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) -- NASA has rescheduled the launch of five suborbital sounding rockets from the Wallops Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream to no earlier than Tuesday night, March 20. http://phys.org/news251363753.html Space & Earth Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:16:02 EST news251363753 (PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Toronto-led team of astronomers has observed extreme brightness changes on a nearby brown dwarf that may indicate a storm grander than any seen yet on a planet. Because old brown dwarfs and giant planets have similar atmospheres, this finding could shed new light on weather phenomena of extra-solar planets. http://phys.org/news235044308.html Space & Earth Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:05:48 EST news235044308 (AP) -- Weather experts said it's unusual for deadly tornadoes to develop a few weeks apart in the U.S. But what made the two storm systems that barreled through a Missouri city and the South within the last month so rare is that tornadoes took direct aim at populated areas. http://phys.org/news225456734.html Space & Earth Tue, 24 May 2011 11:53:08 EST news225456734 Countdown has begun for the final flight of the Endeavour, scheduled to lift off Monday on the American space program's second to last mission to the International Space Station. http://phys.org/news224574706.html Space & Earth Sat, 14 May 2011 06:52:06 EST news224574706 Indiana University Bloomington scientists will use knowledge about methane production by cold-weather microbes on Earth to help NASA zero in on evidence for similar, carbon-based microbes that could have evolved on Mars, the Jovian moon Europa, or Saturn's Enceladus. http://phys.org/news224335428.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 May 2011 12:25:09 EST news224335428 (AP) -- With a forecast of near-perfect weather, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope scientists and managers were euphoric as they awaited Monday's planned launch of shuttle Atlantis on the final trip to the orbiting observatory. http://phys.org/news161180025.html Space & Earth Mon, 11 May 2009 02:48:29 EST news161180025 (AP) -- When the sun sneezes it's Earth that gets sick. It's time for the sun to move into a busier period for sunspots, and while forecasters expect a relatively mild outbreak by historical standards, one major solar storm can cause havoc with satellites and electrical systems here. http://phys.org/news161026403.html Space & Earth Fri, 08 May 2009 18:33:52 EST news161026403 The largest and most ambitious tornado study in history will begin next week, as dozens of scientists deploy radars and other ground-based instruments across the Great Plains to gain a better understanding of these often-deadly weather events. http://phys.org/news160728816.html Space & Earth Tue, 05 May 2009 07:54:24 EST news160728816 (PhysOrg.com) -- Observations from NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft have allowed scientists to reveal for the first time the speed, trajectory, and three-dimensional shape of solar explosions known as coronal mass ejections, or CMEs. http://phys.org/news160162452.html Space & Earth Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:34:44 EST news160162452 Chinese officials claimed they prevented rain on the first day of the 2008 Beijing Olympics by launching rockets into the rain clouds the night before. Emeritus professor of meteorology Charles L. Hosler asserts that the good weather that day was coincidental. While the impact that humans can have on the weather is currently negligible, Hosler predicts that in the future we will be able to alter precipitation patterns in a predictable manner. http://phys.org/news159123630.html Space & Earth Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:00:59 EST news159123630 (PhysOrg.com) -- In the near future, a solar power satellite may be supplying electricity to 250,000 homes around Fresno County, California. Unlike ground-based solar arrays, satellites would be unaffected by cloudy weather or night, and could generate power 24 hours a day. If successful and affordable, the project could mark the beginning of space-based solar power in other locations, as well. http://phys.org/news159020477.html Technology Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:21:32 EST news159020477 (PhysOrg.com) -- Twin NASA spacecraft have provided scientists with their first view of the speed, trajectory, and three-dimensional shape of powerful explosions from the sun known as coronal mass ejections, or CMEs. This new capability will dramatically enhance scientists' ability to predict if and how these solar tsunamis could affect Earth. http://phys.org/news158940323.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:06:02 EST news158940323 (PhysOrg.com) -- If Mark Twain were alive today he might rephrase his frequently cited observation about everyone talking about the weather but not doing anything about it to say, "Everyone reads or watches weather forecasts, but many people don't understand them." http://phys.org/news158936143.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:56:50 EST news158936143 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA satellite data and a new modeling approach could improve weather forecasting and save more lives when future cyclones develop. http://phys.org/news158840766.html Space & Earth Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:30:04 EST news158840766 Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research are testing an innovative technological system in the Detroit area this month that ultimately will help protect drivers from being surprised by black ice, fog, and other hazardous weather conditions. http://phys.org/news158417721.html Technology Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:55:53 EST news158417721 (AP) -- Into the Antarctic enigma, the puzzle of a place with too few researchers chasing too many climate mysteries, slowly waddles the elephant seal. http://phys.org/news158223826.html Space & Earth Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:04:32 EST news158223826 (AP) -- Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and successfully wrapped up a construction mission that left the international space station with all its solar wings and extra electrical power. http://phys.org/news157481732.html Space & Earth Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:55:57 EST news157481732 (PhysOrg.com) -- The space shuttle Discovery's crew is expected to complete its mission to the International Space Station with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:43 p.m. EDT on Saturday, March 28. The return to Earth will conclude a 13-day flight. Nine of those days were spent docked to the station. http://phys.org/news157224348.html Space & Earth Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:26:26 EST news157224348 International experts are warning that potentially lethal air pollution has boomed in fast-growing big cities in Asia and South America in recent decades. http://phys.org/news157003027.html Space & Earth Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:57:38 EST news157003027 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have, for the first time, detected giant twisting waves in the lower atmosphere of the Sun, shedding light on the mystery of the Sun's corona (the region around the Sun, extending more than one million kilometres from its surface) having a vastly higher temperature than its surface. The findings of this investigation, which will help us understand more about the turbulent solar weather and its affect on our planet, are published today in Science. http://phys.org/news156707105.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:45:39 EST news156707105 (AP) -- The Red River of the North along the Minnesota-North Dakota border faces the nation's greatest threat of spring flooding, the government said in it's weather outlook Thursday. http://phys.org/news156682165.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:50:01 EST news156682165 A plane set off Wednesday during a break in bad weather to re-supply three stranded British researchers, who are trapped and fighting to survive in the North Pole, organizers of the aid effort said. http://phys.org/news156611094.html Space & Earth Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:05:30 EST news156611094 (PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft has a lot at stake with the success of Internet Explore 8 since they lost 7 percent of their browser market to Firefox, Safari, and Chrome browsers. IE8 has been in release candidate since January of 2009 and will mostly likely be a target for criticism for similar features already existing in Firefox, Safari, and Chrome browsers. http://phys.org/news156431248.html Technology Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:08:13 EST news156431248 Planting soybean on the optimum date produces maximum yield and profit without increasing production costs. Unfortunately, the optimum planting date is hard to indentify, because it varies from year to year, depending on the weather and how much it rains and when it rains. http://phys.org/news156426113.html Biology Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:43:15 EST news156426113 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new dating method has found that "Peking Man" is around 200,000 years older than previously thought, suggesting he somehow adapted to the cold of a mild glacial period. http://phys.org/news156001133.html Other Sciences Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:39:52 EST news156001133 When Joyce Moss recently arrived at Loyola University Hospital with a life-threatening heart attack, it took just 42 minutes to perform an emergency balloon angioplasty. http://phys.org/news155495792.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:16:58 EST news155495792 (PhysOrg.com) -- The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), called GOES-O, arrived this morning by a C17 military cargo aircraft at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility from the manufacturing plant in El Segundo, Calif. http://phys.org/news155397372.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:57:05 EST news155397372 It has been estimated that in the United States, nearly 100,000 calves die of cold stress annually, costing livestock producers millions of dollars a year and resulting in a desperate need for effective mitigation strategies. Consequently, a University of Miami (UM) scientist and researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have developed the first weather system advisory designed to improve the capacity of producers to protect their newborn calves. http://phys.org/news154895075.html Biology Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:24:56 EST news154895075 Clemson University space physicists have traveled around the world to launch rockets to test atmospheric conditions. http://phys.org/news154890259.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:05:04 EST news154890259 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has signed an agreement with Siemens Energy Inc. to provide high-resolution atmospheric modeling capabilities to improve the efficiency of wind farm sites, turbine design and wind farm operations. http://phys.org/news154704816.html Technology Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:34:40 EST news154704816