日期：2009-08-27 Engineers say a forest of 100,000 artificial trees could be deployed within 10 to 20 years to help soak up the world's carbon emissions. 工程师称一块有10万棵人造树木的森林将来未来10至20年内部署完毕以帮助解决世界上碳排放问题。 Algae units could be de... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-27 Researchers have found a potential way to correct an inherited disorder affecting thousands of women. 研究人员发现一个修正影响到数千妇女的遗传性紊乱的可行的方法。 The twin monkeys - Mito and Tracker - born using the new technique Working on monkeys,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-26 Scientists have shown how flesh-eating parasites responsible for the disfiguring tropical disease leishmaniasis dupe the immune system. 科学家展示了可以导致热带地区疾病黑热病的食肉寄生虫如何骗过免疫系统。 The parasites are carried by the Sand fly Th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-25 Low-carb slimming diets may clog arteries and increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, a study suggests. 一项调查建议，低碳节食餐可能阻塞动脉，增加心脏病和中风危险。 Low-carb dieters base meals on meat dishes Diets based on eating lots of mea... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-25 A study suggests apple-shaped women with a waist bigger than 88cm have a higher risk of developing asthma - even if they have a normal body weight. 调查显示，有苹果身型的妇女--腰围超过88cm，患哮喘的几率很高，即使她们的体重正常。 Fat around the abdom... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-25 Scientists say that mass bee deaths may be caused by viruses that disrupt gene expression. 科学家称造成蜜蜂大量死亡的原因可能是病毒造成的基因表达分裂。 Multiple viruses may act together to cause colony collapse The team analysed which genes were tur... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-25 A team of Israeli scientists has developed a potential way to fix the damage from heart attacks. 一组以色列科学家发现了一种可能修复心脏病造成的损伤的方法。 Patches may repair the damage from heart attacks A patch has been made from heart muscle that... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-24 Scientists claim they have developed a more sensitive test for the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma. 科学家称他们已经发现了检测与石棉有关的癌症--间皮瘤更敏感的检测方法。 Asbestos exposure is linked to most cases of mesothelioma The cancer develo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-24 Scientists have photographed upwards lightning, a rarely-seen phenomenon where electricity from storms flows into the upper atmosphere. 科学家拍摄到向上的闪电，一种十分罕见的现象--暴风雨中的电流向上层大气流动。 Gigantic jets can travel more than 60k... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-24 The technology behind giant video billboards can now be made into flexible and even transparent displays. 科技可以使大型电子广告牌被做成灵活多样甚至是透明的形式。 One of the researchers' prototypes wraps neatly around a thumb These could be used to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-24 Microsoft has allowed the public to get their hands on its new hands-free games controller for the first time. 微软发布新式游戏控制装置，可以使用户解放自己的双手。 The US firm showed off the Natal technology, designed for use with its Xbox 360 conso... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-22 唱歌找不着调的人注意了！最近有一项研究结果显示，对音乐曲调毫无感觉的音盲人士对音乐曲调没有感觉是因为他们的某些脑神经元传输不畅。一般来说，患音盲的人无法辨别音乐曲调的差异，而且有很强的遗传性。在这项研究中，研究人员通过对音盲和非音盲两组被试者的大脑... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-21 The genetics underpinning a smoker's risk of developing lung cancer have been further unpicked by UK scientists. 英国科学家进一步细分吸烟者易于导致肺癌的基因上的原因。 Smoking is the cause of most lung cancers Three areas of DNA were found to be lin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-21 In what has been described as a step towards the creation of a synthetic cell, scientists have created a new engineered strain of bacteria. 科学家发现了一种新设计的细菌种类，在人造细胞创造的路程上进了一步。 The cells replicated to produce a new stra... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-20 Cases of primary liver cancer, an often preventable disease, have trebled in the last 30 years, figures suggest. 数据显示，原发性肝癌--一种可以预防的疾病，患病人数在过去30年间翻了三倍。 While it is not uncommon for cancer to spread to the liver, Can... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-20 Scientists have developed a quick and simple way to diagnose endometriosis, without requiring surgery. 科学家已经发明了一种诊断子宫内膜异位的、不需要请教外科医生的简单快捷的方法。 Endometriosis is a painful condition All that is needed is a small sa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-20 Scientists say they are ready to begin human testing of a plant-based vaccine for the winter vomiting virus. 科学家称他们准备进行对付冬天呕吐病毒的植物提取疫苗的人体试验。 Outbreaks have happen onboard cruise ships The norovirus stomach bug is highl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-20 Researchers have discovered a secret of sexual success for flying foxes. 研究人员发现狐蝠性成功的秘密。 Male grey-headed flying foxes maintain harems of females Males with relatively high levels of testosterone in their blood are better able to main... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-18 Heart attacks and other vascular injuries could eventually be treated using regular injections of magnetised stem cells, experts say. 专家称，心脏病和其他心血管损伤可以通过有规律地注射磁化干细胞而彻底治愈。 The stem cells can repair the heart's dama... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-08-18 Common herbs and spices show promise as an environmentally-friendly alternative to conventional pesticides, scientists have told a major US conference. 科学家告诉美国一家主要媒体，常见的草本植物和香味料可以作为传统杀虫剂的环境友好型的替代品。 Common... 阅读全文>>