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. In February 2010, a violent earthquake struck Chile, causing a tsunami 10 m in height. Affecting millions of people, the earthquake and giant wave also transformed the appearance of the coastline: the dunes and sandbars were flattened, and the coast subsided in places by up to 1 m. But although the inhabitants are still affected for the long term, the shore system quickly rebuilt itself. A team from IRD and its Chilean partners showed that in less than a year, the sedimentary structures had reformed. The Chilean coast therefore represented a unique "natural laboratory" for studying coastal formation processes. The subsidence of the coast also revealed the effects of rising sea levels on shores. http://phys.org/news284367779.html Space & Earth Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:03:05 EST news284367779 (Phys.org)—Los Alamos researchers have developed a better technique for quick detection of live pathogens in the field. Identification of viable bacteria in a complex environment is scientifically challenging. Current detection and diagnostic techniques are inadequate in major public health emergencies, such as outbreaks of food-borne illness. Detection of live pathogens in the suspected food supply requires days of laboratory culture. http://phys.org/news278327664.html Chemistry Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:14:30 EST news278327664 (Phys.org) -- In just a few decades shrubs in the Arctic tundra have turned into trees as a result of the warming Arctic climate, creating patches of forest which, if replicated across the tundra, would significantly accelerate global warming. http://phys.org/news258015448.html Space & Earth Mon, 04 Jun 2012 07:57:50 EST news258015448 (AP) -- Before Apa became a legendary Sherpa mountaineer, he was a humble Himalayan potato farmer who worked his fields in the Everest foothills until, without warning, raging floodwaters swallowed his farm. http://phys.org/news249899993.html Space & Earth Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:39:59 EST news249899993 (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from Aberystwyth University, the University of Exeter and Stockholm University, led by Welsh scientist and Professor Neil Glasser, have released at study published in Nature Geoscience showing that the glaciers of Patagonia in South America are melting at a much faster rate than originally thought. http://phys.org/news221140470.html Space & Earth Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:55:01 EST news221140470 The January 12 earthquake in Haiti failed to release all the tension in a notorious seismic fault, leaving its capital exposed to the risk of another seismic disaster, US scientists reported Sunday. http://phys.org/news207147738.html Space & Earth Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:02:56 EST news207147738 Data from the Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft have been used in a groundbreaking new university study that examines the concentration, distribution and composition of aerosol pollution over the Indian subcontinent. The study documents the region's very high levels of natural and human-produced pollutants, and uncovered surprising seasonal shifts in the source of the pollution. http://phys.org/news203849006.html Space & Earth Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:43:43 EST news203849006 Armed with a decade's worth of satellite data, University of Illinois atmospheric scientists have documented some surprising trends in aerosol pollution concentration, distribution and composition over the Indian subcontinent. http://phys.org/news203171107.html Space & Earth Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:40:01 EST news203171107 Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new nanotechnology-based "microlens" that uses gold to boost the strength of infrared imaging and could lead to a new generation of ultra-powerful satellite cameras and night-vision devices. http://phys.org/news193412033.html Nanotechnology Tue, 18 May 2010 15:20:01 EST news193412033 (PhysOrg.com) -- While world organizations struggle to find a benchmark and tracking standards for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, NASA has been supporting California’s new carbon emissions inventory report, using its satellite imaging data and computer models of the state’s natural ecosystems. http://phys.org/news180199784.html Space & Earth Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:30:43 EST news180199784 (AP) -- Strong westerly winds in the southern Pacific Ocean have driven scores of icebergs originally headed toward New Zealand to the east, away from the country, an oceanographer said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news178867399.html Space & Earth Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:23:59 EST news178867399 A wind storm that ripped across western China's Taklimakan desert kicked up hundreds of thousands of tonnes of dust that high-altitude winds then carried around the world in less than two weeks, a study says. http://phys.org/news167315325.html Space & Earth Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:00:02 EST news167315325