日期：2014-05-28 Butterflies and dragonflies（蜻蜓） with lighter colours are out-competing darker-coloured insects in the face of climate change. In a new study published in Nature Communications, scientists from Imperial College London, Philipps-University Marburg... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-26 A team of Belgian biologists led by researchers at KU Leuven has provided the first genetic evidence that rapid evolution can help non-native plant species spread in new environments. Using samples of centuries-old herbaria（植物标本室） and DNA ana... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-26 Wildfires and flooding affect many more people in the USA than earthquakes and landslide and yet the dread, the perceived risk, of the latter two is much greater than for those hazards that are more frequent and cause greater loss of life. Research... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-26 Rhode Island Hospital researchers have discovered a protein that is essential for malaria-causing parasites to escape from inside red blood cells. Antibodies to this protein trap the parasite inside these red blood cells. This protein could lead to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-26 Australia can no longer lay claim to the origins of the iconic New Zealand kiwi following University of Adelaide research published in the journal Science today showing the kiwi's closest relative is not the emu（鸸鹋） as was previously thought. In... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-26 Word-of-mouth marketing is recognized as a powerful route from long-tail sales to blockbuster（轰动） , whether one is talking about the latest fishy ice cream flavor or a Hollywood romantic comedy. In the age of social media and online networking s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-23 People woken at night by insatiable hunger may have their genes to blame, research suggests. 研究发现，半夜因饥饿醒过来的人可能要怪他们的基因了。 Night-eating syndrome may appear when the genes that synchronise eating patterns with sleep are faulty,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-23 A new remedy has been found to tackle the difficulty of controlling layered nanomaterials. Control can be improved by simply bending the material. The mechanism was observed by Academy Research Fellow Pekka Koskinen from the Nanoscience Center of th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-23 Numerous studies have linked exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) in plastic, receipt paper, toys, and other products with various health problems from poor growth to cancer, and the FDA has been supporting efforts to find and use alternatives. But are the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-23 Whether an insect will have a male or female offspring depends on the weather, according to a study led by Joffrey Moiroux and Jacques Brodeur of the University of Montreal's Department of Biological Sciences. The research involved experimenting wit... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-23 As new research documents growing inequalities in health and wealth, the gap between haves and have-nots is growing in the field of scientific research itself, says University of Michigan sociologist Yu Xie. It's surprising that more attention has n... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-23 Researchers have devised a simple way to monitor wide swaths of the landscape without breaking a sweat: by listening in on the conversations honeybees have with each other. The scientists' analyses of honeybee waggle dances（摇摆舞） reported in the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-22 Venomous（有毒的） creatures usually conjure up images of hissing snakes or stinging scorpions--but for scientists Bryan Fry, et. al., an overlooked group --centipedes-- are all the rage. Centipedes（蜈蚣） prey on bugs and other pests by stinging t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-22 California's winter tule fog -- hated by drivers, but needed by fruit and nut trees -- has declined dramatically over the past three decades, raising a red flag for the state's multibillion dollar agricultural industry, according to researchers at U... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-22 A new method of generating mature nerve cells from skin cells could greatly enhance understanding of neurodegenerative diseases, and could accelerate the development of new drugs and stem cell-based regenerative medicine. The nerve cells generated b... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-22 Vast amounts of excess heat are generated by industrial processes and by electric power plants; researchers around the world have spent decades seeking ways to harness some of this wasted energy. Most such efforts have focused on thermoelectric devi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-21 The long life of lithium ion batteries makes them the rechargeable of choice for everything from implantable medical devices to wearable consumer electronics. But lithium ion batteries rely on liquid chemistries involving lithium salts dissolved in... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-21 Disease-causing bacteria can linger on surfaces commonly found in airplane cabins for days, even up to a week, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Many air travelers are concerned about the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-21 Researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have built the smallest, fastest and longest-running tiny synthetic motor to date. The team's nanomotor is an important step toward developing miniature machines... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-21 By evaluating the bacteria and fungi found in fossilized feces（排泄物） , microbiologists are providing evidence to help support archeologists' hypotheses regarding cultures living in the Caribbean over 1,500 years ago. They report their findings t... 阅读全文>>