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. Land use planning and management now has all the scientific tools required for decisions making. But scientists have yet to have an opportunity to collaborate with local authorities to implement them. http://phys.org/news286814362.html Space & Earth Fri, 03 May 2013 15:39:28 EST news286814362 Of the present global population of seven billion people, almost one billion are undernourished. At the same time, we are close to the sustainable limit of 15 percent of Earth's surface that can be exploited for food production. Key proteins will be key to the future production of nutritious foods. http://phys.org/news286626789.html Biology Wed, 01 May 2013 13:00:07 EST news286626789 Marketing performance is a multidimensional phenomenon, the control of which requires simultaneous use of multiple performance indicators. In practice, the sets of marketing metrics and control systems used by companies differ substantially from one another. Additionally, the performance implications of using different types of control systems vary from firm to firm: different control systems provide the best results for different types of businesses. http://phys.org/news285923377.html Other Sciences Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:09:42 EST news285923377 Have agriculture, technology, diet and lifestyle changes put humans out of touch with the way we evolved? And would we be healthier and happier if we lived, at least to some extent, the way our Paleolithic ancestors did? http://phys.org/news281721813.html Biology Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:03:40 EST news281721813 Consumer efforts to protect personal data and remain "invisible" online is leading to a "data blackhole" that could adversely impact digital advertisers, technology research firm Ovum said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news279347736.html Technology Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:35:46 EST news279347736 In Michigan's worst techno-horror story, the state's major utilities get hacked in the wintertime. Power in the state shuts down, and nobody can figure out how to regain control of the systems needed to turn it back on. Millions of people are left in the dark and in the cold. http://phys.org/news275583431.html Technology Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:30:02 EST news275583431 A cockatoo from a species not known to use tools in the wild has been observed spontaneously making and using tools for reaching food and other objects. http://phys.org/news271342853.html Biology Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:01:22 EST news271342853 Representatives of the Encyclopedia of Earth and the Encyclopedia of Life will be on the University of Washington campus Wednesday, Oct. 24, for the public launch of an encyclopedia unique to Puget Sound. http://phys.org/news269763619.html Biology Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:20:27 EST news269763619 Internet rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Tuesday launched a campaign to reform the US patent system, which it argued has been "weaponized" to attack inventors. http://phys.org/news259346967.html Technology Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:49:32 EST news259346967 (Phys.org) -- Synthetic biology is playing a key role in creating new tools for rapid detection of potentially fatal bacterial infections such as E. coli and allowing scientists to create novel molecules that may provide new antibiotics to tackle the problems of multiply-resistant strains. http://phys.org/news254648047.html Chemistry Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:34:19 EST news254648047 Crop plants have always been adapted to the needs of man by breeding for them to carry more fruit, survive droughts, or resist pests. Green biotechnology now adds new tools to the classical breeding methods for a more rapid and efficient improvement of plant properties. A biotechnological technique developed by KIT botanists to more precisely and reliably install or modify genetic information in the plant genome is now presented by the expert journal PNAS. http://phys.org/news254482933.html Biology Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:42:20 EST news254482933 Indiana University's Filippo Menczer has shown how to "out" political astroturfers through his complex networks laboratory's study of information diffusion on Twitter. The research team went on to learn that while retweet networks are politically segregated between left- and right-leaners, Twitter "mentions" actually create a communication bridge between the two partisan groups. http://phys.org/news248864654.html Technology Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:04:21 EST news248864654 Researchers at the University of Gothenburg show that interactive technology generates new ways of seeing, showing and creating. The new technology boosts creativity. http://phys.org/news236951862.html Other Sciences Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:58:19 EST news236951862 New tools to improve the design of embedded software systems in automated railway signalling and smart energy distribution are being developed as part of a multi-million Euro project lead by researchers at the University of Southampton. http://phys.org/news236598944.html Technology Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:10:11 EST news236598944 Facebook on Tuesday announced it is rolling out improvements aimed at letting users be more selective about who gets to see what they post at the world's largest online social network. http://phys.org/news233338909.html Technology Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:22:03 EST news233338909 A carmaker reports that design time on a new model dropped from six months to just one, thanks to new tools for innovation and collaboration developed by European researchers. The way companies get and develop good ideas has undergone its own profound reinvention. http://phys.org/news201186818.html Technology Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:13:54 EST news201186818 Remarkable new tools that spotlight individual cellular molecules are transforming biomedical research. Scientists at the Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have spearheaded their use in a series of papers, including one published today in the online version of Nature Methods. http://phys.org/news152114553.html Biology Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:03:07 EST news152114553