ecological information to anticipate when disease carrying midges are likely to be carried on the wind from the continent to the UK and Channel Islands. http://phys.org/news181911297.html Biology Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:10:03 EST news181911297 Swoosh…Undeniably, this is the sound of skiing. As winter approaches, legions of avid skiers are preparing their equipment. Skis are being waxed, boots are being pulled out of storage and people are yearning to get out on the frozen slopes and trails for a rush of speed. But did you ever wonder who were the ingenious people who first strapped planks onto their feet to glide over the snow? http://phys.org/news180723430.html Other Sciences Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:10:04 EST news180723430 (AP) -- More than 100 million Europeans will get to pick a Web browser after Microsoft agreed to offer Internet users a choice to avoid fresh fines - a move that could represent a real thawing of long-standing tensions between the software company and the European Union. http://phys.org/news180166472.html Technology Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:19:18 EST news180166472 The DNA of a 1st century shrouded man found in a tomb on the edge of the Old City of Jerusalem has revealed the earliest proven case of leprosy. Details of the research will be published December 16 in the PloS ONE Journal. http://phys.org/news180165623.html Other Sciences Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:01:01 EST news180165623 (PhysOrg.com) -- Simon Fraser University archeologists Mark Collard and Kevan Edinborough and colleagues from University College London have uncovered evidence that French farmers introduced agriculture to Britain some 60 centuries ago. http://phys.org/news179515605.html Other Sciences Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:27:49 EST news179515605 (PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists studying a 7,000-year-old site in what is now south-west Germany have found evidence suggesting that more than 500 people may have been the victims of cannibalism. http://phys.org/news179393799.html Other Sciences Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:30:02 EST news179393799 (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Anglo-French scientists studying sedimentary deposits in the Bay of Biscay have concluded that Britain and France were separated by a "super-river" during three periods of glaciations, and they have produced a more complete picture of the process of separation than previously available. http://phys.org/news178954083.html Space & Earth Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:30:01 EST news178954083