日期：2010-12-13 Men with type 1 diabetes may be able to grow their own insulin-producing cells from their testicular（睾丸的） tissue, say Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) researchers who presented their findings today at the American Society of Cell Bio... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-10 A novel strategy of blocking the growth of blood vessels with antibodies should result in improved treatment of cancerous tumors. The growth of new blood vessels from pre-existing vasculature（脉管系统） is called angiogenesis（血管生成） . In adult... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-10 Norwich scientists are on the trail of（跟踪，追赶） some of the most economically damaging organisms that infect crops worldwide. Their latest targets are the parasitic（寄生的） water fungus that causes powdery mildew（白粉病 ） and the water mold... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-10 A benchtop（台式） version of the world's smallest battery its anode（阳极，正极） a single nanowire one seven-thousandth the thickness of a human hair has been created by a team led by Sandia National Laboratories researcher Jianyu Huang. To better... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-10 The cocktail of hormones cascading（串联，传递信息） through depressed mothers' bodies may play an important role in the development of their unborn children's brains. A higher level of depression in mothers during pregnancy was associated with high... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-10 When their razor-sharp mandibles（下颌骨，上颚） wear out, leaf-cutter ants change jobs, remaining productive while letting their more efficient sisters take over cutting, say researchers from two Oregon universities. Their study -- appearing online... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-10 Scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have discovered some of the key molecular events in the immune system that contribute to inflammatory（炎症的） bowel disease. The results, which help researchers move one step fur... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-10 Diving blue whales can dive for anything up to（多到，达） 15 minutes. However, Bob Shadwick from the University of British Columbia, Canada, explains that blue whales may be able to dive for longer, because of the colossal（巨大的，异常的） oxygen... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-10 Cancer researchers have identified six gene markers present in early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that show promise in helping oncologists（肿瘤学家） better identify which tumors will relapse（复发） after curative（有疗效的） surgery,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-09 The globular cluster（球状星团） Messier 107, also known as NGC 6171, is a compact and ancient family of stars that lies about 21 000 light-years away. Messier 107 is a bustling（熙熙攘攘的） metropolis: thousands of stars in globular clusters like... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-09 Learning to read and write are complex processes, which can be disrupted in various ways, leading to disorders known as dyslexia（难语症，阅读障碍） and dysgraphia（书写障碍） . Two new studies, published in a recent special issue of Elsevier's Cort... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-09 Eastern Virginia Medical School researchers have identified a potential novel treatment strategy for the social impairment（损伤） of people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), an aspect of the condition that has a profound impact on quality of li... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-09 Drinking cranberry（蔓越橘） juice has been recommended to decrease the incidence of urinary tract（尿道） infections, based on observational studies and a few small clinical trials. However, a new study published in the January 1 issue of Clinical... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-09 Physicists from Rice University and Princeton University have discovered how to use one of the information technology industry's mainstay materials -- gallium arsenide（砷化镓） semiconductors -- as an ultrasensitive（超灵敏的） microwave detector t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-09 A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine（内分泌，激素） Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism (JCEM) has demonstrated a novel and accurate test for early diagnosis of Turner syndrome. Turner syndrome affects one in... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-09 Researchers have developed a statistical model for projecting how many people will get sick from seasonal influenza based on analyses of flu viruses circulating that season. The research, conducted by scientists at the National Institutes of Health,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-09 A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology（内分泌学） Metabolism (JCEM) found that lower and higher vitamin D levels were associated with an increased likelihood of frailty（虚弱，弱点） in... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-09 As primary caregivers, parents are often believed to have a strong influence on children's eating behaviors. However, previous findings on parent-child resemblance（相似） in dietary intakes are mixed. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sc... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-09 Using stem cell technology, reproductive（生殖的） scientists in Texas, led by Dr. Richard R. Berhringer at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, have produced male and female mice from two fathers. The study was posted today (Wednesday, December 8) at t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-12-09 A peculiar（特殊的，奇怪的） gas-giant planet orbiting a sun-like star 1200 light-years away is the first carbon-rich world ever observed. The implications are big for planetary（行星的） chemistry, because without much oxygen, common rocks througho... 阅读全文>>