日期：2012-01-09 Research was published this week showing that silk produced by transgenically-engineered silkworms（蚕） in the laboratory of Malcolm Fraser Jr., professor of biological sciences at University of Notre Dame, exhibits the highly sought-after strength... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-01-09 Newly published research by scientists at Oregon Health Science University provides significant new information about how early embryonic stem cells develop and take part in formation of the primate（灵长类动物） species. The research, which took pl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-01-05 Predictions of the loss of animal and plant diversity around the world are common under models of future climate change. But a new study shows that because these climate models don't account for species competition and movement, they could grossly（... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-01-05 A recent analysis led by ecologist Bethany Bradley at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests that climate change predicted for the United States will boost demand for imported drought- and heat-tolerant landscaping plants from Africa and t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-01-05 Psychiatric disorders can be described on many levels, the most traditional of which are subjective descriptions of the experience of being depressed and the use of rating scales that quantify depressive symptoms. Over the past two decades, research... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-01-05 Invasive Burmese python hatchlings from the Florida Everglades can withstand exposure to salt water long enough to potentially expand their range through ocean and estuarine（河口的） environments, according to research in the latest issue of the Jo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-01-05 Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine and colleagues have discovered a new protein that may play a critical role in how the human body regulates blood sugar levels. Reporting in the current issue of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-01-05 Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in the United States, with the majority of cases occurring in the Northeast. It has been three decades since the agent of the disease, the spirochete（螺旋体） Borrelia burgdorferi, and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-01-05 Is losing weight as simple as doing a 15-minute writing exercise? In a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, women who wrote about their most important values, like close relationships,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-01-05 Blogging may have psychological benefits for teens suffering from social anxiety, improving their self-esteem and helping them relate better to their friends, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. Research ha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-01-05 Nature's game of intimidation（恐吓，威胁） and imitation comes full circle in the waters of Indonesia, where scientists have recorded for the first time an association between the black-marble jawfish (Stalix cf. histrio) and the mimic octopus (Tha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 New research links 'silent strokes,' or small spots of dead brain cells, found in about one out of four older adults to memory loss in the elderly. The study is published in the January 3, 2012, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the A... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 People with diets high in several vitamins or in omega 3 fatty acids are less likely to have the brain shrinkage associated with Alzheimer's disease than people whose diets are not high in those nutrients, according to a new study published in the D... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 For decades, science has suggested that when people make decisions, they tend to ignore logic and go with the gut. But Wim De Neys, a psychological scientist at the University of Toulouse in France, has a new suggestion: Maybe thinking about logic i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 In a study published in Cancer Cell led by Kyle Furge, Ph.D. and Aikseng Ooi, Ph.D., researchers provide a more complete understanding of the biology of Type 2 papillary（乳突的） renal cell carcinoma（肾细胞癌） (PRCC2), an aggressive type of kidne... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 Glia cells, named for the Greek word for glue, hold the brain's neurons together and protect the cells that determine our thoughts and behaviors, but scientists have long puzzled over their prominence（突出，显著） in the activities of the brain ded... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-30 In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Ping of Chu was misled by slanderers（诽谤者） , and had Wu Zixu's father executed. Wu Zixu fled to the State of Wu. More than then years later, Wu Zixu took his revenge by helping. Wu conquer Chu. Yet he suffer... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-29 Today's ubiquitous（普遍存在的） MP3 players permit users to listen to crystal-clear tunes at high volume for hours on end（连续地） -- a marked improvement on the days of the Walkman. But according to Tel Aviv University research, these advances ha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-29 Women with celiac disease（乳糜泻） -- an autoimmune disorder associated with a negative reaction to eating gluten（面筋） -- are more likely than the general population to report symptoms of depression and disordered eating, even when they adhere t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-12-29 Efforts to help people with learning impairments（损伤，损害） are being aided by a species of sea snail known as Aplysia californica. The mollusk（软体动物） , which is used by researchers to study the brain, has much in common with other species i... 阅读全文>>