• 消费者认为自己独立购买的商品更有价值

    10-11-16 Consumers value goals they've chosen on their own more than those that are imposed on them, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. When people believe they have autonomously(独立地) chosen to pursue a goal themselves, they f...

  • 增强脊髓损伤的神经元修复能力

    10-11-16 If researchers could determine how to send signals to cells responding to a spinal cord injury, they might be able to stop one type of cell from doing additional damage at the injury site and instead, coax(哄骗) it into helping nerve cells grow. T...

  • 1/4英国人使用网络进行交流

    10-11-13 One in four people spend more time socialising online, using sites such as Facebook, than they do in person, according to research. 研究显示,四分之一的人在Facebook这样的社交网站上交流的时间比面对面交流的时间更多。 People now have 11 different ways...

  • 酒精对人体损害甚于肝脏

    10-11-12 Alcohol does much more harm to the body than just damaging the liver. Drinking also can weaken the immune system, slow healing, impair(损害,削弱) bone formation, increase the risk of HIV transmission and hinder(阻碍,打扰) recovery from burns,...

  • 人类漫游精神世界的时候通常不快乐

    10-11-12 People spend 46.9 percent of their waking hours thinking about something other than what they're doing, and this mind-wandering typically makes them unhappy. So says a study that used an iPhone web app to gather 250,000 data points on subjects' thou...

  • 专家:肺病研究“需要更多资金”

    10-11-10 Millions of lives could be saved if more was spent on studying and tackling common lung infections, say experts. 专家称,如果有更多的资金被用于研究、解决日常肺部感染,将会有数百万的生命被拯救。 Respiratory(呼吸的 ) infections such as pneumonia(肺...

  • 石油将在替代能源问世前消耗殆尽

    10-11-10 At the current pace of research and development, global oil will run out 90 years before replacement technologies are ready, says a new University of California, Davis, study based on stock market expectations. The forecast was published online Mond...

  • 打太极可减轻关节炎疼痛

    10-11-08 In the largest study to date of the Arthritis(关节炎) Foundation's Tai Chi program, participants showed improvement in pain, fatigue(疲劳,疲乏) , stiffness and sense of well-being. Their ability to reach while maintaining balance also improved,...

  • 气候变化造成的恐惧预测

    10-11-07 From apocalyptic(启示录的) forecasting to estimates of mass extinctions, climate change is a topic which is filled with fearful predictions for the future. In his latest research, published in WIREs Climate Change, historian Matthias Drries examin...

  • 记录人类梦境将可能实现

    10-11-06 Scientists think it will be possible to record people's dreams and then interpret them, according to a new report. 根据一项新报告,科学家们认为未来将有可能记录下人类的梦境并加以解释。 They claim to have developed a system which allows them to record...