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. While devout Hindus wait for up to 90 hours to see their favourite deity at Ganesh Chaturthi, one of India's major festivals, others are opting to dodge the queues this year and say a virtual prayer instead. http://phys.org/news267598225.html Technology Sun, 23 Sep 2012 05:50:42 EST news267598225 (Phys.org) -- They feared illness, were selfish and fell asleep reading late at night, just like us, new research has revealed about our mediaeval ancestors. http://phys.org/news254474137.html Other Sciences Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:40:01 EST news254474137 A study by the University of Liverpool has found an increasing number of shared spaces for prayer, reflection and meditation, despite the declining popularity of established religion. http://phys.org/news251715636.html Other Sciences Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:00:54 EST news251715636 Those who choose to pray find personalized comfort during hard times, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison sociologist. http://phys.org/news211524578.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:49:48 EST news211524578 Egypt on Thursday began unifying calls to prayer that ring out five times a day from thousands of minarets across the capital, but the move has been criticised by the men who make the call or azzan. http://phys.org/news200842831.html Technology Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:00:07 EST news200842831 Findings reported today from a new international study of healing prayer suggest that prayer for another person's healing just might help -- especially if the one praying is physically near the person being prayed for. http://phys.org/news200147104.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:00:01 EST news200147104 We have all been guilty of a transgression at one time or another. That's because we're not perfect. We all commit hurtful acts, violate trust, and hope for forgiveness. http://phys.org/news183819816.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:40:01 EST news183819816 What happens when the families of sick and dying hospitalized children ask their physicians to pray with them, or for them? How do pediatricians respond to such personal requests? While increasing numbers of physicians say that religion and spirituality help some patients and families cope with serious illness, a new study reports that it is almost always the families and patients who raise the issue of prayer, not the doctors themselves. http://phys.org/news180187063.html Other Sciences Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:20:11 EST news180187063 (PhysOrg.com) -- A rare - and possibly unique - text describing a Jewish exorcism has been discovered by a scholar of medieval Jewish studies. http://phys.org/news180186353.html Other Sciences Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:10:04 EST news180186353 'While shepherds watched' was the first carol to cross over to the Church of England from the secular, folk tradition and carol singers might be surprised to hear that it used to be commonly sung to the tune 'Cranbrook', better known as 'Ilkley Moor' ('On Ilkla Moor baht 'at'') according to research by a hymn expert from Durham University. http://phys.org/news180087885.html Other Sciences Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:50:01 EST news180087885 Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) will combine the scientific and scholarly expertise of their humanities and computer science experts in a new project to analyze degraded Hebrew documents. http://phys.org/news169478552.html Technology Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:40:02 EST news169478552 Health and religion have always been intertwined, most obviously through prayer on behalf of the sick. Does intercessory prayer for sick people actually help heal them? For thousands of years some people have believed so. But new Brandeis University research in the Journal of Religion this month shows that over the last four decades, medical studies of intercessory prayer—the prayer of strangers at a distance—actually say more about the scientists conducting the studies than about the power of prayer to heal. http://phys.org/news164471135.html Other Sciences Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:10:02 EST news164471135 Religious technology may seem like an oxymoron, but as more people obtain mobile phones, iPhones and other devices to help them manage their lives, it's only natural that many of them will be using their gadgets to help them enrich their spiritual life as well. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a mobile application known as Sun Dial, which alerts Muslim users when it's time to perform the five daily prayers known as salat. The device is currently being discussed this week at the human-computer interaction conference, CHI, in Boston. http://phys.org/news158206723.html Technology Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:19:15 EST news158206723