日期：2014-05-02 The oldest sections of transform faults, such as the North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ) and the San Andreas Fault, produce the largest earthquakes, putting important limits on the potential seismic hazard for less mature parts of fault zones, accordi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-02 Plants spend their entire lifetime rooted to one spot. When faced with a bad situation, such as a swarm of hungry herbivores（食草动物） or a viral（滤过性毒菌的） outbreak, they have no option to flee but instead must fight to survive. What is the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-02 If you think the 1930s drought that caused The Dust Bowl was rough, new research looking at tree rings in the Rocky Mountains has news for you: Things can get much worse in the West. In fact the worst drought of this century barely makes the top 10... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-05-02 Increasingly harsh drought conditions in the U.S. Midwest's Corn Belt may take a serious toll on corn and soybean yields over the next half-century, according to research published today in the journal Science. Corn yields could drop by 15 to 30 per... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-30 In healthy individuals, the amount of glucose（葡萄糖） , or sugar, in the blood increases after eating. When glucose increases, levels of insulin increase to carry the glucose to the rest of the body. Previous research has shown that extreme increa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-30 A new study from North Carolina State University and the University of Texas finds that children pay close attention to issues related to money, and that parents should make an effort to talk with their children to ensure that kids don't develop mis... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-30 Despite the stereotype（老套） that boys do better in math and science, girls have made higher grades than boys throughout their school years for nearly a century, according to a new analysis published by the American Psychological Association. Alth... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-29 Growers who produce squash（南瓜属植物） for market are increasingly interested in using more natural herbicides that are also effective in providing season-long weed control, but the options for controlling annual broadleaf weeds in summer squash a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-29 Nearly one-third of breast cancer survivors who were working when they began treatment were unemployed four years later. Women who received chemotherapy were most affected, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cance... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-29 The gene mutation that causes Huntington's disease appears in every cell in the body, yet kills only two types of brain cells. Why? UCLA scientists used a unique approach to switch the gene off in individual brain regions and zero in on those that p... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-29 Soft and cuddly（逗人喜爱的） aren't words used to describe the plastic or metal things typically produced by today's 3D printers. But a new type of printer developed by Carnegie Mellon University and Disney Research Pittsburgh can turn wool and woo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-29 Scientists' inability to replicate research findings using mice and rats has contributed to mounting concern over the reliability of such studies. Now, an international team of pain researchers led by scientists at McGill University in Montreal may... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-28 Marital stress may make people more vulnerable to depression, according to a recent study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and their colleagues. The long-term study, published in the April 2014 Journal of Psychophysiology, shows that p... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-28 A new study published online in the Journal of Applied Physiology shows additional benefits of consuming a blend of soy and dairy proteins after resistance exercise for building muscle mass. Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch fo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-28 Despite overwhelming scientific evidence for the impending（迫切的） dangers of human-made climate change, policy decisions leading to substantial emissions reduction have been slow. New work from Carnegie's Katharine Ricke and Ken Caldeira focuses... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-28 Scientists have known that abnormal brain growth is associated with autism spectrum disorder. However, the relationship between the two has not been well understood. Now, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-28 An ancient form of meditation and exercise could help women who suffer from urinary incontinence, according to a new study from UC San Francisco. In a study scheduled to be published on April 25, 2014 in Female Pelvic Medicine Reconstructive Surgery... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-25 It's broadly understood that the world's oceans play a crucial role in the global-scale cycling and exchange of carbon between Earth's ecosystems and atmosphere. Now scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have taken a leap... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-25 Neuroscientists have discovered a brain pathway that underlies the emotional behaviours critical for survival. New research by the University of Bristol, published in the Journal of Physiology, has identified a chain of neural connections which link... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-04-25 Scientists have conclusive evidence that the source of a unique rhythmic sound, recorded for decades in the Southern Ocean and called the bio-duck, is the Antarctic minke whale（小须鲸） (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). First described and named by subma... 阅读全文>>