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. Thanks to three scientists, including Simon Fraser University's Jeffery Joy, we can now see in OneZoom how a major portion of life originated from one cell and remains interconnected in the Tree of Life. The software has been loaded onto a kiosk available for anyone to use in SFU's biology department. http://phys.org/news284021181.html Biology Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:46:32 EST news284021181 It's not easy, or economically feasible, to ship freshwater across the globe. But when scientists use food as a proxy for that water - taking into account how much crops are irrigated and livestock are fed - they can get a glimpse of the flow of freshwater between countries. When one research group studied this "virtual water network," they found that the interconnectedness between countries has almost doubled over the last two decades - potentially lending some resiliency to the water trade. Still, a handful of nations control a majority of the freshwater flow, and some regions, including much of Africa, are left out of the trading loop. http://phys.org/news251651420.html Space & Earth Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:10:31 EST news251651420 Yahoo Inc. and Facebook Inc. are joining forces to test an iconic 1960s-era social experiment that showed there are just six degrees of separation between most people on the planet. http://phys.org/news232809641.html Other Sciences Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:21:06 EST news232809641 As the eurozone continues to wobble, new analysis of countries' economic interconnectedness finds that some of the countries with the greatest potential to cause a global crash have surprisingly small gross domestic production. http://phys.org/news209881135.html Physics Thu, 25 Nov 2010 04:19:36 EST news209881135 (PhysOrg.com) -- As computer networks become more complex and pervasive, and their development is in a state of constant flux, leaving their design and management to human intervention is becoming increasingly unfeasible. An EU-funded project has come up with an innovative, self-adaptive architecture to enable future ubiquitous networks to deal automatically with changing circumstances. http://phys.org/news197045538.html Technology Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:10:03 EST news197045538 In this week's PLoS Medicine, Jonna Mazet (University of California, Davis) and colleagues describe their work in the Tanzania-based HALI Project, which adopts the "One Health" approach to address emerging zoonoses, recognizing the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health. http://phys.org/news180087890.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:25:17 EST news180087890 (PhysOrg.com) -- Cities are organized like brains, and the evolution of cities mirrors the evolution of human and animal brains, according to a new study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. http://phys.org/news171209335.html Medicine & Health Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:09:38 EST news171209335