日期：2009-10-23 Scientists have unravelled the mechanism by which the fungal disease chytridiomycosis kills its victims. 科学家已经解开真菌病如何伤害油彩蛙的机理。 A world of amphibians The fungus（真菌，霉菌） is steadily spreading through populations of frogs and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-21 A review of a trial of a HIV vaccine in Thailand has concluded that it does show real signs of a protective effect. 通过对泰国进行的艾滋病毒疫苗试验的研究得出结论：这种疫苗并没有显示出真正的保护效果。 The search for an HIV vaccine has proved frustra... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-21 The US space agency's Ares 1-X test rocket has reached its launch pad at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. 美国太空总署的Ares 1-X试验火箭已到达佛罗里达州肯尼迪太空中心的发射台。 The rocket was brought out on a large crawler-transporter The launcher's... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-20 Doubts have been raised about the reliability of a trial suggesting success for a vaccine against HIV. 公众对关于艾滋病毒的疫苗研制成功可靠性的质疑不断浮现。 The search for an HIV vaccine has proved frustrating In the large-scale trial in Thailand,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-20 Centenarians with the bodies of 50-year-olds will one day be a realistic possibility, say scientists. 科学家称，百岁老人拥有50岁的身体在将来某天可能成为现实。 Replacement body parts could last much longer in the future Half of babies now born in the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-20 The US space agency will roll out its Ares 1-X test rocket later. 美国太空署不久将要试验Ares 1-X火箭。 The 1-X is expected to launch at the end of the month The super-slim, 100m-tall launcher is a demonstrator for the vehicle Nasa plans to use in th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-20 Scientists say they have developed a quick technique for detecting liquids that could be used as explosives. 科学家称，他们已经发现一种探测可爆炸液体的快速方法。 The prototype scanner is compact and made of comparatively cheap parts If commercialise... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-19 UK doctors say a treatment for heavy periods caused by fibroids can seriously harm a subsequent pregnancy. 英国医生称，治疗由子宫肌瘤引起的重度月经可能严重伤害随后的怀孕。 By the age of 40 as many as 40% of women will have fibroids but not all of th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-19 US researchers have found a way to dramatically increase the harvest of stem cells from adult tissue. 美国研究人员发现了从成年人体组织中显著增加干细胞收获数量的方法。 The research was done using fibroblast skin cells It is a practical step forward i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-19 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment has once again become one of the coldest places in the Universe. 大型强子碰撞型加速装置试验室又一次成为宇宙间最冷的地方之一。 The giant Atlas detector will search for hints of the elusive Higgs boson partic... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-17 In this combination photo, Actor Orlando Bloom (L) attends a meeting with city officials in Sarajevo August 12, 2008, and British actor Daniel Craig waves to Japanese fans as he arrives at the Japanese premiere for his latest James Bond movie Quantu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-16 Foetal kick charts, used to determine if a pregnancy is progressing well, are inaccurate and should be discontinued, according to Irish researchers. 爱尔兰研究人员称，用于检测怀孕是否发展良好的胎动统计是不准确的，应该停止。 A pregnant woman should f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-16 Giving paracetamol to babies after vaccinations as a precaution against fever may lower the effectiveness of the immunisation, say researchers. 研究人员称，在接种疫苗后对婴儿注射扑热息痛作为对发烧的预防措施可能降低疫苗的效力。 Some children get a mi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-16 With the help of mice scampering through a virtual maze, scientists have taken recordings from inside individual brain cells, or neurons. 通过老鼠浏览虚拟迷宫的帮助，科学家得以记录下来单个脑细胞或者说神经元的内部活动。 You could alter an environment... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-16 The first results from Nasa's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (Ibex) spacecraft have shown unexpected features at our Solar System's edge. 美国航空航天局的星际边界探测器第一次探测结果显示了我们太阳系边缘出乎意料的特征。 The flow of particles into our... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-15 Flies that cannot make a type of pheromone are sexually irresistible to other flies - regardless of gender. 苍蝇自身并不能制造出一种不可抗拒的性吸引外激素排除性别因素。 The pheromone-secreting cells expressed a fluorescent protein Scientists bred fr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-15 The world of wi-fi is to become a whole lot easier thanks to a major technology upgrade, says an industry group. 一个工业群体称，无线上网技术由于一项主要的技术升级变得更简单了。 Industry watchers say Wi-Fi Direct could have far-reaching implications... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-15 Researchers have discovered a magnetic equivalent to electricity: single magnetic charges that can behave and interact like electrical ones. 研究人员发现磁力等同于电力：单磁荷可以像电磁荷一样相互作用。 The loops of a magnetic field can be seen in th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-13 The chemical urate, which is known to cause gout, appears to slow the progression of Parkinson's disease, US researchers have concluded. 美国研究人员推断，可以引起痛风的化学物尿盐酸，似乎对帕金森病的发展有缓和作用。 Parkinson's is a progressive dise... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-13 Children can be taught to use their imagination to tackle frequent bouts of stomach pain, research shows. 研究显示，孩子们可以被教授运用他们的想象力处理经常发生的肚子痛。 Abdominal pain is common in children A relaxation-type CD, asking children to... 阅读全文>>