日期：2013-12-06 Scientists from Rice University and the University of Bremen's Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM) in Germany have combined cutting-edge experimental techniques and computer simulations to find a new way of predicting how water dissolve... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-06 From insect- munching（用力咀嚼） tamarins（绢毛猴） to leaf-loving howler monkeys, researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have compiled the most thorough review of primate eating habits to date. Findings published today in the journal O... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-06 Research conducted in Bimini in The Bahamas spanning（横跨） almost two decades shows that female lemon sharks that were born there returned 15 years later to give birth to their own young, confirming this behavior for the first time in sharks. The... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-05 Climate change has increased concern over possible large and rapid changes in the physical climate system, which includes Earth's atmosphere, land surfaces, and oceans. Some of these changes could occur within a few decades or even years, leaving li... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-05 A new research study combining marine physiology, neuroscience, pharmacology（药物学） , and behavioral psychology has revealed a surprising outcome from increases of carbon dioxide uptake in the oceans: anxious fish. A growing base of scientific ev... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-05 A new study published in the journal Demography shows that improvements in education levels around the world have been key drivers of economic growth in developing countries that has previously been attributed to declines in fertility rates. The stu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-05 Loofahs, best known for their use in exfoliating（去角质） skin to soft, radiant perfection, have emerged as a new potential tool to advance sustainability efforts on two fronts at the same time: energy and waste. The study describes the pairing of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-05 Just over a year since launch, NASA's Van Allen Probes mission continues to unravel longstanding mysteries of Earth's high-energy radiation belts that encircle our planet and pose hazards to orbiting satellites and astronauts. Derived from measureme... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-05 Scientists have discovered that some ring-tailed lemurs in Madagascar regularly retire to limestone chambers for their nightly snoozes, the first evidence of the consistent, daily use of the same caves and crevices（裂缝） for sleeping among the wor... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-05 Fertility technology in the United States has a huge influence on the frequency of twins, triplets, and other multiple births, according to new estimates published Dec. 5 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Eli Y. Adashi, professor of obstet... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-02 Energy drinks packed with caffeine can change the way the heart beats, researchers warn. 研究人员警告道，含有咖啡因的能量饮料会改变心跳方式。 The team from the University of Bonn in Germany imaged the hearts of 17 people an hour after they had an en... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-02 Until now, scientists were pretty sure they knew how the surface of a neutron star -- a super dense star that forms when a large star explodes and its core collapses into itself -- can heat itself up. However, research by a team of scientists led by... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-12-01 Now, a handful of studies have shown that we're on the verge of erasing and even rewriting memories. The hope is that this research will lead to medical treatments, especially for addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder. 现有研究显示清除甚至改... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-30 A new animation by NASA scientists illustrates what Mars the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet in the Solar System may have looked like billions of years ago. 美国航空航天局科学家日前发布了一个新动画短片，推演了火星40亿年前的... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-30 一项新的研究显示，居住在温暖房间里的人比起那些整个冬天都冻得瑟瑟发抖的人肥胖的可能性更小，他们的体重指数趋于较低水平。 Scientists fear rising energy bills may lead to an increase in obesity after discovering a link between poorly-heated homes and hi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-30 狗是人类最好的朋友，也可能是人类健康最大的盟友。《今日医学新闻》报道称，越来越多的狗用于训练嗅出癌症、糖尿... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-30 Sea coral could soon be used more extensively in bone grafting（骨移植） procedures thanks to new research that has refined the material's properties and made it more compatible with natural bone. By partially converting calcium carbonate - found in... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-29 Seahorses are slow, docile（温顺的） creatures, but their heads are perfectly shaped to sneak up and quickly snatch prey, according to marine scientists from The University of Texas at Austin. A seahorse is one the slowest swimming fish that we know... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-29 We all know the feeling, it's a hot summer afternoon and you have no appetite and don't want to do anything apart from lay on the couch. A team of researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University has show... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-29 Scientists have recorded and identified one of the most prominent sounds of a warming planet: the sizzle（嘶嘶声） of glacier ice as it melts into the sea. The noise, caused by trapped air bubbles squirting out of the disappearing ice, could provide... 阅读全文>>