日期：2014-01-16 Using an approach akin to assembling a club sandwich at the nanoscale, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have succeeded in crafting a uniform, multi-walled carbon-nanotube-based coating that greatly reduces the flamma... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-16 As the abundance of genetically modified (GM) foods continues to grow, so does the demand for monitoring and labeling them. The genes of GM plants used for food are tweaked（扭，拧） to make them more healthful or pest-resistant, but some consumers... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-16 Although Narcissus himself might not have been able to step away from his reflection in the mirror to get to the office, when it comes to leadership, a moderate amount of narcissism（自恋） can go a long way. So says a new study published in the jou... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-16 The intensity of tropical cyclones hitting East Asia has significantly increased over the past 30 years, according to a new study published today. The coastlines of China, Korea and Japan in particular have experienced increasingly stronger cyclones... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-16 Fantasy sports players can spend thousands of dollars and certainly that many hours developing sophisticated leagues and playing strategies steeped in analysis and superstition -- all for teams that aren't real. What is real is the fact that most fa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-16 In a finding that overturns the conventional view that large old trees are unproductive, scientists have determined that for most species, the biggest trees increase their growth rates and sequester（使隔绝） more carbon as they age. In a letter pub... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-15 A new blood test being developed by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers can rapidly and accurately diagnose celiac disease（乳糜泻） without the need for prolonged gluten（面筋，谷蛋白） exposure. Dr Jason Tye-Din, gastroenterologist and hea... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-15 Americans aged 34 to 46 with children at home rate their life satisfaction at higher levels than those without children at home, according to a report by Princeton University and Stony Brook University published in the Proceedings of the National Ac... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-15 New research shows that humans and other primates burn 50% fewer calories each day than other mammals. The study, published January 13 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that these remarkably slow metabolisms explain wh... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-15 Sauropods（蜥脚类动物） , the largest land animals in Earth's history, are still mightily puzzling the scientists. These plant-eating dinosaurs with their long necks and small heads could reach a height of 10 meters or more and dominated all other l... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-15 A generally held assumption in various academic disciplines is that the way people perform various everyday activities -- walking, swimming, carrying loads, etc. -- is culturally determined. But, the question remains: do these cultural characteristi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-15 Solar energy has long been used as a clean alternative to fossil fuels such as coal and oil, but it could only be harnessed during the day when the sun's rays were strongest. Now researchers led by Tom Meyer at the Energy Frontier Research Center at... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-15 Empathy-driven behavior has been observed in rats who will free trapped companions from restrainers. This behavior also extends toward strangers, but requires prior, positive social interactions with the type (strain) of the unfamiliar individual, r... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-15 Spending as little as 45 minutes in a high-crime, deprived neighborhood can have measurable effects on people's trust in others and their feelings of paranoia（偏执狂） . In a new study, students who visited high crime neighborhoods quickly develope... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-14 Researchers have found a way to project future habitat locations under climate change, identifying potential safe havens for threatened biodiversity. Associate Professor Grant Wardell-Johnson and Dr Gunnar Keppel from the Curtin University Institute... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-14 Members of the public have a negative view of climate engineering, the deliberate large-scale manipulation of the environment to counteract climate change, according to a new study. The results are from researchers from the University of Southampton... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-14 Scientists studying the atmosphere above Barrow, Alaska, have discovered unprecedented levels of molecular chlorine（氯） in the air, a new study reports. Molecular chlorine, from sea salt released by melting sea ice, reacts with sunlight to produce... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-14 Whales, bats, and even praying mantises use ultrasound as a sensory guidance system -- and now a new study has found that ultrasound can modulate（调节） brain activity to heighten sensory perception in humans. Virginia Tech Carilion Research Instit... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-14 Four years after the January 2010 earthquake, 145,000 people still remain homeless in Haiti. A cheap and simple technology to repair earthquake damaged buildings -- developed at the University of Sheffield -- could help to reduce these delays by qui... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-01-14 Press 1 if you're tired of being on hold! Nobody likes to wait, but since customer service can't be packaged to sit on a shelf ready when we need it, everybody has to get in line for help from banks, credit card companies, stores, healthcare or tech... 阅读全文>>