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. According to the Institute of Medicine, more than 90 million Americans suffer from low health literacy¬, a mismatch between patients' abilities to understand healthcare information and providers' abilities to communicate complex medical information in an understandable manner. In two recent studies, researchers at the University of Missouri found that two groups - those with limited English proficiency and those with disabilities - experience significantly lower health literacy than the general population. http://www.physorg.com/news176126590.html Medicine & Health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:20:01 EST news176126590 If you think you know what science is and how science works, think again. A new University of California, Berkeley, Web site called "Understanding Science" (http://undsci.berkeley.edu/) paints an entirely new picture of what science is and how science is done, showing it to be a dynamic and creative process rather than the linear - and frequently boring - process depicted in most textbooks. http://www.physorg.com/news153760626.html Other Sciences Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:17:37 EST news153760626 (PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed the most advanced spontaneous language understanding (SLU) system for both Polish and Italian. In fact, it is the first one. http://www.physorg.com/news151935458.html Technology Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:18:09 EST news151935458 (PhysOrg.com) -- If you think you know what science is and how science works, think again. A new University of California, Berkeley, Web site called "Understanding Science" paints an entirely new picture of what science is and how science is done, showing it to be a dynamic and creative process rather than the linear - and frequently boring - process depicted in most textbooks. http://www.physorg.com/news150730593.html Other Sciences Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:36:33 EST news150730593 Most consumers crave a clear understanding of brand images, making them more receptive to new marketing messages if anything clouds their vision of companies or products, according to a new study by a University of Illinois marketing expert. http://www.physorg.com/news150386523.html Other Sciences Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:02:03 EST news150386523 Being an athlete or merely a fan improves language skills when it comes to discussing their sport because parts of the brain usually involved in playing sports are instead used to understand sport language, new research at the University of Chicago shows. http://www.physorg.com/news139508489.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:21:29 EST news139508489 Scientists from The Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton and the University of California discovered that the underlying process in tumor formation is the same as for life itself -evolution. After analyzing a half million gene mutations, the researchers found that although different gene mutations control different cancer pathways, each pathway was controlled by only one set of gene mutations. This suggests that a molecular "survival of the fittest" scenario plays out in every living creature as gene mutations strive for ultimate survival through cancerous tumors. http://www.physorg.com/news136808135.html Biology Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:15:35 EST news136808135