日期：2010-04-14 In the wake of（紧紧跟随，作为的结果） the American Medical Association's (AMA) Council on Science and Public Health's recently released report The use of hormones for anti-aging: a review of efficacy（功效，效力） and safety, a leading medical auth... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-14 Ecologists in Australia have successfully trained a critically endangered marsupial（有袋类动物） the northern quoll（袋鼬） to turn its nose up at toxic cane toads（蔗蟾） . Their results, including fascinating（迷人的，吸引人的） behavioural video... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-14 In an electrifying（令人振奋的，惊人的） first, Stanford scientists have plugged in to（对很感兴趣） algae（海藻） cells and harnessed a tiny electric current. They found it at the very source of energy production photosynthesis（光合作用） , a plan... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-14 In an electrifying（令人振奋的，惊人的） first, Stanford scientists have plugged in to（对很感兴趣） algae（海藻） cells and harnessed a tiny electric current. They found it at the very source of energy production photosynthesis（光合作用） , a plan... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-14 In an electrifying（令人振奋的，惊人的） first, Stanford scientists have plugged in to（对很感兴趣） algae（海藻） cells and harnessed a tiny electric current. They found it at the very source of energy production photosynthesis（光合作用） , a plan... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-13 Exposure to an increased level of air pollutants（空气污染物） , especially nitrogen dioxide（二氧化氮） , has been associated with lower likelihoods（可能性） of successful pregnancy among women undergoing in vitro fertilization（体外受精） , accor... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-13 Girls and young women who drink alcohol increase their risk of benign（良性的，亲切的） (noncancerous) breast disease, says a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Harvard University. Benign breast disease... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-13 Researchers may be one step closer to slowing the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease. An animal study supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, shows that by ta... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-13 Children with the genetic condition known as Williams syndrome（综合症） have unusually friendly natures because they lack the sense of fear that the rest of us feel in many social situations. Now, a study reported in the April 13th issue of Current... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-12 In a step towards a possible treatment for Huntington's disease, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown for the first time that the accumulation of a mutated（变化，突变） protein may explain damaging cell... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-12 Scientists have shown in multiple contexts that DNA damage over our lifetimes is a key mechanism behind the development of cancer and other age-related diseases. Not everyone gets these diseases, because the body has multiple mechanisms for repairin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-12 Using a sensor that weighs cells with unprecedented（空前的） precision, MIT and Harvard researchers have measured the rate at which single cells accumulate（积攒，累积） mass a feat（功绩，壮举） that could shed light on how cells control their gro... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-09 A new discovery raises hope that autism（孤独症，自闭症） may be more easily diagnosed and that its effects may be more reversible（可逆的，可撤销的） than previously thought. In a new study appearing online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-09 There is no link between a lack of musical ability and dyslexia（阅读障碍） . Moreover, attempts to treat dyslexia with music therapy are unwarranted（无保证的，无根据的） , according to scientists in Belgium writing in the current issue of the Inte... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-09 NYU Langone Medical Center researchers have developed a powerful new method to investigate the discrete（离散的，不连续的） steps necessary to turn on individual genes and examine how the process goes wrong in cancer and other diseases. The finding,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-09 Deep under the Mediterranean Sea small animals have been discovered that live their entire lives without oxygen and surrounded by 'poisonous' sulphides（硫化物） . Researchers writing in the open access（开架阅览） journal BMC Biology report the exi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-09 Two well-preserved skeletons（骷髅，骨骼） of a human ancestor never before seen have been discovered in South Africa by a team that includes a Texas AM University anthropologist（人类学家，人类学者） . The discovery is outlined（轮廓，概述） in a p... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-08 It was a provocative（刺激的，挑拨的） prediction that due to the obesity epidemic Baby Boomers（婴儿潮一代） may outlive（比活得长） their children. But a new study by the University of Michigan Health System on obesity trends shows Americans are g... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-08 For the first time, astronomers have directly observed the mysterious dark companion in a binary star（双子星） system that has puzzled skywatchers since the 19th century. Using an instrument developed at the University of Michigan, scientists have... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-08 An international team of scientists from Russia and the United States, including two Department of Energy national laboratories and two universities, has discovered the newest superheavy element（超重元素） , element 117. The team included scientist... 阅读全文>>