15-09-29 A group of researchers at Osaka University found that neurons in the monkey visual cortical area V4*1, one of the areas in the visual cortex, calculate the size of an object based on information on its retinal image size and the distance from the ob...

14-08-08 At least one part of the human brain may be able to process information the same way in older age as it does in the prime of life, according to new research conducted at the University of Adelaide. A study compared the ability of 60 older and younge...

14-02-14 Timing of dart release or hand position may improve dart throwing accuracy, according to a study published in PLOS ONE on February 12, 2014 by Daiki Nasu from Osaka University, Japan and colleagues. Two major strategies are attributed to accurate th...

13-12-23 短语 money doesn't grow on trees 的字面意思是钱不会长在树上，实际想表达的意思是不要乱花钱，因为挣钱不容易。 例句 My daughter Claire wants a car for her 17th birthday, but I can't afford it. Money doesn't grow on trees! Mum, can you give me some more...

12-05-18 It is physically impossible for a well-educated intellectual, or brave man to make money the chief object of his thoughts; as physically impossible as it is for him to make his dinner the principal object of them. All healthy people like their dinne...

11-11-15 A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered the first prehistoric（史前的） bronze artifact（手工艺品） made from a cast ever found in Alaska, a small, buckle-like object found in an ancient Eskimo dwelling and whi...

11-09-07 To upcycle something is to take a used object and adapt it in an innovative way to a new function. Unlike recycling, which usually involves breaking down the material an object is made from, before it is made into something else (thereby using more...

11-06-17 He objected that this therapy may have side effects. 正译：他表示反对，说这种疗法有副作用。 误译：他反对这一疗法有副作用。 解析：原译逻辑有问题。某种疗法是否有副作用，反对是没有用的。有人建议改译为他不同意这种疗法有副作用的说法。这样译句子倒是很通顺...

11-06-17 The new president is a trained physician with a soft spot for baseball. 正译：这位新校长是一位训练有素的医生，特别喜欢棒球。 误译：这位新上任的校长是一名训练有素的医生，只是在棒球方面不太行。 解析：这是几个学生在一次考试中的译文。因为没有允许他们查...

10-03-18 Researchers have created a quantum state in the largest object yet. 研究人员已使用大质量物体创造出量子状态。 The quantum resonator can be seen with the naked eye Such states, in which an object is effectively in two places at once, have until now on...