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A SMARTER WAY TO GROW GRAPHENE
http://www.physorg.com/news129980833.html
NANOWIRES MAY BOOST SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY, ENGINEERS SAY
http://www.physorg.com/news129983739.html
PHYSICISTS DEMONSTRATE HOW INFORMATION CAN ESCAPE FROM BLACK HOLES
http://www.physorg.com/news130000012.html
RECIPE FOR ENERGY SAVING UNRAVELLED IN MIGRATORY BIRDS
http://www.physorg.com/news129964619.html
EU GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO TOMTOM TAKEOVER OF TELE ATLAS
http://www.physorg.com/news129962828.html
WORLD'S SMALLEST HELICOPTER TO FLY IN DA VINCI BIRTHPLACE
http://www.physorg.com/news129962223.html
JAPANESE SWIMSUIT MAKERS RACE SPEEDO
http://www.physorg.com/news129962803.html
BRITAIN RELEASES BATCH OF FILES ON UFO SIGHTINGS
http://www.physorg.com/news129961784.html
MYSPACE WINS $230 MILLION ANTI-SPAM JUDGMENT
http://www.physorg.com/news129961228.html
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE DYNAMICS OF THE BRAIN'S CORTEX
http://www.physorg.com/news129966376.html

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Latest News On SPACE and EARTH SCIENCE:
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SCIENTISTS AIM TO UNLOCK DEEP-SEA 'SECRETS' OF EARTH'S CRUST, May 14
Scientists from Durham University will use robots to explore the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to study the growth of underwater volcanoes that build the Earth’s crust.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129983871.html

RUSSIA, EUROPE INK DEAL ON NEW MANNED SPACECRAFT, May 14
The Russian and European space agencies have signed a deal to build a six-seat manned spacecraft to travel to the Moon, a Russian space official said Wednesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129984649.html

WARMING CLIMATE IS CHANGING LIFE ON GLOBAL SCALE, SAYS NEW STUDY, May 14
A vast array of physical and biological systems across the earth are being affected by warming temperatures caused by humans, says a new analysis of information not previously assembled all in one spot. The effects on living things include earlier leafing of trees and plants over many regions; movements of species to higher latitudes and altitudes in the northern hemisphere; changes in bird migrations in Europe, North America and Australia; and shifting of the oceans’ plankton and fish from cold- to warm-adapted communities. The study appears in the May 15 issue of the leading scientific journal Nature.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129989961.html

ASTROPHYSICISTS DISCOVER YOUNGEST KNOWN SUPERNOVA IN MILKY WAY, May 14
A North Carolina State University researcher has discovered the youngest known supernova in our galaxy. Estimated at a mere 140 years old, this celestial whippersnapper is at least 200 years younger than the next oldest known supernova, and its discovery may pave the way to a greater understanding of exploding stars.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129990194.html

WANDERING POLES LEFT SCARS ON EUROPA, May 14
Curved features on Jupiter’s moon Europa may indicate that its poles have wandered by almost 90°, report scientists from the Carnegie Institution, Lunar and P***tary Institute, and University of California, Santa Cruz in the 15 May issue of Nature. Such an extreme shift suggests the existence of an internal liquid ocean beneath the icy crust, which could help build the case for Europa as possible habitat for extraterrestrial life.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129990425.html

STUDIES CONFIRM GREENHOUSE MECHANISMS EVEN FURTHER INTO PAST, May 14
The newest analysis of trace gases trapped in Antarctic ice cores now provide a reasonable view of greenhouse gas concentrations as much as 800,000 years into the past, and are further confirming the link between greenhouse gas levels and global warming, scientists reported today in the journal Nature.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129990494.html

NASA STUDY LINKS EARTH IMPACTS TO HUMAN-CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE, May 14
A new NASA-led study shows human-caused climate change has made an impact on a wide range of Earth's natural systems, including permafrost thawing, plants blooming earlier across Europe, and lakes declining in productivity in Africa.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129994572.html

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Latest News On PHYSICS:
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SLOWING LIGHT TO SPEED DATA: USC VITERBI SCHOOL WINS $4.3M PHOTONICS IT CONTRACT, May 14
Two prize-winning USC specialists hope to break a bottleneck that has long limited communication systems from using light - photons - instead of electronics for data information processing.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129994467.html

JAPANESE SWIMSUIT MAKERS RACE SPEEDO, May 14
A Japanese fabric maker says it has the secret to make the world's fastest-ever swimsuit as the country races against time to catch Speedo's high-tech, record-breaking LZR Racer suit.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129962803.html

FINDING THE RIGHT SOLITON FOR FUTURE NETWORKS, May 14
European researchers say their study of self-sustaining solitary light wave packets could result in a new generation of computers and optical telecommunications networks. Using light rather than electronic or magnetic devices to store and move data is quicker, more energy efficient and cost-effective, and cavity solitons could be the key to unlocking this technology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129995044.html

DISORDER ENABLES EXTREME SENSITIVITY IN PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS, May 14
A research team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has found an explanation for the extreme sensitivity to mechanical pressure or voltage of a special class of solid materials called relaxors. The ability to control and tailor this sensitivity would allow industry to enhance a range of devices used in medical ultrasound imaging, loudspeakers, sonar and computer hard drives.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129997411.html

NEW EFFICIENCY RECORD FOR SOLAR CELLS, May 14
Physicist Bram Hoex and colleagues at Eindhoven University of Technology, together with the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, have improved the efficiency of an important type of solar cell from 21.9 to 23.2 percent (a relative improvement of 6 per cent). This new world record is being presented on Wednesday May 14 at a major solar energy conference in San Diego.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130000526.html

PHYSICISTS DEMONSTRATE HOW INFORMATION CAN ESCAPE FROM BLACK HOLES, May 14
Physicists at Penn State have provided a mechanism by which information can be recovered from black holes, those regions of space where gravity is so strong that, according to Einstein's theory of general relativity, not even light can escape. The team's findings pave the way toward ending a decades-long debate sparked by renowned physicist Steven Hawking. The team's work will be published in the 20 May 2008 issue of the journal Physical Review Letters.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130000012.html

A SMARTER WAY TO GROW GRAPHENE, May 14
Graphene, a sheet of carbon just one atom thick, has many potential uses in the electronics industry, but producing these ideal two-dimensional carbon sheets is very difficult and, as a result, their use has been stifled so far. But scientists from Brookhaven National Laboratory may have finally found a way around the issue, devising a method to yield high-quality graphene sheets.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129980833.html

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Latest News On NANOTECHNOLOGY:
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PUBLIC INVITED TO SEE NANOSOCCER ROBOTS IN ACTION IN PITTSBURGH, May 14
Nanosoccer returns to the field later this month, when the National Institute of Standards and Technology hosts for the second time the world’s most Lilliputian sport. Three student teams will participate in a public exhibition at the 2008 U.S. “RoboCup Open” in Pittsburgh, Pa., May 25 to 27, where miniature “soccer players”—computer-driven robots six times smaller than an amoeba operating on a field the size of a grain of rice—will show off their skills.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129997586.html

HELD TOGETHER BY METAL-METAL BONDS: A LARGE RING CONTAINING 36 GOLD ATOMS, May 14
Chinese researchers have recently made a “golden crown” with a diameter of only a few nanometers. It is a large ring-shaped molecule containing 36 gold atoms. The lords of the ring, a team of researchers from the Universities of Beijing, Hong Kong, and Nanjing report their unusual compound in the journal Angewandte Chemie: the molecular ring structure is held together exclusively by gold–gold bonds and is thus the largest ring system made of gold atoms produced to date.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129969683.html

STUDENT INNOVATION COULD IMPROVE DATA STORAGE, MAGNETIC SENSORS, May 14
Paul Morrow has come a long way from his days as an elementary school student, pulling apart his mother’s cassette player. The talented young physicist has developed two innovations that could vastly improve magnetic data storage and sense extremely low level magnetic fields in everything from ink on counterfeit currency to tissue in the human brain and heart.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129982160.html

SPIN CONTROL: NEW TECHNIQUE SORTS NANOTUBES BY LENGTH, May 14
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have reported a new technique to sort batches of carbon nanotubes by length using high-speed centrifuges. Many potential applications for carbon nanotubes depend on the lengths of these microscopic cylinders, and one of the most important features of the new technique, say the scientists, is that it should be easily scalable to produce industrial quantities of high-quality nanotubes.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129997172.html

NANOWIRES MAY BOOST SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY, ENGINEERS SAY, May 14
University of California, San Diego electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly efficient thin-film solar cells of the future.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129983739.html

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Latest News On GENERAL SCIENCE:
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TAKING ON BRITAIN'S 'SICK NOTE CULTURE', May 14
GPs should lend a hand to beat the ‘sick note culture’ that sees millions of working days lost every year, according to a survey of smaller business owners.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129982829.html

STUDY LOOKS AT ARIZONA’S 'MEGAPOLITAN' FUTURE, May 14
Two out of three Americans are expected to live in just 20 “megapolitan” areas in about 30 years, and one of these megapolitans – the Sun Corridor – is in Arizona.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129999759.html

MOUSE STUDY: WHEN IT COMES TO LIVING LONGER, IT'S BETTER TO GO HUNGRY THAN GO RUNNING, May 14
A study investigating aging in mice has found that hormonal changes that occur when mice eat significantly less may help explain an already established phenomenon: a low calorie diet can extend the lifespan of rodents, a benefit that even regular exercise does not achieve.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129968605.html

PIANOS, PASTA AND LOLLIES: THE MATHS OF THE GOOD LIFE, May 14
CSIRO mathematician Dr Bob Anderssen knows a thing or two about the good life. He does the maths that makes it good.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129989363.html

AIMING TO SWAY VOTERS, CANDIDATES EMPHASIZE HOT-BUTTON ISSUES ACROSS PARTY LINES, May 14
The 2004 presidential candidates reached out to voters across the political aisle – but not in a genuinely conciliatory spirit, according to a new analysis which says that George W. Bush and John Kerry sought to peel away voters from the opposing party using hot-button issues. The strategy leads to fragmentation, say political scientists, as candidates focus on multiple controversial issues, such as stem cell research or immigration, often communicating different priorities in an effort to gain votes.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129989808.html

WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR RESTORING OAKS SMALL, NEW STUDY FINDS, May 14
Communities of Oregon white oak were once widespread in the Pacific Northwest’s western lowlands, but, today, they are in decline. Fire suppression, conifer and invasive plant encroachment, and land use change have resulted in the loss of as much as 99 percent of the oak communities historically present in some areas of the region.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129990543.html

VANCOUVER RESEARCHERS DISCOVER MISSING LINK BETWEEN TB BACTERIA AND HUMANS, May 14
Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have discovered how tuberculosis (TB) bacteria hide and multiply in the human body and are working toward a treatment to block this mechanism of infection.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129994301.html

SCIENTISTS ARE BUILDING DATABASE OF BITE MARKS, May 14
(AP) -- It has sent innocent men to death row, given defense attorneys fits and splintered the scientific community. For a decade now, attorneys and even some forensic experts have ridiculed the use of bite marks to identify criminals as sham science and glorified guesswork.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129994737.html

ANTS SWARM OVER HOUSTON AREA, FOULING ELECTRONICS, May 14
(AP) -- In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130001024.html

RECIPE FOR ENERGY SAVING UNRAVELLED IN MIGRATORY BIRDS, May 14
Pointed wings together with carrying less weight per wing area and avoidance of high winds and atmospheric turbulence save a bird loads of energy during migration. This has been shown for the first time in free-flying wild birds by researchers at Princeton University, the University of Montana, and the German Max Planck Institute for Ornithology. They state in PLoS ONE’s May 14th edition that climate change might have a critical impact on small migrants’ energy budgets if it causes higher winds and atmospheric instability as predicted.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129964619.html

BRITAIN RELEASES BATCH OF FILES ON UFO SIGHTINGS, May 14
(AP) -- The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official report.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129961784.html

DIVERS FIND CAESAR BUST THAT MAY DATE TO 46 B.C., May 14
(AP) -- Divers trained in archaeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France's Culture Ministry said Tuesday could be the oldest known.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129961144.html

STICKY GECKO FEET: THE ROLE OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY, May 14
A team of five University of Akron researchers has published the paper, “Sticky gecko feet: the role of temperature and humidity” in PLoS ONE, an open-access, online journal for peer-reviewed scientific and medical research.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129967354.html

FIRST ELECTROPHYSICAL RECORDING OF SLEEP IN A WILD ANIMAL, May 14
In the first experiment to record the electrophysiology of sleep in a wild animal, three-toed sloths carrying miniature electroencephalogram recorders slept 9.63 hours per day—6 hours less than captive sloths did, reports an international team of researchers working on the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s Barro Colorado Island in Panama.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129968348.html

SHRIMPS SEE BEYOND THE RAINBOW, May 14
A Swiss marine biologist and an Australian quantum physicist have found that a species of shrimp from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, can see a world invisible to all other animals.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129968862.html

MONARCH BUTTERFLIES HELP EXPLAIN WHY PARASITES HARM HOSTS, May 14
It’s a paradox that has confounded evolutionary biologists since Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859: Since parasites depend on their hosts for survival, why do they harm them?
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129983011.html

DEEP SEA METHANE SCAVENGERS CAPTURED, May 14
Scientists of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena succeeded in capturing syntrophic (means "feeding together") microorganisms that are known to dramatically reduce the oceanic emission of methane into the atmosphere.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129983393.html

US LISTS POLAR BEAR AS THREATENED SPECIES, May 14
(AP) -- The Interior Department has decided to protect the polar bear as a threatened species because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming, officials said Wednesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129994656.html

CHEMISTRY OF AIRBORNE PARTICULATE -- LUNG INTERACTIONS REVEALED, May 14
Exactly how airborne particulates harm our lungs still puzzles epidemiologists, physicians, environmental scientists, and policy makers. Now California Institute of Technology researchers have found that they act by impairing the lungs' natural defenses against ozone.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129996566.html

IMPROVED ION MOBILITY IS KEY TO NEW HYDROGEN STORAGE COMPOUND, May 14
A materials scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has deciphered the structure of a new class of materials that can store relatively large quantities of hydrogen within its crystal structure for later release. The new analysis may point to a practical hydrogen storage material for automobile fuel cells and similar applications.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129997316.html

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Latest News On ELECTRONIC DEVICES:
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VERIZON WIRELESS TO INTRODUCE LINUX PHONES, May 14
(AP) -- Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. and expects it to become the "preferred" software on its network.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129984576.html

SWITZERLAND'S TOP TELECOM TO CARRY IPHONE, May 14
(AP) -- Switzerland's leading telecommunications company has signed with Apple Inc. to carry the iPhone later this year, making the multimedia gadget available in one more country as Apple prepares a new version with a speedier Internet connection.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129990914.html

CAR NAVIGATOR REMOTELY MANAGES WEB-ENABLED HOME, May 14
(AP) -- Drivers in Japan can check on their pets, turn lights and air conditioning on and off and lock their front doors - all from inside their cars - with a new navigation system from Panasonic.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129994700.html

ROBOT CONDUCTS DETROIT ORCHESTRA, May 14
High tech met high art late Tuesday when a robot conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129995670.html

SAMSUNG DEVELOPS WORLD’S FIRST 'BLUE PHASE' TECHNOLOGY TO ACHIEVE 240 HZ DRIVING SPEED FOR HIGH-SPEED VIDEO, May 14
Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the world’s first “Blue Phase” LCD panel – which will offer more natural moving images with an unprecedented image-driving speed of 240 Hertz. Samsung is planning to unveil a 15” model of its Blue Phase LCD panel at the SID (Society for Information Display) 2008 international Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, which will be held in Los Angeles from May 18 to 23.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129997960.html

CAMERA MEMORY CARD TAGS LOCATION INFO USING WI-FI, May 14
(AP) -- A wireless memory card for digital cameras now comes with an added twist: Besides making it easier to store and share photos, the latest version of the Eye-Fi card also helps sort images by location.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130002461.html

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Latest News On TECHNOLOGY:
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CAN YOU TRUST A ROBOT TO WORK SAFELY WITH YOU IN THE KITCHEN?, May 14
Can robots and humans work safely together? This issue will be addressed thanks to a research grant of over £1 million from the European Commission (EC).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129989243.html

LG AND SAMSUNG JOIN FORCES TO DEVELOP MOBILE DIGITAL TV STANDARD, May 14
LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics, which together lead the global digital TV market, announced today that they will propose their jointly developed technology as the North American technology standard for mobile DTV.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129996708.html

GAINING INDEPENDENCE THROUGH VIDEO GAMES, May 14
Today’s video games serve a multitude of functions ranging from entertainment to exercise and even education. Now, three graduates from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Class of 2008 have created a game with an even more important purpose — to foster independence among disabled individuals.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129982397.html

EMBARQ CFO: MAY DROP WIRELESS CUSTOMERS AFTER 2009, May 14
(AP) -- The chief financial officer of telephone company Embarq Corp. says the company may hand its wireless customers to another carrier next year.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129988168.html

UNDERGRADUATES DEVELOP 'DIRT-POWERED' MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS TO LIGHT AFRICA, May 14
A team composed of Harvard students and alumni was among the winners of the World Bank’s Lighting Africa 2008 Development Marketplace competition, held in Accra, Ghana from May 6 to 8, 2008. The innovation, microbial fuel cell-based lighting systems suitable for Sub-Saharan Africa, netted the group a $200,000 prize.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129989862.html

SOFTWARE PIRACY INCREASES IN ASIA-PACIFIC: INDUSTRY GROUP, May 14
Software piracy increased last year in the Asia-Pacific region, boosted by China's growing use of personal computers, an industry group said on Wednesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129995634.html

ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM TESTED BY NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY, May 14
An electronic vote capture and counting system, designed to overcome the problems which have dogged computerised voting systems throughout the world, notably the touch screen voting machines in the US and pilot schemes run in the UK , was given its first major test at Newcastle University on Tuesday, 13 May 2008.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129995929.html

BROADCOM CO-FOUNDERS CHARGED IN STOCK OPTIONS PROBE, May 14
(AP) -- Federal officials on Wednesday charged Broadcom Corp. co-founders Henry T. Nicholas III and Henry Samueli with falsifying the company's reported income by illegally backdating stock options for five years.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129998318.html

EU GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO TOMTOM TAKEOVER OF TELE ATLAS, May 14
EU regulators on Wednesday approved Dutch technology group TomTom's takeover of Tele Atlas after an in-depth probe found the deal would not significantly reduce competition in the SatNav sector.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129962828.html

WORLD'S SMALLEST HELICOPTER TO FLY IN DA VINCI BIRTHPLACE, May 14
The world's smallest one-man helicopter will soon take flight in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci, who is credited with having first thought of a vertical-flight machine, its developer said.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129962223.html

SMART FORTWO MICRO CAR RECEIVES TOP CRASH SCORES, May 14
(AP) -- The 2008 Smart fortwo micro car, the smallest car for sale in the U.S. market, has earned top scores in crash tests conducted by the insurance industry.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129961710.html

MYSPACE WINS $230 MILLION ANTI-SPAM JUDGMENT, May 14
(AP) -- A notorious "Spam King" and his partner now owe MySpace about $230 million in damages after a federal judge awarded the popular online hangout what is believed to be the largest anti-spam judgment ever.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129961228.html

3 IN 10 GET ALL OR MOST CALLS ON CELL PHONES, May 14
(AP) -- For nearly three in 10 households, don't even bother trying to call them on a landline phone. They either only have a cell phone or seldom if ever take calls on their traditional phone.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129980422.html

GAME WEB SITE GETS USERS TO HELP MAKE COMPUTERS SMARTER, May 14
(AP) -- Carnegie Mellon University researchers hope Web surfers will spend their free time playing Internet-based games to help other people's and businesses' computers get smarter.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129991038.html

REVIEW: FONESHOW MAKES PODCASTS AVAILABLE BY CELL PHONE, May 14
(AP) -- A new service named Foneshow offers a quick and easy way to access the downloadable radio shows known as podcasts. Instead of synching your music player to a PC to get audio clips that interest you, Foneshow lets you listen to podcasts on demand from your cell phone.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130000714.html

COMSCORE PUTS GOOGLE SITES AT NO. 1 FOR FIRST TIME, May 14
(AP) -- Google has surpassed Yahoo to become the most popular Web site in the United States, according to comScore Inc.'s rankings by the number of unique monthly visitors.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130000957.html

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Latest News On MEDICINE and HEALTH:
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GENETIC VARIATION LINKED TO SUGARY FOOD, May 14
A new study released today in the online edition of Physiological Genomics finds that individuals with a specific genetic variation consistently consume more sugary foods. The study offers the first evidence of the role that a variation in the GLUT2 gene – a gene that controls sugar entry into the cells – has on sugar intake, and may help explain individual preferences for foods high in sugar.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129966327.html

NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES RARELY MAKE THE HEADLINES, May 14
A new study of leading news organizations has found that neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) rarely make headlines, despite the huge amount of illness, suffering, and poverty that they cause. The study is published May 14th in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129966107.html

DRUG DOES NOT INCREASE SUITABILITY FOR DIALYSIS OF SURGICALLY-ENLARGED BLOOD VESSELS, May 13
The anti-platelet drug clopidogrel reduced the frequency of early blood clot formation in new surgically enlarged blood vessels (fistulas) created for patients requiring dialysis, but did not increase the proportion of these fistulas that subsequently became suitable for use during dialysis, according to a study in the May 14 issue of JAMA.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129923863.html

RESEARCHERS FINE-TUNE CLOT-BUSTING TREATMENT FOR BLEEDING IN BRAIN, May 14
A multicenter study led by Johns Hopkins doctors has fine-tuned the dosage and timing for administering clot-busting tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to patients with strokes caused by bleeding within the brain. The treatment, as reported this week at the European Stroke Conference in Nice, France, has been shown to dramatically decrease death and disability in patients with this typically lethal subset of stroke.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129967278.html

TOOTH LOSS STRONGLY LINKED TO RISK OF ESOPHAGEAL, HEAD AND NECK, AND LUNG CANCER, May 14
Studying thousands of patients, Japanese researchers have found a strong link between tooth loss and increased risk of three cancers – esophageal, head and neck, and lung. They suggest that preservation of teeth may decrease risk of developing these diseases.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129969008.html

DISTINCT TREATMENT NEEDED: TOURETTE'S AND OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER, May 14
While 30 to 50 percent of people with Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome are also affected with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), both illnesses might have a distinct neurocognitive profile, according to a new study published in the journal Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Brain Psychiatry by researchers from the Université de Montréal and the Fernand-Seguin Research Centre of the Louis-H Lafontaine Hospital.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129979476.html

DISCOVERY OF CELL LINKED TO LEARNING AND MEMORY, May 14
Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) neuroscientists at The University of Queensland have discovered a fundamental component of the process that regulates memory formation.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129979510.html

INNOVATIVE ANTENNAE MAY SIGNAL A 'NEW WAVE' IN HEALTH CARE PROVISION, May 14
Compact, wireless and power efficient body sensors that allow doctors to monitor illnesses and injuries remotely are a step closer thanks to new research.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129979805.html

MIDDLE CLASS RELAXING WITH MARIJUANA, May 14
A variety of middle-class people are making a conscious but careful choice to use marijuana to enhance their leisure activities, a University of Alberta study shows.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129983052.html

FEMALE SEX OFFENDERS OFTEN HAVE MENTAL PROBLEMS, May 14
Women who commit sexual offences are just as likely to have mental problems or drug addictions as other violent female criminals. This according to the largest study ever conducted of women convicted of sexual offences in Sweden.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129983080.html

STUDY SHOWS THAT PROSTATE CANCER INCREASES THE RISK OF BONE FRACTURE, May 14
As unlikely as it sounds, scientists at the Garvan Institute for Medical Research have shown that there is a link between prostate cancer and a higher risk of bone fracture.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129983137.html

OFFICE INITIATIVE REDUCES HEADACHES AND NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN BY MORE THAN 40 PERCENT, May 14
Office staff who took part in an eight-month workplace initiative reported that headaches and neck and shoulder pain fell by more than 40 per cent and their use of painkillers halved, according to research published in the May issue of Cephalalgia.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129983520.html

HOSPITALS THAT MOSTLY TREAT MEDICAID PATIENTS HAVE MADE SMALLER QUALITY PERFORMANCE GAINS, May 14
Hospitals that predominantly treat poor and underserved patients (often referred to as safety-net hospitals) have made smaller improvements in quality performance measures in recent years compared to hospitals that do not primarily serve this patient population, according to a study in the May 14 issue of JAMA.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129983921.html

HOSPITAL PAY FOR PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES MAY BACKFIRE AMONG SAFETY-NET HOSPITALS, May 14
The same government-backed incentive programs aimed at improving the care all Americans receive in hospitals may be widening the gap between poor, underserved patients and those who are insured or can afford to pay for their own care, according to a new study led by a University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine physician.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129984106.html

TREATING SAFETY RESEARCH LIKE OTHER CLINICAL STUDIES SLOWS PROGRESS, May 14
Progress in patient safety research could slow to a crawl unless regulators work out a host of ethical issues, Johns Hopkins researchers assert in an upcoming opinion piece.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129984512.html

APROTININ ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF DEATH, May 14
Aprotinin is associated with a 50 per cent increase in the relative risk of death, according to a major Canadian clinical trial comparing three drugs routinely used to prevent blood loss during heart surgery. The trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows that approximately six per cent of patients who received aprotinin died within 30 days of surgery compared to four per cent of patients who received tranexamic acid or aminocaproic acid.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129990068.html

COMMON BACTERIA ACTIVATING NATURAL KILLER T CELLS MAY CAUSE AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASE, May 14
A bacteria commonly found in soil and water triggered autoimmune symptoms in mice similar to those found in an incurable liver disease called Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC). Reporting their findings in the May 15 Cell Host & Microbe, the multi-institutional research team said injecting laboratory mice with the bacterium – Novosphingobium aromaticivorans – prompted activation of Natural Killer T (NKT) cells, which were critical to initiating autoimmune processes that led to liver disease.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129994514.html

RESEARCH EXAMINES FACTORS IN DELAYING OR DECLINING TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY, May 14
A study led by Dr. Ann F. Jacobson, associate professor in Kent State’s College of Nursing, unveils the reasons why people may initially choose to postpone but ultimately undergo total knee replacement surgery and emphasizes the need for better patient education before and after the procedure.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129994604.html

STUDY LIKELY SPELLS END FOR ANTI-BLEEDING DRUG, May 14
(AP) -- An anti-bleeding drug probably will stay off the market, experts say, after a rigorous study found patients getting the medication during heart surgery were much more likely to die than patients given other drugs.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130000850.html

FIRST USE OF DNA FINGERPRINTING TO IDENTIFY VIABLE EMBRYOS, May 14
Fertility researchers have used DNA fingerprinting for the first time to identify which embryos have implanted after in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and developed successfully to result in the births of healthy babies. The technique, combined with sampling cells from blastocysts (the very early embryo) before implantation in the womb, opens the way to pin-pointing a handful of genes that could be used to identify those blastocysts most likely to result in a successful pregnancy.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129966074.html

GOVERNMENT TO UNVEIL FITNESS TEST FOR ADULTS, May 14
(AP) -- If you didn't get a Presidential Physical Fitness Award in school, the government is giving you another chance to prove you're in shape.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129961733.html

STUDY: OVER HALF OF AMERICANS ON CHRONIC MEDICINES, May 14
(AP) -- For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows. The most widely used drugs are those to lower high blood pressure and cholesterol - problems often linked to heart disease, obesity and diabetes.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129961260.html

MOLECULAR 'CLOCK' COULD PREDICT RISK FOR DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER, May 14
A chemical reaction in genes that control breast cancer provides a molecular clock that could one day help researchers more accurately determine a woman’s risk for developing breast cancer and provide a new approach for treatment, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129966957.html

STUDY SAYS DEATH GAP INCREASING IN US, May 14
A new study finds a gap in overall death rates between Americans with less than high school education and college graduates increased rapidly from 1993 to 2001. The study, which appears in the May 14 issue of PLoS ONE, says the widening gap was due to significant decreases in mortality from all causes, heart disease, cancer, stroke, and other conditions, in the most educated while death rates among the least educated remained relatively unchanged.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129967787.html

RESEARCH SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON HEROIN ADDICTION, May 14
Researchers from the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne have identified a factor that may contribute towards the development of heroin addiction by manipulating the adenosine A2A receptor, which plays a major role in the brain’s ‘reward pathway’.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129979420.html

FAMILIES SHED LIGHT ON LIKELY CAUSATIVE GENE FOR ALZHEIMER'S, May 14
The genetic profile of two large Georgia families with high rates of late-onset Alzheimer's disease points to a gene that may cause the disease, researchers say.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129984460.html

NEW TREATMENT FOR HEPATITIS C, May 14
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a new use for an old drug. Their findings appear online in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129989768.html

STUDY CONFIRMS LINK BETWEEN MOTHERS' DEPRESSION, YOUNG CHILDREN'S INJURIES, May 14
Infants and toddlers whose mothers are severely depressed are almost three times more likely to suffer accidental injuries than other children in the same age group, according to a new study. The study’s findings, published today in the Advanced Access edition of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology, suggest that proper treatment for depression would improve not only the mothers’ health, but the health of young children as well.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129998087.html

COMPOUND HAS POTENTIAL FOR NEW CLASS OF AIDS DRUGS, May 14
Researchers have developed what they believe is the first new mechanism in nearly 20 years for inhibiting a common target used to treat all HIV patients, which could eventually lead to a new class of AIDS drugs.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129998235.html

BEIJING REPORTS FIRST CHILD VIRUS DEATH, May 14
(AP) -- China's capital reported Wednesday its first death from the hand, foot and mouth disease virus that has sickened tens of thousands of children across the country and killed at least 42 people.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129961820.html

NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE DYNAMICS OF THE BRAIN'S CORTEX, May 14
Using mathematics and a computer model of brain activity, Roberto Fernández Galán, Ph.D., an assistant professor of neurosciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has shown a direct link between activity in the cortex and the microscopic structure of this neuronal network. The findings are published in PLoS ONE on May 14.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129966376.html

GIRLS, YOUNG WOMEN CAN CUT RISK OF EARLY BREAST CANCER THROUGH REGULAR EXERCISE, May 14
Mothers, here’s another reason to encourage your daughters to be physically active: Girls and young women who exercise regularly between the ages of 12 and 35 have a substantially lower risk of breast cancer before menopause compared to those who are less active, new research shows.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129984192.html

NEW ROLE FOUND FOR A CARDIAC PROGENITOR POPULATION, May 14
In a discovery that could one day lead to an understanding of how to regenerate damaged heart tissue, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have found that parent cells involved in embryonic development of the epicardium – the cell layer surrounding the outside of the heart – give rise to three important types of cells with potential for cardiac repair.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news129990873.html

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