日期：2009-09-21 A device that allows blind people to attach and read audio labels on everyday objects has gone on show. 一种允许盲人听到日常生活用品上的文字的装置已经问世。 The PenFriend is able to store 70 hours of audio The PenFriend uses minute barcodes which -... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-19 A cream allowing erectile dysfunction drugs to be applied directly to the skin could one day make them safer to use, say New York scientists. 纽约科学家称，一种霜剂将来可能可以使治疗勃起功能障碍的药物直接接触皮肤而安全使用。 Side-effects can include... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-19 Sony has rebutted claims made by the BBC programme Watchdog that its PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles suffer from a manufacturing fault. 索尼反驳BBC节目Watchdog节目称PS3游戏机存在制造故障的报道。 Sony has sold 2.5 million Playstation 3 consoles in the U... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-18 Middle-aged male smokers with high blood pressure and raised cholesterol levels face dying about 10 years before healthier counterparts, a study warns. 一项研究警告，中年男性吸烟者并伴有高血压、高胆固醇比正常的健康者早死10年。 Smoking and a high-cho... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-18 Japan's new unmanned space freighter has been safely berthed to the International Space Station (ISS). 日本的新未命名宇宙运输船已经成功停靠在国际空间站。 The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) moved itself to within 10m of the ISS to allow itself to be gra... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-16 A promising new drug may be able to treat more types of cancer than first thought. 一种令人充满希望的新药物可能比原来认为的用于治疗更多种类的癌症。 The drugs may work against some skin cancers PARP inhibitors（抑制剂，禁制要素） have shown early pro... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-16 UK scientists have produced further evidence to suggest delaying becoming a mother may be risky. 英国科学家发现了深层次的证据证明推迟生育可能有危险。 Older women may be more at risk of complications They found women who start their periods early wer... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-15 A genetic breakthrough raises hope of easing suffering for people with chronic lung disease - and maybe those just fighting a common cold. 一项基因研究突破激起了慢性肺病患者减少痛苦的希望，甚至对普通感冒可能也会有所帮助。 Cystic fibrosis can be dead... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-15 Less than two months before the scheduled launch of Russia's flagship planetary spacecraft, officials are set to recommend a delay until 2011. 距离俄国旗舰级行星宇宙飞船原计划发射不到两个月的时间，当局将发射推迟到2011年。 Phobos-Grunt and Yinghuo 1... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-15 The European space agency's mission to assess the state of the world's ice cover is likely to launch in February. 欧洲航天局评定世界冰覆盖量的任务将要于明年二月实施。 Scientists hope data from Cryosat will show where Arctic ice is melting fastest Th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-15 Researchers have harnessed the powerful silicon chips used in the Xbox 360 console to solve scientific conundrums. 研究人员利用Xbox 360里强大的硅片来解决科学难题。 Part of Dr Scarle's research was done on an Xbox 360 Academics at the University of W... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-15 The next-generation of wi-fi technology has finally been approved for use, despite being on sale in laptops and other equipment for several years. 下一代wi-fi技术最终被核准使用，尽管已经在笔记本和其他设备上销售了好多年。 manufacturers have been sell... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-13 US scientists have uncovered a defence mechanism in bacteria that allows them to fend off the threat of antibiotics. 美国科学家发现细菌的防御机制，可以使其低档抗生素的威胁。 MRSA highlights the problem of antibiotic resistance It is hoped the findin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-13 Nasa's space shuttle Discovery has landed at the Edwards air force base in California. 美国航空航天局的发现号航天飞机降落到加利福尼亚州的爱德华兹空军基地。 Plans to land at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida were postponed due to bad weather. The s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-11 Japan has successfully launched its new space freighter from the Tanegashima base in the south of the country. 日本在国土南部种子岛航天基地成功发射新型货运飞船。 The 16.5-tonne unmanned H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) is on a mission to re-supply the sp... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-10 A newly identified type of stem cell may cause some cases of prostate cancer, research on mice suggests. 对老鼠的研究显示，一种新被发现的干细胞可能引起前列腺癌。 Prostate epithelial stem cells (green) may trigger cancer The cells, found among those... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-10 The killer mould behind potato blight has a giant genome, say scientists. 科学家称，导致马铃薯疫病的霉菌有一组巨大的基因。 About one million people died in the famine in the 1840s and 50s Potato blight was a major cause of the mid-19th Century Irish... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-10 Astronomers are celebrating the release of remarkable new images from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). 宇航员庆祝哈勃太空望远镜拍摄到的非凡的新图片。 Hubble is expected to keep working until at least 2014 They prove the mission carried out by astro... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-09 The notion of exposing young children to infections in a bid to protect them from later allergies is wrong, latest research suggests. 最新研究显示，将幼童暴露于传染环境中以防止他们将来过敏的做法是错误的。 Catching infections early on in life may do... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-09-09 Scientists have produced compelling evidence that a virus known to cause cancer in animals is linked to prostate cancer in humans. 科学家发现强有力的证据证明一种导致动物患癌症的病毒与人类的前列腺癌有关。 Prostate cancer is a major killer The researc... 阅读全文>>