26-Jul-2010
Doctors don't 'get' their patients
Physicians often guess wrong about their patients' beliefs about health
26-Jul-2010
International formula milk marketing code mired in 3 decades of dispute
International code of marketing of breast milk substitutes -- 3 decades later time for hostilities to be replaced by effective national and international governance
26-Jul-2010
Plentiful maternal affection in early infancy boosts adult coping skills
Mother's affection at 8 months predicts emotional distress in adulthood
26-Jul-2010
Scientists explain the neurological process for the recognition of letters and numbers
The study can be found in 'Neuropsychologia'
26 July 2010 Last updated at 09:20 GMT
Boat made from plastic bottles completes Pacific voyage
A boat made from thousands of plastic bottles has sailed into Sydney Harbour, completing a four-month voyage that began in San Francisco.
Alcohol reduces the severity of rheumatoid arthritis
26 July 2010 Oxford University Press (OUP)
Drinking alcohol may reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis according to new research published today.
July 26, 2010
'Spontaneous generation' of prions observed
Metal wires 'catalyse' appearance of rogue proteins from healthy brain tissue.
Nature
By Daniel Cressey
27-Jul-2010
In the 'neck' of time: Scientists unravel another key evolutionary trait
By deciphering the genetics in humans and fish, scientists now believe that the neck – that little body part between your head and shoulders – gave humans so much freedom of movement that it played a surprising and major role in the evolution of the human brain
27-Jul-2010
Latest 'green' packing material? Mushrooms
Packing foam now entering the marketplace is engineered from mushrooms and agricultural waste
27-Jul-2010
Relationships improve your odds of survival by 50 percent
Stayin' alive: That's what friends are for - A new Brigham Young University study adds our social relationships to the "short list" of factors that predict a person's odds of living or dying.
Super Glaciers Leave Their Mark on the Gondwanan Supercontinent
27 July 2010 The Geological Society of America
Publication title: Late Paleozoic Glacial Events and Postglacial Transgressions in Gondwana
Translating Stories of Life Forms Etched in Stone
By SEAN B. CARROLL
Published: July 26, 2010