日期：2014-06-11 Magnetic cooling is a promising new refrigeration technology boasting several advantages - ranging from lower energy consumption to eliminating the use of hazardous fluids - that combine to make it a much more environmentally friendly option than to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-11 Scientists believe they have an explanation for the axiom that stress, emotional shock, or overexertion may trigger heart attacks in vulnerable people. Hormones released during these events appear to cause bacterial biofilms on arterial（动脉的） wa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-11 Dartmouth researchers have found that reducing carbohydrate intake could reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence among women whose tumor tissue is positive for the IGF-1（胰岛素样生长因子1） receptor. The study, Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-10 Scientists have reported that a molecular pathway called mTORC1 controls the conversion of unhealthy white fat into beige（浅褐色的） fat, an appealing target for increasing energy expenditure and reducing obesity. The team, led by researchers from... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-10 A new series of measurements of oxygen isotopes provides increasing evidence that the Moon formed from the collision of Earth with another large, planet-sized astronomical body, around 4.5 billion years ago. This work will be published in Science on... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-10 University of Akron polymer scientists have developed a transparent electrode that could change the face of smartphones, literally, by making their displays shatterproof. In a recently published scientific paper, researchers demonstrated how a trans... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-10 Levels of a small molecule found only in humans and in other primates are lower in the brains of depressed individuals, according to researchers at McGill University and the Douglas Institute. This discovery may hold a key to improving treatment opt... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-10 Think those flat, glassy solar panels on your neighbor's roof are the pinnacle（高峰，极点） of solar technology? Think again. Researchers in the University of Toronto's Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical Computer Engineering have designe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-06 Tweaking（捏，扭） a protein expressed by most liver cancer cells has enabled scientists to make a vaccine that is exceedingly effective at preventing the disease in mice. Alpha-Fetoprotein, or AFP -- normally expressed during development and by liv... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-06 Weight loss surgery might have more value than simply helping morbidly obese people to shed unhealthy extra pounds. It reduces their risk of cancer to rates almost similar to those of people of normal weight. This is the conclusion of the first comp... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-06 As more people use smart phones or tablets to pay bills, make purchases, store personal information and even control access to their houses, the need for robust password security has become more critical than ever. A new Rutgers University study sho... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-06 Researchers from the Missouri Botanical Garden have discovered in dry forests and transient（短暂的） sand dunes in Bolivia and Paraguay, a new plant species in the moonseed family Menispermaceae. The discovery was reported in the open access journa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-06 Scientists know that wildland fire emissions play a significant role in the global carbon cycle and that its principal component -- carbon dioxide -- is a primary driver of climate change. But predicting and quantifying the effects of potential futu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-06 Each fall, millions of monarch butterflies make a spectacular journey from the eastern parts of North America to reach their overwintering grounds in Mexico. Researchers have long known that not all butterflies successfully reach their destination.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-06 Fish and aquatic（水生的） life living in the high seas（公海） are more valuable as a carbon sink than as food and should be better protected, according to research from the University of British Columbia. The study found fish and aquatic life remo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-05 Bigger smartphone screen size may be better for more than just practical reasons, according to researchers. Participants in a study on smartphones indicated that emotional reasons might influence their decision to buy smartphones with bigger screens... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-05 Mussels（贻贝） might be a welcome addition to a hearty（丰盛的） seafood stew（炖汤） , but their notorious ability to attach themselves to ships' hulls（外壳） , as well as to piers（防洪堤） and moorings（系泊设备） , makes them an unwelcome sigh... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-05 Deep sea fishes remove and store more than one million tonnes of CO2 from UK and Irish surface waters every year, according to a new study led by the University of Southampton. This natural carbon capture and storage scheme could store carbon equiva... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-05 Neutrinos（中微子） are tiny, neutral elementary particles that, contrary to the standard model of physics, have been proven to have mass. One possible explanation for this mass could be that neutrinos are their own antiparticles, so-called Majorana... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-05 Long-lost paintings have been discovered on the walls of Cambodia's ancient Angkor Wat temple, thanks to the keen observations of an Australian National University (ANU) researcher. The ancient paintings date back almost 500 years and depict deities... 阅读全文>>