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. Venice on Sunday enjoyed the sounds of silence as authorities imposed a five-hour ban on motorboats plying the Renaissance city's main waterway in a bid to raise awareness about noise pollution and architectural damage caused by waves. http://phys.org/news285170215.html Space & Earth Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:01:55 EST news285170215 Boys shout in delight as they flip backwards off a bridge. Fishermen quietly cast rods out. They are joyful acts that should belong to an earlier era, before the Philippines' Pasig River turned toxic. http://phys.org/news280468850.html Space & Earth Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:00:01 EST news280468850 The United States urged caution on plans by Laos to build a multibillion-dollar dam that has raised environmental concerns from neighboring nations, saying its impact was still "unknown." http://phys.org/news271393831.html Space & Earth Tue, 06 Nov 2012 03:11:06 EST news271393831 Laos on Monday said it would start construction of a controversial multi-billion dollar dam this week, after adapting the design to calm environmental concerns from neighbouring nations. http://phys.org/news271330936.html Space & Earth Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:42:25 EST news271330936 A three-man sailing expedition for the first time has navigated the once-frozen Northwest Passage, a perilous Arctic route made accessible only because of melting caused by global warming. http://phys.org/news266603519.html Space & Earth Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:32:07 EST news266603519 (AP)—Peruvian authorities say wastewater laced with heavy metals from a major zinc mine has spilled into a tributary of the Amazon, contaminating at least six miles of the waterway. http://phys.org/news265862322.html Space & Earth Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:50:01 EST news265862322 (Phys.org) -- Dolphins may learn harmful or undesirable behaviors, such as begging for food from humans, from each other, Murdoch University researchers have discovered. http://phys.org/news257413278.html Biology Mon, 28 May 2012 09:30:01 EST news257413278 Laos has postponed construction of a controversial dam on the Mekong, an official said Thursday, dismissing fears that the work was going ahead despite growing regional opposition. http://phys.org/news255892353.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 May 2012 19:10:01 EST news255892353 Dirk, a fairy penguin stolen from an Australian marine park, has been safely returned, but not before being hounded by a dog and chased by another animal, possibly a shark. http://phys.org/news253767774.html Biology Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:03:04 EST news253767774 Energy-starved Laos sought the green light from Southeast Asian neighbours on Thursday for a proposed hydropower dam on the Mekong River that faces fierce opposition from conservationists. http://phys.org/news242541260.html Space & Earth Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:50:01 EST news242541260 Evidence of a colony of rare seahorses has been discovered in the Thames, during a routine fisheries survey at Greenwich, the Environment Agency said on Friday. http://phys.org/news237204214.html Biology Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:20:01 EST news237204214 (PhysOrg.com) -- During the past several decades, upper Midwest state and local agencies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on extraordinary conservation efforts to prevent the Upper Mississippi River from filling with mud, waste and excess nutrients. Yet the waterway, which winds through prime agricultural lands, has seen a ten-fold increase in sediment since the early 20th century. http://phys.org/news236533373.html Space & Earth Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:43:07 EST news236533373 Brazilian scientists have discovered an underground river some 4,000 meters (13,000) feet deep, which flows from west to east like the country's famous waterway. http://phys.org/news233497323.html Space & Earth Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:22:14 EST news233497323 (AP) -- Exxon Mobil Corp. said Wednesday that it plans to use vacuum trucks to suck any remaining oil from a failed pipeline near Laurel that spilled an estimated 42,000 gallons of crude into the Yellowstone River. http://phys.org/news229839492.html Space & Earth Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:18:25 EST news229839492 Salmon are flashing silver again in the Elbe river and its many tributaries in the Czech Republic as the waterway slowly bounces back from four decades of communist-era pollution. http://phys.org/news224478982.html Biology Fri, 13 May 2011 04:16:47 EST news224478982 Drought on China's Yangtze river has led to historically low water levels that have forced authorities to halt shipping on the nation's longest waterway, the government and media said Thursday. http://phys.org/news224396445.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 May 2011 05:21:23 EST news224396445 Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have proven that measuring fluorescence could improve source water monitoring during a study of the McKenzie River in Oregon. The study was designed to assess the amount, type and source of dissolved organic carbon that exists in all sources of drinking water. http://phys.org/news211555449.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:25:08 EST news211555449 (AP) -- Officials in Haiti say a river that has been a source of a cholera epidemic is expected to overflow following heavy rains from Hurricane Tomas. http://phys.org/news208430666.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:40:01 EST news208430666 The company at the centre of Hungary's toxic sludge leak that killed four people defended itself Friday, as fears increased over the threat to marine life in Europe's second longest river. http://phys.org/news205648049.html Space & Earth Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:04:52 EST news205648049 A shipping accident off the coast of Texas on Saturday spilled an estimated 450,000 gallons of oil into the ocean, the US Coast Guard said. http://phys.org/news183522562.html Space & Earth Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:29:39 EST news183522562 (AP) -- No Asian carp have been spotted so far in a Chicago canal during a massive fish kill aimed at trying to keep the giant fish out of the Great Lakes. http://phys.org/news179087700.html Biology Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:50:01 EST news179087700 Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a unique new computer model called the Virtual StreamLab, designed to help restore real streams to a healthier state. The Virtual StreamLab, which demonstrates the physics of natural water flows at an unprecedented level of detail and realism, was unveiled for the first time this week at the 2009 American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics meeting in Minneapolis, one of the largest conferences in fluid dynamics with more than 1,500 attendees from around the world. http://phys.org/news178315462.html Physics Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:20:02 EST news178315462