日期：2009-07-22 A simple saliva test could help spot which expectant women are likely to go into premature labour, experts believe. 专家相信，一个简单的唾液测试就可以确定预产期母亲是否会早产。 It is still unknown why about 40,000 UK women a year give birth prematur... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-22 Researchers have developed an add-on to a mobile phone that can take detailed images and analyse them to diagnose diseases such as tuberculosis. 研究人员已经研究出一个移动电话的附加装置，可以检测和分析诸如肺结核等疾??The prototype of the device Th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-21 The market for mobile applications, or apps, will become as big as the internet, peaking at 10 million apps in 2020, a leading online store says. 一家领导性的网络商店表示，移动应用程序的市场将会像互联网那么广泛，到2020年将会达到数百万的顶峰。 The in... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-20 Scientists have found a way to block the genetic flaw that causes the most common form of muscular dystrophy. 科学家已经发现一种阻止由基因缺陷引起的普通型式的肌肉萎缩的方法。 The diseases cause muscle weakness and wasting Tests on mice found injecti... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-19 Astronauts have carried out the first of five spacewalks to be performed by the crew of the shuttle Endeavour at the International Space Station (ISS). 国际空间站上的奋力号船员已经开始五次太空行走的第一次。 American astronauts Tim Kopra and Dave Wol... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-19 A US spacecraft has captured images of Apollo landing sites on the Moon, revealing hardware and a trail of footprints left on the lunar surface. 一架美国宇宙飞船获得了阿波罗的月球着陆影象，显示月球表面留有飞船硬件和脚??Science instruments (circled... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-18 Circumcising men who already have HIV does not protect their female partners from the virus, a study in Uganda has found. 乌干达的一项调查显示，艾滋病病毒携带男性没有做到保护女同伴免受病毒之害。 Condoms are still necessary to stop the spread of HIV... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-18 Controversial drug thalidomide does not improve survival for lung cancer patients, UK scientists say. 英国科学家称，有争议的药物萨立多胺并不能提高肺癌患者的生存机率。 Small cell lung cancer accounts for up to a fifth of all lung cancers The drug, ba... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-17 The US space agency Nasa has successfully launched the space shuttle Endeavour - at the sixth attempt. 美国航天局NASA经过六次尝试，终于成功发射奋力号航天飞机。 The seven crew members will spend 11 days on the space station Earlier launches at the Ke... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-17 Discovered 13 years ago, and officially added to the periodic table just weeks ago, element 112 finally has a name. 13年前被发现，几周之前才被正式加入到元素周期表的新元素112终于有了名字。 The Periodic Table will be one element longer It will be call... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-17 Symbian, the operating system on nearly half the world's smartphones, is to become involved in the development of mobile applications, or apps. 塞班，世界上差不多一半的智能手机所使用的操作系统，将要发展移动应用程序。 Applications for all mobile oper... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-16 英国基尔大学的研究人员最近发现，受伤时随口喊出几句骂人的话可以减轻身体的疼痛感。据研究人员分析，这一反应可能源自于人类祖先在面临外敌袭击时非逃即战的状况，咒骂通常会使人心率加快，从而增强其攻击性，而攻击性则会降低人们对疼痛的敏感度。研究人员表示，咒... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-16 一项最新的研究结果显示，老夫少妻的婚姻会让男人长寿。该研究表明，如果妻子比丈夫小15到17岁，那么丈夫早逝的几率会减少20％；而如果这个年龄差在7到9岁之间，丈夫早逝的几率则会减少11％。这项研究同时还发现，姐弟恋式婚姻中的男性早逝的可能性比较大；在婚姻中与... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-16 日本铁路系统要求员工每天早晨接受微笑扫描，希望以此提高员工的服务质量。负责执行此项任务的并不是铁路系统的老板，而是由欧姆龙公司研发的微笑扫描仪软件。员工的微笑表情被扫描后，该软件会用0到100之间的分值对其进行评价，如果得分低于平均水平，系统会提示员工... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-14 A 16-year-old girl from Wales who made history when, as a baby, she had a donor heart grafted onto her own has made a full recovery. 威尔士一个16岁的女孩创造了历史，她小时候接受了心脏移植手术并获得了成功。 Doctors say Hannah Clark's own heart is now... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-14 The US space agency Nasa has postponed the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour for a fifth time because of bad weather. 美国航天局Nasa因恶劣天气第五次推迟航天飞机奋力号的发射。 The crew climbed aboard the spacecraft ahead of the planned lift-off T... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-14 Cat owners may have suspected as much, but it seems our feline friends have found a way to manipulate us humans. 养猫的人可能已经怀疑了，看起来我们的猫科动物朋友找到了一种控制人类的方法。 Impossible to resist: cats use sounds that humans are \highly... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-14 Australia has launched a multi-million dollar competition to build a new generation of military robots. 澳大利亚为新一代军事机器人的创造发起一项数百万美元的竞赛。 Australia wants to build a robot that can replace soldiers in war zones The winning de... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-14 Power sockets can be used to eavesdrop on what people type on a computer. 强大的程序接口可以窃听人们在电脑上的输入字符。 Security researchers found that poor shielding on some keyboard cables means useful data can be leaked about each character type... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-14 Microsoft has launched its latest salvo at Google with a free web-based version of its dominant Office software. 微软发布针对谷歌的基于免费平台的占优势的Office软件。 Office 2010 will enhance video and picture capabilities in PowerPoint Office 2010 w... 阅读全文>>