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. (AP) -- Hackers broke into a website for San Francisco's mass transit system Sunday and posted contact information for more than 2,000 customers, the latest showdown between anarchists angry at perceived attempts to limit free speech and officials trying to control protests that grow out of social networking and have the potential to become violent. http://phys.org/news232597410.html Technology Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:23:47 EST news232597410 Jokes are not merely a source of popular enjoyment and creativity; they also provide insights into how societies work and what people think. Humor is so powerful it can help shape geopolitical views worldwide, according to Professor Darren Purcell and his team from the University of Oklahoma in the US. Their study of humor including the analysis of two "Achmed the Dead Terrorist" skits, has recently been published online in Springer's GeoJournal. http://phys.org/news155994250.html Other Sciences Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:44:51 EST news155994250 I knew I had to delete her or suffer the consequences. http://phys.org/news155891590.html Technology Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:14:12 EST news155891590 Interest in personal health records as an electronic tool to manage health information is increasing dramatically. A group led by a UCSF researcher has identified cost, privacy concerns, design shortcomings and difficulties sharing information across different organizations as critical barriers hindering broad implementation of electronic personal health records. http://phys.org/news155887312.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:02:59 EST news155887312 Bebo on Monday launched a Latino version of the US social networking website as the Internet service owned by America On Line strives to gain ground in a market led by Facebook and MySpace. http://phys.org/news155828592.html Technology Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:44:01 EST news155828592 Facebook is courting Twitter lovers with pages that fire instant updates to limitless audiences in a fashion echoing the essence of the hot micro-blogging service. http://phys.org/news155675791.html Technology Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:16:50 EST news155675791 John McCain took to the Senate floor Monday and talked about twittering. For the increasingly popular networking tool, it was either a moment that marked the technology's full-bore entry into the cultural mainstream -- or an undeniable sign that Twitter is now about as hip as Pac-man. http://phys.org/news155481820.html Technology Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:24:19 EST news155481820 It seems everyone is on Facebook these days: your co-workers, your best friend from third grade, your mom. Facebook usage has exploded in the past year, with the site claiming its fastest-growing demographic are adults ages 30 or older. Since abandoning its college-student-only model in 2006, the site has become the place for both longtime online citizens and relative Internet newcomers of all ages. http://phys.org/news155398274.html Technology Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:11:48 EST news155398274 With his work hours cut and an investment portfolio in the tank, Arnold Zimmerman is considering the unthinkable: ditching his blazing-fast cable Internet service and going back to dial-up. http://phys.org/news155385018.html Technology Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:30:43 EST news155385018 In the mid-90s, the Internet seemed like a dark place. Indeed, scientific studies from that time were documenting some real risks for teenagers, including fewer close friendships and more tenuous connections with family. It appeared that teens were sacrificing real relationships for superficial cyber-relationships with total strangers. http://phys.org/news155323364.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:23:08 EST news155323364 Computer security specialists warn that Facebook users have been hit with a series of data-stealing attacks in the past week as cyber crooks increasingly stalk social-networking websites. http://phys.org/news155288782.html Technology Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:46:41 EST news155288782 Every few months, I receive a question from a reader whose computer was never the same after a grandchild came to visit. http://phys.org/news154968727.html Technology Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:52:44 EST news154968727 This is your brain. This is your brain on Facebook. http://phys.org/news154807389.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:03:42 EST news154807389 Experts in intellectual property and patents explain in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation how tools, such as online social networking could be used to eradicate the enormous backlog of patent applications in the US. http://phys.org/news154608203.html Other Sciences Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:44:32 EST news154608203 It's called "25 Random Things About Me." It lives on Facebook, the popular social-networking Web site. It's a list you fill with 25 items of personal information, ranging from the trivial to the intimate. http://phys.org/news154015374.html Technology Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:03:30 EST news154015374 (PhysOrg.com) -- Expectations for teenage girls to be brainy, athletic, nurturing, and look like supermodels - while juggling homework, social networking and resumé-padding activities - are fueling a generational mental health crisis, according to a new book by University of California, Berkeley, psychologist Stephen Hinshaw. http://phys.org/news153515484.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:11:48 EST news153515484 (PhysOrg.com) -- After five groundbreaking years exploring the Red Planet, the communications engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory pretty much know what they are getting when another downlink from Spirit or Opportunity arrives. They know that with a typical transmission comes about 10 megabits of engineering data, another 4 megabits of science data, and around 26 megabits of images. They also realize that after the information is amassed and analyzed by the rovers' science teams that the most unique, scientifically exciting of that compiled data will be released via peer-reviewed papers, articles, science briefings and press releases. http://phys.org/news151259758.html Space & Earth Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:35:58 EST news151259758 For most teenagers, privacy is important. They want to be able to go in their rooms, shut the door and close the world out. It's their safe place, a haven for them and their friends. http://phys.org/news151059596.html Technology Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:59:56 EST news151059596 "Home"? seems like a project that everybody at Sony was afraid to cancel. Given how long the nebulous social-networking program has been in development and how much money Sony undoubtedly poured into it, it's not surprising that "Home" was launched.... http://phys.org/news150463498.html Technology Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:24:58 EST news150463498 In a pair of related studies released by Seattle Children's Research Institute and published in the January 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, researchers found that 54 percent of adolescents frequently discuss high-risk activities including sexual behavior, substance abuse or violence using MySpace, the popular social networking Web site (SNS). The studies, Adolescent Display of Health Risk Behaviors on MySpace, and Reducing At-Risk Adolescents' Display of Risk Behavior on a Social Networking Web Site, were led by research fellow Megan A. Moreno, MD, MPH, MSEd, and Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH, of the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at Seattle Children's Research Institute, and the University of Washington. http://phys.org/news150447571.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:59:31 EST news150447571 Online, the virtual "nurse-in" to protest Facebook's ban on breast-feeding photos took off, with hundreds joining a group that crept toward 70,000 members Saturday evening. http://phys.org/news149840031.html Technology Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:13:51 EST news149840031 Facebook and other social networking sites aren't just online spaces where students can connect, they're the frontier of self-definition and identity to the first generation raised with the Internet, according to a new book about online campus life by Boston College Professor Ana M. Martinez Aleman. http://phys.org/news148562329.html Other Sciences Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:18:49 EST news148562329 Students are creating idealized versions of themselves on social networking websites — Facebook and MySpace are the most popular — and using these sites to explore their emerging identities, UCLA psychologists report. Parents often understand very little about this phenomenon, they say. http://phys.org/news146249706.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:55:06 EST news146249706 The first few weeks at university can be a difficult time for freshers as they attempt to settle in to their new academic and social life. Researchers at the University of Leicester have found that a high proportion of freshers use the internet to smooth the settling-in process. http://phys.org/news143200776.html Other Sciences Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:59:36 EST news143200776 A new University of Georgia study suggests that online social networking sites such as Facebook might be useful tools for detecting whether someone is a narcissist. http://phys.org/news141308850.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:27:30 EST news141308850 Indiana University researchers have introduced Laboratree, a web-based solution to the complex problems of scientific collaboration. http://phys.org/news139058750.html Other Sciences Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:25:50 EST news139058750