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. (Phys.org)—Scientists have developed a statistical image analysis method which can assist in the grading of breast cancer by automatically segmenting tumour regions and detecting dividing cells in tissue samples. http://phys.org/news271667804.html Other Sciences Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:30:03 EST news271667804 A whale that is almost unknown to science has been seen for the first time after two individuals—a mother and her male calf—were stranded and died on a New Zealand beach. A report in the November 6th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, offers the first complete description of the spade-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon traversii), a species previously known only from a few bones. http://phys.org/news271335193.html Biology Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:00:11 EST news271335193 Using data collected over the course of seven years, the study looked at DNA in tissue samples collected from 739 mountain lions. In the first-of-its-kind study at this scale, the authors used only the gathered genetic information to discover population structures and history, and to identify what areas in the region serve as "sinks" (habitat that animals move to at a greater rate than they disperse from) and "sources" (areas that animals disperse from at a greater rate to live elsewhere). http://phys.org/news268994592.html Biology Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:43:22 EST news268994592 Manoa (UHM) School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) made a discovery that challenges a major theory in the field of coral reef ecology. The general assumption has been that the more flexible corals are, regarding which species of single celled algae (Symbiodinium) they host in coral tissues, the greater ability corals will have to survive environmental stress. In their paper published August 29, 2012, however, scientists at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) at SOEST and colleagues documented that the more flexible corals are, the more sensitive to environment disturbances they are. http://phys.org/news265373865.html Space & Earth Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:20:01 EST news265373865 (Phys.org) -- Lanrong Bi and Nazmiye Yapici are shining new light on the hidden processes within cells. For their groundbreaking research, Bi, an assistant professor of chemistry at Michigan Technological University, and PhD candidate Yapici have received the Bhakta Rath Research Award. http://phys.org/news256382637.html Chemistry Wed, 16 May 2012 10:24:08 EST news256382637 A distinctive echolocation frequency led to the discovery of a new species of bat within the genus Hipposideros. Although this bat is similar to the species Hipposideros armiger, differences in acoustics, size, and DNA between these bats led to the identification of the new species. This new member of the bat community, which has been found in two locations in Vietnam, has been given the scientific name Hipposideros griffini. http://phys.org/news249031120.html Biology Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:18:53 EST news249031120 IBM scientists have developed a flexible, non-contact microfluidic probe made from silicon can aid researchers and pathologists to investigate critical tissue samples accurately for disease diagnostics and drug discovery. http://phys.org/news245670043.html Technology Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:50:01 EST news245670043 A former British taxi driver has become the first person in the world for 3,000 years to be mummified in the same way as the pharaohs. http://phys.org/news238149845.html Other Sciences Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:46:50 EST news238149845 After demonstrating that light accurately detected pre-cancerous cells in the lining of the esophagus, Duke University bioengineers turned their technology to the colon and have achieved similar results in a series of preliminary experiments. http://phys.org/news237547899.html Chemistry Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:31:52 EST news237547899 A new type of laser scanning confocal microscope (LSCM) holds the promise of diagnosing skin cancer in a single snapshot. http://phys.org/news233836611.html Physics Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:37:13 EST news233836611 A genetic study focusing on the Central American river turtle (Dermatemys mawii) recently turned up surprising results for a team of Smithsonian scientists involved in the conservation of this critically endangered species. Small tissue samples collected from 238 wild turtles at 15 different locations across their range in Southern Mexico, Belize and Guatemala revealed a "surprising lack" of genetic structure, the scientists write in a recent paper in the journal Conservation Genetics. http://phys.org/news230524912.html Biology Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:42:03 EST news230524912 Ulysses Balis, M.D., clicks a mouse to identify a helicopter in a satellite photo of Baghdad, Iraq. With another click, an algorithm that he and his team designed picks out three more choppers without highlighting any of the buildings, streets, trees or cars. http://phys.org/news218110153.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:09:53 EST news218110153 (PhysOrg.com) -- Metabolic profiling of tissue samples could transform the way surgeons make decisions in the operating theatre, say researchers at a new laboratory being launched today. http://phys.org/news214067404.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:10:42 EST news214067404