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. (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory used inelastic neutron scattering to show that superconductivity in a new family of iron arsenide superconductors cannot be explained by conventional theories. http://phys.org/news150729937.html Physics Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:25:37 EST news150729937 (PhysOrg.com) -- Criminal justice scholars often say that the true number of innocent people convicted of crimes is unknown—in fact, unknowable. A new University of Michigan study challenges that belief in one important context. http://phys.org/news150476160.html Other Sciences Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:56:00 EST news150476160 (PhysOrg.com) -- Storing and sending information using quantum phenomena is one of the hottest areas of research today; scientists across the globe are investigating how to make quantum communication possible for real-life applications. In a key step, a group of researchers was recently able to greatly improve the lifetime of a form of quantum memory. http://phys.org/news150115833.html Physics Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:50:33 EST news150115833 (PhysOrg.com) -- “Fock states will play a role in the future of quantum computing,” Andrew Cleland tells PhysOrg.com. “We have completed the first experimental measurement of the time decay of Fock states in a superconducting quantum circuit, and we believe this will provide useful information as we work toward developing a quantum computer.” Cleland is a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and works with a group headed by John Martinis. http://phys.org/news149252720.html Physics Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:05:20 EST news149252720 A map of natural hazard mortality in the United States has been produced. The map, featured in BioMed Central's open access International Journal of Health Geographics, gives a county-level representation of the likelihood of dying as the result of natural events such as floods, earthquakes or extreme weather. http://phys.org/news148706481.html Medicine & Health Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:21:21 EST news148706481 Climate change could provide the warmer weather pests prefer, leading to an increase in populations that feed on corn and other crops, according to a new study. http://phys.org/news148656778.html Space & Earth Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:32:58 EST news148656778 Interruptions in Medicaid coverage are associated with a higher rate of hospitalization for conditions that can often be treated in an ambulatory care setting, including asthma, diabetes, and hypertension, according to a new study in today's issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. The analysis, which examines interrupted Medicaid coverage and hospitalization rates, finds that increased risk for hospitalization is highest in the first three months after an interruption in Medicaid coverage. http://phys.org/news148584930.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:35:30 EST news148584930 (PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by MIT researchers releases today the most comprehensive independent review of the future of the nation’s human spaceflight program undertaken in many years. The report recommends setting loftier goals for humans in space, focusing research more clearly toward those goals, and increasing cooperation with other nations and private industry. http://phys.org/news148569966.html Space & Earth Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:26:06 EST news148569966 Where natural disasters strike, political corruption is soon to follow, say the authors of a study in the Journal of Law and Economics. But it's not the wind and rain that turns good folks bad; it's the money that floods in afterwards from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. http://phys.org/news148238780.html Other Sciences Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:26:20 EST news148238780 More than half a million babies are born preterm in the United States each year, and preterm births are on the rise. Late preterm births, or births that occur between 34 and 36 weeks (approximately 4 to 6 weeks before the mother's due date), account for more than 70% of preterm births. Despite the large number of affected babies, many people are unaware of the serious health problems related to late preterm births. A new study and an accompanying editorial soon to be published in The Journal of Pediatrics investigate the serious neurological problems associated with late preterm births. http://phys.org/news148192562.html Medicine & Health Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:36:02 EST news148192562 The United States must re-establish its global leadership in nuclear arms control while continuing to update its nuclear arsenal as necessary, but it should not add any new nuclear capabilities in the process, a joint working group of scientists and policy experts says in a study meant to inform decision making by the incoming Obama administration. http://phys.org/news148132530.html Other Sciences Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:55:30 EST news148132530 The economic cost of death due to cancer is high in the United States, regardless of whether researchers estimate the economic impact in lost work productivity or in a more global measure using the value of one year of life, according to two studies published online December 9 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://phys.org/news148067483.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:51:23 EST news148067483 Researchers at Ohio State devised a new dosing schedule for the drug to increase its anti-tumor activity. http://phys.org/news147927835.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:03:55 EST news147927835 When it comes to the world of the very, very small — nanotechnology — Americans have a big problem: Nano and its capacity to alter the fundamentals of nature, it seems, are failing the moral litmus test of religion. http://phys.org/news147881829.html Nanotechnology Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:17:09 EST news147881829 Organizations in the United States that are at the highest risk of sustaining damage from climate change are not adapting enough to the dangers posed by rising temperatures, according to a Yale report. http://phys.org/news147444502.html Space & Earth Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:48:22 EST news147444502 Tufts researchers and colleagues report that place of birth plays a role in the occurrence of asthma in a United States black population. The researchers found that within one inner-city population, blacks born in the United States were more likely to have asthma than blacks who were born outside of the United States. http://phys.org/news147354818.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:53:38 EST news147354818 What makes residents of certain states or countries more likely to consume more alcohol? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, high levels of individualism lead to more problem drinking. http://phys.org/news146139981.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:26:21 EST news146139981 High magnesium intake has been associated with low risk of colorectal cancer. Americans have similar average magnesium intake as East Asian populations. If that were all that were involved, observers might expect both groups to have similar risk for colorectal cancer. http://phys.org/news146061908.html Medicine & Health Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:45:08 EST news146061908 Urea tanks will be standard equipment for most new diesel trucks, buses, cars, and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) manufactured in the United States after Jan. 1, 2010. An automotive grade of urea will be injected into the vehicles' exhaust stream to "scrub" nitrogen oxide (NOx) from the diesel exhaust. http://phys.org/news145556132.html Technology Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:15:32 EST news145556132 A new study in the journal International Studies Perspectives examines U.S. foreign policy towards three Middle Eastern states and finds that the executive branch is often the driving force in foreign policy. Also, U.S. foreign policies tend to be reciprocal in nature. http://phys.org/news145197719.html Other Sciences Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:41:59 EST news145197719 (PhysOrg.com) -- As the nation watched the results of the 2008 election roll in, political devotees were faced with a host of graphs and charts reflecting polling data from around the country. Now political aficionados have a new way to dissect election statistics, thanks to a North Carolina State University computer scientist. http://phys.org/news145117287.html Technology Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:21:27 EST news145117287 Making assumptions of health based on a person’s weight is faulty, and misinformation is putting people’s physical and emotional well-being at risk, says College of Education researcher and lecturer in human development Dr Cat Pausé. http://phys.org/news145112287.html Medicine & Health Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:58:07 EST news145112287 Education has found its way onto the soccer fields of North Carolina – in the form of a social experiment that may have all the right ingredients to change the direction of Latino health in the United States. http://phys.org/news145106644.html Medicine & Health Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:24:04 EST news145106644 (PhysOrg.com) -- As the 2008 election draws to a close, political devotees have a new way to dissect election statistics, thanks to a North Carolina State University computer scientist. http://phys.org/news144954362.html Technology Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:06:02 EST news144954362 It's one of the coldest and most remote areas on Earth, but the Arctic region has long held great strategic interest for a number of nations. Now, a Florida State University researcher is leading an international team that is working to produce one of the most comprehensive histories to date of the northernmost part of the world from the late 19th century to the present. http://phys.org/news144519101.html Space & Earth Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:11:41 EST news144519101 African American kidney disease patients in both Canada and the United States are less likely than Caucasian Americans to have access to kidney transplants, but only African-Americans in the United States have worse health outcomes than Caucasians after a transplant is performed, according to a study appearing in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The results could further open the debate about what has driven the disparities seen only in the United States. http://phys.org/news144518596.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:03:16 EST news144518596 (PhysOrg.com) -- Popular cholesterol-busting drugs -- statins -- appear to lower men's prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values along with their cholesterol levels, according to researchers in the Duke Prostate Center and the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center. But whether the drugs prevent prostate cancer growth or just mask it is not known yet. http://phys.org/news144427722.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:48:42 EST news144427722 Class B biosolids are sewage sludges that have been treated to contain fewer than 2.0 x 106 fecal coliforms/dry gram. The USEPA estimates that 6.3 million tonnes of Class B biosolids are generated in the United States each year, and that by 2010, the amount generated per year will increase to 7.4 million tonnes. Biosolids produced during municipal sewage treatment are most commonly applied to land as a fertilizer at agricultural sites throughout the United States. Class B biosolids, which are the principal type of biosolids applied to land, contain a variety of enteric pathogens. http://phys.org/news144326545.html Space & Earth Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:42:25 EST news144326545 Seven years after Sept. 11, and in the wake of many major natural disasters such as forest fires, hurricanes and flooding, nearly half of U.S. states either have no state-level emergency plan or do not provide it readily to the public, reveals a new study by George Mason University Communication Professor Carl Botan. http://phys.org/news143978561.html Other Sciences Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:02:41 EST news143978561 (PhysOrg.com) -- Theoretical proof of stable and measurable states extending over two quantum dots and creating offspring has now been provided for the first time. This supports the notion of what is known as Quantum Darwinism, which makes the selection and reproduction of quantum mechanical states responsible for the way in which our reality is perceived. These results of an Austrian Science Fund FWF project were recently published in Physical Review Letters and will play a part in the future development of quantum information technology. http://phys.org/news143710195.html Physics Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:29:55 EST news143710195