日期：2011-08-05 An international team of researchers led by scientists at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that motion sickness on tilting trains can be essentially eliminated by adjusting the timing of when the cars tilt as they enter and leave the curves... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-05 For 20 000 years, climate variability in East Africa has been following a pattern that is evidently a remote effect of the ENSO phenomenon (El Nio Southern Oscillation) known as El Nio/La Nia. During the cold phase of La Nia, there is marginal rainf... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-04 U.S. production of ethanol（乙醇） for fuel has been rising quickly, topping 13 billion gallons in 2010. With the usual rail, truck and barge transport methods under potential strain, existing gas pipelines might be an efficient alternative for movi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-04 A University of Washington computer scientist is calling on the international academic community and engineers working in industry to take a bolder approach when designing how people find information online. In a two-page commentary titled Search ne... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-04 A new urine test can help aid early detection of and treatment decisions about prostate cancer, a study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology finds. The test supplements an el... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-04 Scientists have known for years that when vampire bats tear through an animal's skin with their razor-sharp teeth, their noses guide them to the best spots where a precise bite will strike a vein and spill forth nourishing blood. But nobody knew exa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-03 When parents fight, infants are likely to lose sleep, researchers report. We know that marital problems have an impact on child functioning, and we know that sleep is a big problem for parents, said Jenae M. Neiderhiser, professor of psychology, Pen... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-03 Obesity is the main culprit（犯人，罪犯） in the worldwide avalanche（雪崩） of type 2 diabetes. But how excess weight drives insulin resistance, the condition that may lead to the disease, is only partly understood. Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Ce... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-03 Nearly half of the Earth's heat comes from the radioactive decay of materials inside, according to a large international research collaboration that includes a Kansas State University physicist. Glenn Horton-Smith, associate professor of physics, wa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-03 Woe to the clueless predator trying to make a meal of the African crested rat, a rodent（啮齿类） that applies poisonous plant toxin to sponge-like hairs on its flanks, a discovery recently made by Jonathan Kingdon and colleagues from the National M... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-02 If you've ever wondered if smoking offered society any benefit, a new research report published in The FASEB Journal (https://www.fasebj.org) offers a surprising answer. Nicotine protects us from Parkinson's disease, and the discovery of how nicotin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-02 UC researchers have developed the first lab-on-a-chip sensor to provide fast feedback regarding levels of the heavy metal manganese in humans. The sensor is both environmentally and child friendly, and will first be field tested in Marietta, Ohio, w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-02 Even small amounts of physical activity will help reduce heart disease risk, and the benefit increases as the amount of activity increases, according to a quantitative review reported in Circulation, journal of the American Heart Association. People... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-08-02 ESA's Herschel space observatory has found molecules of oxygen in a nearby star-forming cloud. This is the first undisputed detection of oxygen molecules in space. It concludes a long search but also leaves questions unanswered. The oxygen molecules... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-07-29 According to the Canadian Cancer Society, one in four Canadians will die of cancer. This year alone, the disease will kill an estimated 75,000 people. With incidence rates on the rise, more cancer patients are facing grave prognoses（预测） . Fortun... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-07-29 Breast cancer screening has not played a direct part in the reductions of breast cancer mortality in recent years, says a new study published on bmj.com today. An international team of researchers from France, the UK and Norway found that better tre... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-07-29 Researchers at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona have developed an electronic tongue which can identify different types of cava wines, thanks to a combination of sensor systems and advanced mathematical procedures. The device automatically produces... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-07-29 The International and American Associations for Dental Research have released in its Journal of Dental Research a study that investigated bone fluoride（氟化物） levels in individuals with osteosarcoma（骨肉瘤） , which is a rare, primary malignant... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-07-29 A scientist at the Gladstone Institutes has discovered a novel way to convert human skin cells into brain cells, advancing medicine and human health by offering new hope for regenerative medicine and personalized drug discovery and development. In a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-07-26 Methods for distinguishing between authentic（真正的） and counterfeit（假冒的） Scotch whisky brands have been devised by scientists at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Researchers from the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry have fou... 阅读全文>>