12-08-07 Two new studies offer insight into sex chromosome evolution by focusing on papaya（木瓜） , a multimillion dollar crop plant with a sexual problem (as far as growers are concerned) and a complicated past. The findings are described in two papers in...

12-06-18 In Israel's Negev Desert, a plant called sweet mignonette（木犀草） or taily weed uses a toxic mustard oil bomb to make the spiny（多刺的） mouse spit out the plant's seeds when eating the fruit. Thus, the plant has turned a seed-eating rodent into...

12-06-14 A massive explosion at a government-owned steel plant in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has killed at least 11 people, police say. 印度警方称，南部安得拉邦的一座国有钢铁厂发生大爆炸，造成至少11人死亡。 The blast on Wednesday night trigg...

12-05-11 Harvesting tropical forests for timber may not be the arch-enemy of conservation that it was once assumed to be, according to a new study led by a University of Florida researcher. Selective logging may be one of the few feasible options left for co...

12-04-26 Entomologists at the University of California, Riverside have a proof of concept that selenium（硒） , a nonmetal chemical element, can disrupt the foraging behavior and survival of honey bees. Selenium in very low concentrations is necessary for th...

12-04-05 A dose of carbon nanotubes more than doubles the growth rate of plant cell cultures（细胞培养） -- workhorses in the production of everything from lifesaving medications to sweeteners to dyes and perfumes -- researchers are reporting. Their study, t...

12-03-29 Bulgaria has abandoned plans to build a new nuclear power station at Belene. 保加利亚放弃了在贝勒尼新建一座核电站的计划。 The country's deputy finance minister says the cabinet wants to build a gas-powered plant on the site instead. A Russian-built...

12-03-06 Nissan is to build a new compact model, called the Invitation, at its Sunderland factory. 尼桑将要在桑德兰分厂制造新式紧凑车，名曰Invitation。 The official announcement will be made later at the Geneva motor show. The Japanese carmaker said that its...

12-03-05 Plant science is key to addressing the major challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century, according to Carnegie's David Ehrhardt and Wolf Frommer. In a Perspective published in The Plant Cell, the two researchers argue that the development of new...

12-02-25 Hello, everybody. I'm speaking to you this week from the Boeing Plant in Everett, Washington. Boeing has been in this community for half a century. But it's what they're doing here today that has folks really excited; because at this plant they're b...