日期:2011-11-11 The route all strains of the most deadly malaria parasite use to enter red blood cells has been identified by researchers at the Sanger Institute in Cambridge. 剑桥大学桑格研究院的研究人员发现了绝大多数致命疟原虫进入人体红细胞的途径。 The scientists... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-11-11 Scientists have opened up the possibility of one day using cancer patients' own skin to fight their tumours. 科学家已经展示了一种可能,即在将来的某一天利用癌症患者的皮肤对付身上的肿瘤。 Oxford University researchers transformed skin cells into immun... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-11-09 Russia has launched an audacious bid to scoop up rock and dust samples from the Martian moon Phobos and bring them back to Earth for study. 俄罗斯已经启动一项冒险计划从火星卫星火卫一上取得岩石尘土标本带回地球。 The dusty debris should provide fresh... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-11-05 It might spell the end of fiddling around for remote controls in between the sofa cushions. The upcoming big Apple TV will use iPhone's Siri 'personal assistant' as its main control method - and will use touch control as a back up. 乱翻沙发垫找遥控... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-11-01 A fatty apron in the abdomen helps fuel the spread of ovarian cancer, research suggests. 研究显示,腹部的一种多脂网膜助长了卵巢癌的扩散。 In 80% of cases, it has spread to this apron, called the omentum(网膜) , by the time it is diagnosed. The Nat... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-10-29 荷兰艺术家露西麦克雷正在跟研究人员一起研发一种可吞食的香水,人们服下装有香水的特制胶囊后,香气就会随着汗液排出,使浑身散发香味。目前,这种可吞食香水仍处于研发阶段,具体上市时间尚不明确。 Those sweat stains could be the equivalent to a spritz(喷洒)... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-10-28 A daily dose of aspirin should be given to people at high risk of bowel cancer, say scientists. 科学家称,有高风险患肠癌的人应该每天服用阿司匹林。 Two pills a day for two years reduced the incidence of bowel cancer by 63% in a group of 861 at-risk p... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-10-16 Now this is a gap in the market no one had seen before. Plucky Japanese start-up Real-f offers you the chance to 'see yourself' as never before. 日本新兴企业Real-f公司日前研发出仿真人脸面具,大胆地填补了这一市场空白。拥有了自己的第二张脸,你会发现从... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-10-16 Kevlar underwear, enhanced night-vision goggles and portable solar panels: the US military is seeing a gear revolution, thanks to the lessons learned during 10 years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. 凯夫拉尔纤维内衣裤、更先进的夜视镜、便携式太阳能电... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-10-15 A young fashion designer from the German city of Hanover is revolutionizing high fashion by designing clothes with a staple she can find in her fridge -- milk. 德国汉诺威一位年轻的时装设计师最新推出了用冰箱中的牛奶制成的服装,革新了顶级时尚风潮。 An... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-10-15 If after-work drinks tend to leave you clinging with embarrassment the next morning, help could be at hand. 工作之余的酒局让你第二天早晨很尴尬?还在为此烦恼吗?别担心,新研制的千杯不醉解酒药可以帮你摆脱烦恼。 Scientists are developing a stay sober p... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-10-15 近期在荷兰鹿特丹举行的M2M交流大会上,葡萄牙科技公司Living Plan IT展示了高智能化的城市操作系统。据悉,城市操作系统是第一个能够应对和管理城市500亿个设备所产生的庞大数据的智能系统。其操作原理类似苹果公司产品的操作系统,是一个可以迅速安装和运行各种应用... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-10-11 When it comes to vitamins, it appears you could have too much of a good thing, say researchers. 研究人员称,就维生素而言,服用太多也不是好事。 Experts have suspected for some time that supplements may only be beneficial if a person is deficient in a... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-09-24 正向地球袭来的美国报废卫星预计将于美国东部时间9月23日下午到达地球,但具体落地地点目前无从得知。不过美国宇航局表示,降落地点肯定不在北美。目前,美国宇航局和空军正在密切追踪这颗卫星及其毁灭轨道。 A dead NASA satellite will plummet to Earth on Friday (... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-09-20 Electrically stimulating the brain can help to speed up the process of learning, scientists have shown. 科学家透露,利用电流刺激大脑能加速学习过程。 The brain can change its structure in response to experience and practice Applying a small current t... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-09-17 来自英国牛津、剑桥、布里斯托以及爱丁堡等四所大学的科学家目前正在进行一项改变气候工程,计划将一个巨型氦气球投放在空中,通过软管向其输送化学粒子,希望这些粒子可以将太阳光反射回太空从而达到为地球降温的效果。 Floating 12 miles above our heads, this Wemb... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-09-16 A planet orbiting two suns - the first confirmed alien world of its kind - has been found by Nasa's Kepler telescope, the US space agency announced. 美国太空总署宣布,一颗环绕两个太阳运转的行星被开普勒望远镜发现,这是首次被确定的此种外部星体。 An ar... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-09-03 美国能源部爱达荷国家实验室的科学家研制出一种手提箱大小的核电站,能够在火星、月球或者任何外太空基地发电,发电量为40千瓦,。美国宇航局已考虑将这种微型核电站用于氧气或氢气发生器的电力支持,另外也可用于有人或无人电子侦察设备的电力供应。 Humans might not... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-09-02 Scientists in the US have warned Nasa that the amount of so-called space junk orbiting Earth is at tipping point. 美国科学家向宇航局警告道,地球外围太空垃圾的数量已经达到了一个临界值。 Artist's impression from the European Space Agency of debris in... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-09-01 An engineered virus, injected into the blood, can selectively target cancer cells throughout the body. 一种改造病毒在被注入血液之后,能有选择地攻击全身的癌细胞。 The virus attacked only tumours, leaving the healthy tissue alone, in a small trial on... 阅读全文>> |
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