My picks from ScienceDaily

Embryonic Patterning Makes The Feathers Fly: Dots Versus Stripes In Chicken Feathers Controlled By Patterning Pathway :

At the American Society for Cell Biology's 2006 conference, scientists will describe their latest research on patterning, on the molecular and systems level.

Midges Send Undeniable Message: Planet Is Warming :

Small insects that inhabit some of the most remote parts of the United States are sending a strong message about climate change.

Research Highlights How Farmers' Agri-environment Schemes Could Do More For Wildlife:

New research offers an explanation for why numbers of many countryside bird species continue to decline, despite Government financial support for farmers to improve their habitat through agri-environment schemes.

Genetic Map Offers New Tool For Malaria Research:

An international research team has created a genome-wide map that charts the genetic variability of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

Study Questions The 'Biodiversity Hotspot' Approach To Wildlife Conservation:

In recent years, major international conservation groups have focused their limited resources on protecting a small number of "biodiversity hotspots"-threatened habitats that are home to many of the world's rarest plants and animals.

Doctors' Extended Duration Work Shifts Are Associated With Medical Errors And Adverse Events:

A study from the U.S. of doctors in their first postgraduate year (interns) has showed that working extended shifts is associated with increased reporting by the doctors of medical errors, adverse patient events and attentional failures.

Vibrating Odor Molecules? Rogue Theory May Help Explain Sense Of Smell:

A controversial theory that explains the molecular mechanism which gives our sense of smell razor-sharp precision has been given a boost thanks to a study by a team of UCL researchers at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN).

Why We 'Never Forget A Face':

New research from Vanderbilt University suggests that we can remember more faces than other objects and that faces "stick" the best in our short-term memory. The reason may be that our expertise in remembering faces allows us to package them better for memory.