13-04-27 A collaboration of plant and soil scientists from across the UK has shown a grass hybrid species could help reduce the impact of flooding. The BBSRC-funded scientists, from Rothamsted Research, the James Hutton Institute, Institute of Biological, En...

13-04-18 German carmaker Opel has announced the planned closure of one of its factories by the end of 2014. 德国汽车制造商欧宝宣布将在2014年底关闭一座工厂。 In February, Opel proposed to keep its Bochum plant in western Germany open until 2016 in exchange fo...

13-04-10 More than 80 aftershocks have hit south-west Iran following Tuesday's 6.1 magnitude earthquake, which killed at least 37 people and injured 850. 本周二伊朗西南部地区发生6.1级地震，造成至少37人死亡、850人受伤，此后该地区又相继发生80多次余震。 Twelve...

13-04-10 Scientists at The University of Manchester have found evidence of the genetic basis of the evolutionary arms-race between parasitoids（拟寄生） and their aphid（蚜虫） hosts. The researchers studied the reaction of aphids when a parasitic wasp with...

12-12-10 It is well known that plant growth patterns are influenced by a variety of stimuli, gravity being one amongst many. On Earth plant roots exhibit characteristic behaviours called 'waving' and ' skewing（偏移） ', which were thought to be gravity-depe...

12-10-18 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 63 percent of the deaths that occurred in 2008 were attributed to non-communicable chronic diseases such as cardiovascular（心血管的） disease, certain cancers, Type 2 diabetes and obesity -- for whi...

12-10-17 Northern Alberta's boreal（北方的） forest shows a surprising resiliency to human intrusion（闯入） , but University of Alberta researchers warn the landscape has a definite breaking point. The U of A research team led by graduate student Stephen Ma...

12-10-08 Warming temperatures in Ohio are a key driver behind changes in the state's landscape, and non-native plant species appear to be responding more strongly than native wildflowers to the changing climate, new research suggests. This adaptive nature de...

12-09-03 New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Plant Biology shows how targeting two bacterial genes into an ornamental plant（观赏植物） (Pelargonium), can produce long-lived and pollen-free plants. Pelargoniums ('Geraniums' and...

12-08-07 Fires on Spain's Canary Islands have destroyed more than 4,000 hectares of land, including part of a UN World Heritage site. 西班牙加纳利群岛发生火灾，4000多公顷土地被毁坏，其中有一部分属于联合国世界遗产。 Forests are prone to fires after the driest...