日期：2011-06-26 Marine biologist David Wiley of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and others report in the latest issue of Behaviour (Volume 148, Nos. 5-6) how humpback whales（座头鲸） in the Gulf of Maine catch prey with advanced water te... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-26 The life expectancy of people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes dramatically increased during the course of a 30-year, long-term prospective study, according to a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health study being presented at the 71... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-26 A major international study collating and analyzing worldwide data on diabetes since 1980 has found that the number of adults with the disease reached 347 million in 2008, more than double the number in 1980. The research, published today in The Lan... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-24 Where Atlantic salmon（鲑鱼） feed in the ocean has been a long-standing mystery, but new research led by the University of Southampton shows that marine location can be recovered from the chemistry of fish scales. Surprisingly, salmon from differen... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-24 Ground-nesting birds face an uphill（向上的） struggle to successfully rear their young, many eggs and fledglings（刚会飞的幼鸟） falling prey to predators. Now, scientists from the USA have found that some birds eavesdrop（窃听） on their enemies,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-24 UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified compounds that appear to inhibit（抑制） a signaling pathway in Huntington's disease, a finding that may eventually lead to a potential drug therapy to help slow the progression of degenerat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-24 Huygens mission has directly sampled the water plumes jetting into space from Saturn's moon Enceladus. The findings from these fly-throughs are the strongest evidence yet for the existence of large-scale saltwater reservoirs beneath the moon's icy c... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-23 Two studies featuring research from Weill Cornell Medical College have uncovered surprising details about the complex process that leads to the flow of neurotransmitters（神经传导物质） between brain neurons -- a dance of chemical messages so delica... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-23 A quick and easy way to detect groundwater in semi- arid（干旱的） hard rock areas that is also economical could improve the siting of borewells to improve clean water supply in the developing world. Details of the approach are outlined in the Inter... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-23 A team of scientists studying the galaxy cluster Abell 2744, nicknamed Pandora's Cluster, have pieced together the cluster's complex and violent history using telescopes in space and on the ground, including the Hubble Space Telescope, the European... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-23 Being born and raised in a major urban area is associated with greater lifetime risk for anxiety and mood disorders. Until now, the biology for these associations had not been described. A new international study, which involved Douglas Mental Healt... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-22 If you think yeast is most useful for beer and pizza crust（外壳，面包皮） , here's something else to chew on: a team of U.S. researchers has identified and compared the genetic codes for all known species of yeasts closely related to bakers' and br... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-22 Men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer and who are also smokers have an associated increased risk of all-cause, cardiovascular（心血管的） and prostate cancer-specific death, according to a study in the June 22/29 issue of JAMA. These patients a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-22 Advanced crafting（手工艺） of stone spearheads（矛头，先锋） contributed to the development of new ways of human thinking and behaving. This is what new findings by archaeologists at Lund University have shown. The technology took a long time to ac... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-22 Multicultural daycares don't necessarily foster a desire for kids of visibly different ethnicities to play together. A study on Asian-Canadian and French-Canadian preschoolers has found these children may have a preference to interact with kids of t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-22 For migratory birds and sea turtles, the ability to sense the Earth's magnetic field is crucial to navigating the long-distance voyages these animals undertake during migration. Humans, however, are widely assumed not to have an innate（先天的） mag... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-21 As the weather gets warmer, many parents will turn to pools to keep their family cool. Due to their low cost and ease of use, portable pools - which include wading pools, inflatable（可充气的） pools and soft-sided, self-rising pools - have become a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-21 A recent find by a University of Cincinnati archeologist（考古学家） suggests an ancient Mycenaean（迈锡尼人） city was well protected from outside threats. That research, by UC's Gisela Walberg, professor of classics, will be presented at the annua... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-21 ChicagoA national study of food allergies in the US, the largest of its kind, finds that more children have food allergies than previously reported. The study, published in the July issue of Pediatrics（小儿科） , and headed by Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-06-21 The rate of sea level rise along the U.S. Atlantic coast is greater now than at any time in the past 2,000 years--and has shown a consistent link between changes in global mean surface temperature and sea level. The findings are published this week... 阅读全文>>