日期：2011-08-20 Sniffer dogs could be used for the early detection of lung cancer, according to new research published in the European Respiratory Journal. The study, carried out by researchers from Schillerhoehe Hospital in Germany, is the first to find that sniff... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-20 Kangaroos form an important niche in the tree of life, but until now their DNA had never been sequenced. In an article newly published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology, an international consortium（财团，联合） of researchers p... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-19 For better or for worse, in sickness and in health -- there's a long line of research that associates marriage with reducing unhealthy habits such as smoking, and promoting better health habits such as regular checkups. However, new research is emer... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-19 Science educators aim to nurture, enrich and sustain children's natural and spontaneous interest in scientific knowledge using many different approaches. In a new paper published in the journal Science, Carnegie Mellon University's David Klahr and J... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-19 Boys are maturing physically earlier than ever before. The age of sexual maturity has been decreasing by about 2.5 months each decade at least since the middle of the 18th century. Joshua Goldstein, director of the Max Planck Institute for Demograph... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-19 New research by scientists in the Department of Biology at the University of York shows that species have responded to climate change up to three times faster than previously appreciated. These results are published in the latest issue of the leadin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-18 Fatigue can lead to dangerous errors by doctors, pilots and others in high-risk professions, but individuals who work together as a team display better problem-solving skills than those who face their fatigue alone, new research shows. Teams appear... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-18 A new risk prediction tool can identify patients at high risk of serious blood clots who might need preventative treatment, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal online. The tool, which can be found at www.qthrombosis.org, is... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-18 An international team of researchers has completed the first major survey in Asia of a deadly fungus（真菌） that has wiped out more than 200 species of amphibians（两栖动物） worldwide. The massive survey could help scientists zero in on why the fu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-18 Earth's Moon could be younger than previously thought, according to new research from a team that includes Carnegie's Richard Carlson and former-Carnegie fellow Maud Boyet. Their work will be published online in Nature on August 17. The prevailing（... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-17 Moderate social drinking may significantly reduce the risk of dementia（痴呆） and cognitive impairment（损害） , suggests an analysis of 143 studies by Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine researchers. Researchers reviewed studies d... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-17 A forthcoming paper in Marketing Scienceby Columbia Business School Class of 1967 Associate Professor of Business, Brett Gordon, in collaboration with Vineet Kumar, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Kanna... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-17 Medical researchers have discovered a new type of mechanism（机制，原理） causing cancer susceptibility, showing that tiny changes in some anti-cancer genes can act as magnets to attract modifying biochemical tags, effectively switching them off and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-17 Investigators from the Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have reported findings that may shed light on why African American women have a disproportionately higher risk of developing more aggressive and difficult-to-treat breast cancers,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-17 An analysis of data that includes nearly 500,000 individuals indicates that the risk of bladder（膀胱） cancer among smokers is higher than reported from previous population data, and that the risk for women smokers is comparable with that of men, a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-17 Facial expressions convey strong cues for someone's emotional state and the ability to interpret（解释，说明） these cues is crucial in social interaction. This ability is known to be compromised in many psychiatric and neurological disorders, such... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-17 The brain has two big tasks related to speech: making it and understanding it. Psychologists and others who study the brain have debated whether these are really two separate tasks or whether they both use the same regions of the brain. Now, a new s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-17 Where thyroid（甲状腺） cancer patients go for care plays a large role in whether they receive radioactive iodine（碘） treatment, a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds. While the size and severity of the tumo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-16 Researchers from NYU Langone Medical Center's Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Radiology found that advanced MRI techniques can be used to detect subtle changes in joint cartilage（软骨） microstructure -- and provide physicians a diagnostic t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-16 Men sometimes prove themselves by taking risks that demonstrate their toughness and bravery. Putting yourself in peril（冒着危险） might establish manliness, but it can also lead to high rates of accidental death, particularly among men who live in... 阅读全文>>