日期：2011-10-11 Biologists have described only a few thousand different viruses so far, but a new study reveals a vast world of unseen viral diversity that exists right under our noses. A paper published on October 4 in the online journal mBio explores ordinary raw... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-11 People who are able to cross their legs soon after having a severe stroke appear to be more likely to have a good recovery compared to people who can't cross their legs. That's according to new research published in the October 11, 2011, print issue... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-11 A new study has found that an osteoporosis（骨质疏松症） drug protects against the bone damaging side effects of certain breast cancer medications. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-10 Volcanologists from the University of Leicester have uncovered one of the world's best-preserved accessible examples of a monstrous（巨大的，怪异的） landslide that followed a huge volcanic eruption on the Canarian island of Tenerife. Seven hundred... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-10 In the moments before you stop and smell the roses, it's likely your brain is already preparing your sensory system for that familiar floral（植物的） smell. New research from Northwestern Medicine offers strong evidence that the brain uses predicti... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-10 Cultivars（栽培品种） of popular ornamental woody plants that are being sold in the United States as non-invasive are probably anything but（根本不） , according to an analysis by botanical（植物学的） researchers published in the October issue of B... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-10 Bone marrow-derived cells (BMDCs) participate in the growth and spread of tumors of the breast, brain, lung, and stomach. To examine the role of BMDCs, researchers developed a mouse model that could be used to track the migration of these cells whil... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-09 Cambridge scientists have identified the cause of a rare, life-threatening form of hypoglycaemia（低血糖） . Their findings, which have the potential to lead to pharmaceutical treatments for the disorder, were published October 7, in the journal Sci... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-09 A Californian-based study has looked in detail at air quality and the impact of traffic-related air pollution on premature birth. Published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health, results from this study show that traffic-relat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-09 A new University of Guelph study shows that gray jays（松鸟） hoping to survive and reproduce through Canada's harsh winters need to be able to store food in the right kinds of trees. The study appears in Oecologia and was co-authored by Prof. Ryan... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-09 Ancient structures uncovered in Turkey and thought to be the world's oldest temples may not have been strictly religious buildings after all, according to an article in the October issue of Current Anthropology. Archaeologist（考古学家） Ted Banning... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-09 A new study presents the first evidence that a basic sense of fairness and altruism（利他主义） appears in infancy. Babies as young as 15 months perceived the difference between equal and unequal distribution of food, and their awareness of equal ra... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-07 Over the next decade, the population of cancer survivors over 65 years of age will increase by approximately 42 percent. We can expect a dramatic increase in the number of older adults who are diagnosed with or carry a history of cancer, said Julia... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-07 A new study finds liver cancer incidence rates continue to increase in some low-risk parts of the world such as North America, and are decreasing in some of the highest risk countries of Asia. Despite this, the incidence rates in Asian countries rem... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-07 Chagas disease, a tropical parasitic（寄生的） disease that can lead to life-threatening heart and digestive disorders, may be more widespread in Texas than previously thought, according to research from The University of Texas at Austin. We've been... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-06 Our behavior is often guided by the desire to obtain positive outcomes and avoid negative consequences, and neuroscientists have put a great deal of effort into looking for reward and punishment centers in the brain. Now, new research published by C... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-06 False memories tend to get a bad rap, says developmental psychologist Mark L. Howe, of Lancaster University in England. Indeed, remembering events incorrectly or remembering events that didn't happen can have grave consequences, such as the criminal... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-06 A University of Colorado Boulder-led team excavating a Maya village in El Salvador buried by a volcanic eruption 1,400 years ago has unexpectedly hit an ancient white road that appears to lead to and from the town, which was frozen in time by a blan... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-03 Research published in the October issue of The American Naturalist shows that Australian green tree frogs survive the dry season with the help of the same phenomenon that fogs up eyeglasses in the winter. According to researchers from Charles Darwin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-10-03 Ben Franklin was right, at least on the healthy part. Early to bed and early to rise appears to have helped a cross-section of early-bird Australian youths keep slimmer and more physically active than their night-owl peers, even though both groups g... 阅读全文>>