日期：2009-10-13 Scientists have proved that it is possible for a mother's cancer cells to be passed to her unborn child. 科学家已经证实，母亲的癌细胞传染给位出生的婴儿是有可能的。 Leukaemia cells crossed across the placenta There are very rare cases where a mother... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-12 Complex tasks such as juggling produce significant changes to the structure of the brain, according to scientists at Oxford University. 牛津大学的科学家发现，诸如杂技类的复杂任务可以显著改变人脑的结构。 The volunteers were taught to juggle with thre... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-12 The Hubble telescope has provided new insight on 2 Pallas, one of the largest asteroids in the Solar System. 哈勃望远镜提供了对2智神星太阳系中最大的小行星之一的最新观察资料。 Ceres and Vesta will be visited by the Dawn mission in the next few years... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-11 US scientists say they have made a potential breakthrough in understanding what causes the condition known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or ME. 美国科学家称，他们已经发现导致慢性疲劳症的重大突破。 Some sufferers of ME have such severe symptoms t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-11 Scientists have created part of the jaw joint in the lab using human adult stem cells. 科学家在实验室中利用人类成体干细胞制造出了部分下颌关节。 The new bone was created from bone marrow stem cells They say it is the first time a complex, anatomicall... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-11 Nasa scientists have been outlining their preliminary results after crashing two unmanned spacecraft into the Moon in a bid to detect water-ice. 美国航空航天局的科学家大致描述了他们将两艘五人宇宙飞船坠落到月球以探测水冰的初步结果。 Both spacecraft h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-09 Nasa is set to crash two unmanned spacecraft into the Moon in a bid to detect the presence of water-ice. 美国航空航天局将向月球坠落两艘无人宇宙飞船以探测冰水是否存在。 The shepherding spacecraft will analyse the impact debris A 2,200kg rocket stage... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-10-09 Researchers have demonstrated a penny-sized nuclear battery that produces energy from the decay of radioisotopes. 研究人员展示了一块一便士大小的核能电池，该电池可利用放射性同位素的衰变产生电能。 The team hopes to make nuclear batteries much smaller... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-27 Parasitic gut worms, such as hookworm, might aid the development of new treatments for asthma and other allergies, a study in Vietnam suggests. 越南一项研究显示，肠内寄生蠕虫，如十二指肠虫，可能帮助哮喘和其他过敏症新疗法的研究。 Hookworms have infec... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-26 Scientists are to assess whether the artificial sweetener aspartame causes health problems in people unusually sensitive to it. 科学家正在评估人工甜味剂阿斯巴特是否会引起对此异常敏感的人的健康问题。 Aspartame is widely used in many food products Exp... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-26 The European drugs regulator has given the go-ahead for one of the UK's swine flu vaccines. 欧洲药品监管人对一种英国猪流感疫苗给予放行信号。 Swine flu vaccines are being tested in thousands of volunteers An expert committee agreed that Pandemrix, ma... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-26 Large deposits of nearly pure water-ice may lurk just below the Martian surface, much nearer the equator than previously thought, suggest new images. 新图象显示，火星表面可能埋藏大量纯净冰水，比预想地点更靠近赤道。 Water-ice is seen to fade over tim... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-26 A quarry in the south of England has been the site of an eye test for Europe's planned rover mission ExoMars. 英国南部一座采石场被作为欧洲火星计划漂流者ExoMars进行视力测试的地方。 The quarry - chosen for its similarity to Martian terrain（地带，地域... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-25 An experimental HIV vaccine has for the first time cut the risk of infection, researchers say. 研究人员称，一种试验性艾滋病疫苗首次降低了其传染的风险。 Developing an HIV vaccine has proved difficult The vaccine - a combination of two earlier experim... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-25 Routine screening for prostate cancer has come under further scrutiny after two studies concluded it may do more harm than good. 前列腺癌定期检查经过两项进一步研究认为可能弊大于利。 Prostate cancer is a major killer European researchers found the cu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-25 CCTV security systems could soon spot an assault on a bus before it happens, according to a major research project. 按照一项主要研究计划，闭路电视安全系统可以在公车上预先辨认一场攻击的发生。 The system would monitor suspicious behaviour on buses The... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-24 Scientists have presented results of an experimental new drug which in early stage trials has significantly shrunk skin cancer tumours. 科学家展示了一种处于实验阶段的新药物，改药物在早期的试验中可以明显使皮肤癌肿瘤收缩。 US rearchers from Memorial S... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-24 Scientists have discovered a protein that predicts survival from prostate cancer at diagnosis. 科学家发现一种蛋白质，可以在诊断中预测能否躲过前列腺癌。 There are different forms of prostate cancer A University of Liverpool team found the presence of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-23 A European spacecraft will begin its quest this week to make the most detailed global map of the Earth's gravity field. 一艘欧洲宇宙飞船本周将要绘制详细的全球重力场图片。 Goce can fly much lower than was expected The arrow-shaped Goce satellite can... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-22 Hopes that people with spinal injuries could one day regain leg movement have been raised by research in rats. 有脊髓损伤的人将来某一天可能恢复腿部动作的希望随着在白鼠身上的实验而被提升。 Spinal injuries can be very difficult to treat US, Russian an... 阅读全文>>