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. (PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell study has identified four strategies that restaurants use to reap higher wine sales: including the wine list on the food menu and listing prices without a dollar sign. http://www.physorg.com/news179598181.html Other Sciences Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:30:03 EST news179598181 Mathematics is driven by the quest to solve problems and today the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) announces a new tool to help attack those questions. Research problems can take decades or centuries to answer, with partial solutions spawning new problems along the way. Keeping track of all the problems is difficult, even for experts. Sometimes the solution needs an idea from another field, and it can take a long time for someone to notice the connection. http://www.physorg.com/news177658007.html Other Sciences Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:40:02 EST news177658007 More than 1,000 freshwater fish species are threatened with extinction, reflecting the strain on global water resources, an updated global "Red List" of endangered species showed Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news176449484.html Biology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:10:05 EST news176449484 (AP) -- A rare Panamanian tree frog, a rodent from Madagascar and two lizards found only in the Philippines are among over 17,000 species threatened with extinction, a leading environmental group said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news176412974.html Biology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:36:43 EST news176412974 Look in your wallet, purse, personal digital assistant or smart phone and you probably have a list of names, phone numbers and addresses. You might even have a file for your passwords or important account numbers, birthdays and anniversaries, bank account numbers and so many more bits of data from your life. Do you have your medication list there, too? http://www.physorg.com/news175962984.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:37:06 EST news175962984 (AP) -- When people sign up for Twitter, the popular social-networking site presents a list of suggested users to follow, driving significant traffic to sports figures, celebrities, politicians and other prominent posters. http://www.physorg.com/news175882852.html Technology Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:40:02 EST news175882852 (AP) -- Four years after being placed on the Endangered Species List, the dwindling sea otters of southwest Alaska on Wednesday were given an important recovery tool. http://www.physorg.com/news174198176.html Biology Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:30:01 EST news174198176 (AP) -- The first public wolf hunt in decades in the lower 48 states is off to a slow start. http://www.physorg.com/news171034567.html Biology Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:50:01 EST news171034567 (AP) -- For most of the thousands of Americans who need a new kidney, there are only two ways to go: persuade a friend or relative to donate, or get on the transplant waiting list. http://www.physorg.com/news169999997.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:50:01 EST news169999997 The criteria of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Red List are an essential tool for evaluating the conservation status of species around the planet, and according to these criteria all the species in the Canary Islands are endangered. However, research carried out recently by José Luis Martín Esquivel has highlighted some conflicting areas within the scientific protocol designed to identify threatened plants and animals. http://www.physorg.com/news167645247.html Biology Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:09:15 EST news167645247 (AP) -- The discovery of 10 lynx kittens this spring marks the first newborns documented in Colorado since 2006, heartening biologists overseeing restoration of the mountain feline. http://www.physorg.com/news165386313.html Biology Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:39:13 EST news165386313 Forty-six percent of patients over age 60 currently on the waiting list for a kidney transplant will die before they receive an organ from a deceased donor, reports an upcoming study in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). "Our results emphasize the particular need to consider living donation as an alternative source for some older patients -or alternatively, the critical importance of navigating the steps to receive a deceased donor transplant as rapidly as possible," comments Jesse D. Schold, PhD (University of Florida, Gainesville). http://www.physorg.com/news164594416.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:40:38 EST news164594416 (AP) -- A pair of federal judges will decide which states in the Northern Rockies have enough gray wolves to allow public hunting, as the bitter debate over the region's wolves heads to courts in Wyoming and Montana. http://www.physorg.com/news163182715.html Biology Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:36:57 EST news163182715 (AP) -- The American pika - a short-legged, hamster-sized fur ball that huddles in high mountain slopes - isn't built for long-distance travel. http://www.physorg.com/news158049546.html Biology Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:40:32 EST news158049546 You might expect that living close to a clinic that specializes in transplanting organs would put you at an advantage if you needed a new kidney. According to an upcoming study in the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN), you would be wrong. The study found that distance from a patient's home to the nearest transplant facility has no bearing on whether an individual is placed on the transplant waiting list. However, the research identified other factors associated with disparities in waitlisting, including neighborhood poverty. http://www.physorg.com/news157827007.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:50:32 EST news157827007 (AP) -- When Matthew Jones decided to donate a kidney to a stranger, the Michigan father of five had no idea he'd be starting a lifesaving, "pay it forward" chain. His kidney donation to a Phoenix woman in 2007 set off a long-running organ swap that resulted in 10 sick people getting new kidneys over a year. It hasn't ended yet. http://www.physorg.com/news156013318.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:02:49 EST news156013318 A new national survey conducted by the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health finds that the vast majority (93%) of Americans have heard or read about the recent ongoing recall of peanut products. Among those who are aware of the recall, about six in ten (61%) say they have taken one or more precautions to reduce their risk of getting sick from contaminated peanut products. Specifically, about one in four say they have checked ingredient lists on foods in the grocery store to make sure they know which products contain peanuts (27%), thrown away foods in their home that they think might be on the recall list (25%), stopped ordering foods containing peanuts in restaurants (22%), and stopped eating those foods they heard were in the recall (28%), while 15% say they have stopped eating all foods containing peanuts. http://www.physorg.com/news153756551.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:09:44 EST news153756551 Tacoma, WA - January 14, 2009 -A new study in the journal Psychology & Marketing investigates the influence of website design on children's information processing. Results show that the type of interface used can significantly affect how children process and retain information; age strongly affected this relationship. http://www.physorg.com/news151152779.html Medicine & Health Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:52:59 EST news151152779 A Johns Hopkins transplant surgeon has found strong evidence that women over 45 are significantly less likely to be placed on a kidney transplant list than their equivalent male counterparts, even though women who receive a transplant stand an equal chance of survival. http://www.physorg.com/news151065609.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:40:09 EST news151065609 In a new study led by the University of Michigan Health System, women more than doubled their fruit and vegetable intakes and dramatically increased their consumption of "good" fats when they were counseled by registered dietitians and provided with a list of guidelines on the amount of certain foods they should eat each day. http://www.physorg.com/news148733733.html Medicine & Health Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:55:33 EST news148733733 A system of presumed consent for organ donation - where people have to opt out of donating their organs when they die - is the best way to tackle a growing waiting list for transplant. http://www.physorg.com/news144669042.html Medicine & Health Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:50:42 EST news144669042