http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. While most of us would never willingly consume a highly endangered species, doing so might be as easy as plucking sushi from a bento box. New genetic detective work from the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics at the American Museum of Natural History shows that bluefin tuna is routinely plated in sushi bars sampled in New York and Colorado. A quarter of what was labeled as tuna on sushi menus was bluefin, and some was even escolar, a waxy, buttery fish often labeled "white tuna" that is banned for sale in Japan and Italy because it can cause gastrointestinal distress. The new research is published in PLoS ONE. http://www.physorg.com/news177858752.html Biology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:18:04 EST news177858752 Those oft-maligned, and highly embellished, graphs and charts in USA Today and other media outlets may actually help people understand data more effectively than traditional graphs, according to new research from North Carolina State University. http://www.physorg.com/news176550708.html Other Sciences Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:59:18 EST news176550708 If you think choosing between a candy bar and healthy snack is totally a matter of free will, think again. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that the choices we make to indulge ourselves or exercise self-control depend on how the choices are presented. http://www.physorg.com/news174665930.html Other Sciences Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:40:17 EST news174665930 (AP) -- Web browsers from the Norwegian company Opera Software ASA have been better known for their innovation than their usage. http://www.physorg.com/news163271698.html Technology Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:15:22 EST news163271698 (AP) -- To design Windows 7, Microsoft analyzed billions of pieces of data. It studied exactly what PC users do in front of their screens. It tallied hundreds of thousands of Windows surveys. It got feedback from people all over the world who tried different versions of the software. http://www.physorg.com/news159372461.html Technology Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:08:15 EST news159372461 (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://www.physorg.com/news156431248.html Technology Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:08:13 EST news156431248 The health of bar workers, who actively smoke cigarettes, significantly improves after the introduction of a smoking ban, reveals research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news153514238.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:50:57 EST news153514238 (PhysOrg.com) -- Building on a series of recent breakthroughs in ultrafast analog-to-digital conversion, UCLA engineers have designed a bar code reader that is nearly a thousand times faster than any device currently in use. http://www.physorg.com/news142008610.html Physics Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:50:10 EST news142008610 Commercial venues are very aware of the effects that the environment - in this case, music - can have on in-store traffic flow, sales volumes, product choices, and consumer time spent in the immediate vicinity. A study of the effects of music levels on drinking in a bar setting has found that loud music leads to more drinking in less time. http://www.physorg.com/news135646989.html Medicine & Health Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:43:09 EST news135646989