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. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has unveiled a lower-cost BlackBerry that is designed for emerging markets. http://phys.org/news287734576.html Electronics Tue, 14 May 2013 07:16:46 EST news287734576 Amazon, long rumored to be developing its own smartphone, is working on a screen that allows people to see 3D images without glasses, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. http://phys.org/news287336521.html Electronics Thu, 09 May 2013 16:42:20 EST news287336521 Winters in Boston are bitterly cold and excessively long. So it's little wonder that residents greet Patriot's Day – the mid-April, Massachusetts-only holiday marking the Revolutionary battles at Lexington and Concord – with such enthusiasm. To mark the ritual start of spring, Bostonians pack Fenway Park to watch the Red Sox, and they line Boylston Street to cheer on the finishers of the prestigious Boston Marathon. http://phys.org/news285406894.html Technology Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:41:46 EST news285406894 Amid much speculation on the future of the "smartwatch," the consensus is growing: the time is right. http://phys.org/news283939461.html Electronics Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:30:02 EST news283939461 Career-focused social network LinkedIn is buying the news reading app-maker Pulse in a deal valued at between $50 million and $100 million, according to technology website All Things Digital. http://phys.org/news282286873.html Technology Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:40:01 EST news282286873 Facebook's mystery "press event" on Tuesday could reveal a more robust search feature that would intensify the competition between the social networking giant and its rival Google Inc. http://phys.org/news277446586.html Technology Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:29:54 EST news277446586 Dell's stock soared 13 percent Monday on a report that the struggling personal computer maker is in talks to take the company private. http://phys.org/news277403040.html Technology Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:24:07 EST news277403040 Shares of Facebook are pushing above $30 for the first time since July after it sent out invitations to "come and see what we're building" Tuesday at its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. http://phys.org/news276968500.html Technology Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:41:47 EST news276968500 Apple is trying to decide whether it makes sense to offer a cheaper iPhone as it tries to boost sales in less-affluent countries and reclaim some of the market share lost to cheaper phones running Google's Android software, according to a published report. http://phys.org/news276928944.html Electronics Wed, 09 Jan 2013 05:00:04 EST news276928944 Speculation about how animals will respond to climate change due to global warming led University of Illinois researcher Patrick Weatherhead and his students to conduct a study of ratsnakes at three different latitudes—Ontario, Illinois, and Texas. His findings suggest that ratsnakes will be able to adapt to the higher temperatures by becoming more active at night. http://phys.org/news276873138.html Biology Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:13:26 EST news276873138 Japan's incoming pro-nuclear premier Shinzo Abe said Sunday his government will again investigate the Fukushima atomic crisis, after which the country's reactors could be restarted, reports said. http://phys.org/news275489287.html Technology Sun, 23 Dec 2012 12:48:14 EST news275489287 (AP)—Satellite radio company Sirius XM Radio has named one of its executives, James Meyer, as its interim CEO while it looks for a replacement for Mel Karmazin. http://phys.org/news275134049.html Technology Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:07:35 EST news275134049 Dozens of US banks face a "credible" threat from hackers based in Eastern Europe who are planning large-scale attacks next year, a security firm said in a report released Thursday. http://phys.org/news274629793.html Technology Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:03:23 EST news274629793 The Cuban Missile Crisis took place 50 years ago this October, when US and Soviet leaders pulled back from the very brink of nuclear war. This was the closest the world has come to nuclear war, but exactly how close has been a matter of some speculation. The conflict, itself, has been analyzed and interpreted, but the number and types of nuclear weapons that were operational have not. According to fresh analysis available today in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by SAGE, senior experts calculate the nature of weapons capabilities on both sides, and write that the situation was even more perilous than history has previously acknowledged. http://phys.org/news269255482.html Other Sciences Fri, 12 Oct 2012 10:11:42 EST news269255482 (AP)—After vetting candidates for seven months, the Norwegian judges for the Nobel Peace Prize will reveal the winner of the coveted award on Friday, capping a week of Nobel Prize announcements. http://phys.org/news269236242.html Other Sciences Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:50:49 EST news269236242 Sprint Nextel Corp. on Thursday said Japanese cellphone company Softbank Corp. is in talks about making a potential substantial investment in the U.S. company. http://phys.org/news269179855.html Technology Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:11:07 EST news269179855 U.S. banks have been buffeted by more than a week of powerful cyberattacks, but the mystery surrounding their perpetrators lingers. http://phys.org/news268065159.html Technology Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:32:46 EST news268065159 (Phys.org)—If experts thought they knew anything about individual investors, it was this: their emotions lead them to sell winning stocks too soon and hold on to losers too long. http://phys.org/news265396410.html Other Sciences Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:13:48 EST news265396410 Hydraulic fracturing (often termed "fracking") can be managed effectively in the UK as long as operational best practices are implemented and robustly enforced through regulation. That is the conclusion of a review by UK's Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering. http://phys.org/news261217750.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:29:21 EST news261217750 Microsoft kept the tech world buzzing Monday ahead of a mysterious announcement which has fueled speculation the software giant may unveil a product to challenge the Apple iPad. http://phys.org/news259243262.html Technology Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:01:10 EST news259243262 (PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since the island of Madagascar was first visited by people, some two thousand years ago, there has been speculation about the unique plants and animals that live on the world’s fourth largest island; one where roughly ninety percent of the wildlife is found nowhere else. For many years, it was believed they came to be there during the time when the island was still physically connected to Africa, but that reasoning has fallen by the wayside as it has been shown that the island separated some 88 million years ago, while most of the animals that live there didn’t arrive till just 60 million years ago, forcing evolutionary scientists to search for other explanations. Now new evidence by an international group of researchers is proposing that the animals got there by floating on rafts during a time when prevailing currents would have made the journey more plausible. They have published a paper on their ideas in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://phys.org/news251454044.html Biology Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:21:08 EST news251454044 (AP) -- Apple has begun an event in San Francisco where it's expected to reveal a new iPad model. There's been speculation of an updated tablet with a speedier processor, a sharper screen and an option for faster wireless broadband access. http://phys.org/news250348152.html Electronics Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:09:30 EST news250348152 Apple is expected to reveal a new version of its coveted iPad on Wednesday in its first major media event since the death of legendary founder and beloved pitchman Steve Jobs. http://phys.org/news250330198.html Electronics Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:10:07 EST news250330198 Chinese Internet company Alibaba on Tuesday posted a net profit of 1.71 billion yuan ($271.48 million) in 2011, up 16.6 percent over the previous year, but with weakness in the fourth quarter. http://phys.org/news249029911.html Technology Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:58:39 EST news249029911 Google will mirror Apple's winning hardware-software formula with an Android-powered entertainment system that wirelessly streams content through homes, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. http://phys.org/news248032434.html Electronics Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:54:41 EST news248032434 When Facebook makes its long-expected debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the ranks of the largest public companies in the world, alongside McDonald's, Amazon.com and Bank of America. http://phys.org/news246896901.html Technology Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:28:35 EST news246896901 The Internet on Monday buzzed anew with talk that Facebook is poised to go public after the Wall Street Journal reported the social networking giant could issue stock as early as April. http://phys.org/news241754850.html Technology Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:20:02 EST news241754850 Yahoo Inc.'s stock price soared more than 10 percent late Wednesday on hopes that its once-spurned suitor, Microsoft, will return with another takeover bid now that the struggling Internet company is mulling a possible sale. http://phys.org/news237050398.html Technology Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:20:08 EST news237050398 (AP) -- Apple is trotting out a new iPhone on Oct. 14, but it's not the iPhone 5 some were expecting. Instead, it's a more modest upgrade, the iPhone 4S. Here are some facts to help you decide if it's time to make the plunge. http://phys.org/news237016503.html Electronics Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:30:04 EST news237016503 (AP) -- A top Samsung executive says the company will take a bolder stance in its patent battle with smartphone and tablet rival Apple, which Samsung claims has been "free riding" on its patented wireless technologies. http://phys.org/news235985943.html Technology Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:39:34 EST news235985943