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Flu infections rising among Chinese pigs: study

Scientists said Wednesday that flu infections were rising among pigs raised for slaughter on farms in south and southeastern China, also plagued by bird flu.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ready, steady, slow! Why top sportsmen might have 'more time' on the ball

(Medical Xpress)—Professional ball game players report the sensation of the ball 'slowing-down' just before they hit it. Confirming these anecdotal comments, a new study published in Proceedings of the Ro ...

Neuroscience created Sep 07, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Testosterone makes us less cooperative and more egocentric, study finds

Testosterone makes us overvalue our own opinions at the expense of cooperation, research from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London has found. The findings may have implications for how group ...

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Could brain size determine whether you are good at maintaining friendships?

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers are suggesting that there is a link between the number of friends you have and the size of the region of the brain – known as the orbital prefrontal cortex – that ...

Neuroscience created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (11) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

How does our brain know what is a face and what's not?

Objects that resemble faces are everywhere. Whether it’s New Hampshire’s erstwhile granite “Old Man of the Mountain,” or Jesus’ face on a tortilla, our brains are adept at locating ...

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Facing complexity in the left brain/right brain paradigm

The left brain/right brain dichotomy has been prominent on the pop psychology scene since Nobel Laureate Roger Sperry broached the subject in the 1960s. The left is analytical while the right is creative, ...

Neuroscience created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Women on Pill pick a dud in bed but a dude in the home

Women who take the Pill tend to choose as partners men who are less attractive and worse in bed but a sounder bet for a long-term relationship, according to an unusual study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B ...

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Rock-paper-scissors players are natural copycats

Players of the game rock paper scissors subconsciously copy each other's hand shapes, significantly increasing the chance of the game ending in a draw, according to new research.

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Retinal implants with wireless microchip restore functional vision in retinitis pigmentosa patients, research finds

(Medical Xpress)—Retina Implant AG, the leading developer of subretinal implants for patients blinded by retinitis pigmentosa (RP), announced results from part of its multicentre study were published today in the peer-reviewed ...

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Proceedings of the Royal Society

Proceedings of the Royal Society is the parent title of two scientific journals published by the Royal Society.

Originally a single journal, "Proceedings" was split into two separate journals in 1905;

The two journals are the Royal Society's main research journals.

Many celebrated names in science have published their research in Proc. R. Soc., including Dirac, Heisenberg, Maxwell, Rutherford and Schrödinger.

For more information about Proceedings of the Royal Society, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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