日期：2013-11-02 As American schools struggle with issues of race, diversity and achievement, a new study in the American Sociological Review has split the difference in the ongoing discussion of resegregation（恢复种族隔离） . Yes, black, white and Hispanic student... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-02 Oysters（牡蛎） begin their lives as tiny drifters, but when they mature they settle on reefs. New research from North Carolina State University shows that the sounds of the reef may attract the young oysters, helping them locate their permanent hom... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-02 The ever-increasing threat from superbugs -- strains of pathogenic bacteria that are impervious（不受影响的） to the antibiotics that subdued their predecessor（前辈） generations -- has forced the medical community to look for bactericidal weapons... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-02 In an example of the challenges water-strapped Western cities will face in a warming world, new research shows that every degree Fahrenheit of warming in the Salt Lake City region could mean a 1.8 to 6.5 percent drop in the annual flow of streams th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-01 A Deakin University study has found for the first time that, just like humans, unpredictability（不可预测性） is also a consistent behavioral trait in the animal world. Animals are known to show consistent individual differences in behavior, which i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-01 A recent slowdown in global warming has led some skeptics to renew their claims that industrial carbon emissions are not causing a century-long rise in Earth's surface temperatures. But rather than letting humans off the hook（摆脱困境） , a new stu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-01 Only a few genetic changes are needed to spur the evolution of new species -- even if the original populations are still in contact and exchanging genes. Once started, however, evolutionary divergence（分歧） evolves rapidly, ultimately leading to f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-01 Collaborating scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and Weill Cornell Medical College have determined the first atomic-level structure of the tripartite（三重的） HIV envelope protein -- long considered one of the most difficult target... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-11-01 You might think a wagging（摇动的） tail is a wagging tail, but for dogs there is more to it than that. Dogs recognize and respond differently when their fellow canines wag to the right than they do when they wag to the left. The findings reported i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-31 A new type of good cholesterol, made in the lab, could one day deliver drugs to where they are needed in the body to treat disease or be used in medical imaging, according to scientists. Their report on the high-density lipoprotein（脂蛋白） (HDL) m... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-31 Divorced people are more likely to die from preventable accidents than married counterparts, according to a new study from sociologists at Rice University and the University of Pennsylvania. The study also found that single people and those with low... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-31 Researchers have long studied the connections between hand dominance and different aspects of the human brain. A new study out today in SAGE Open finds that among those with mental illnesses, left-handers are more likely to suffer from psychotic dis... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-31 In the temperate zones, vegetation follows the change of the seasons. After a winter pause, plants put out new growth in spring. Research has now brought a new correlation to light: The colder the winter, the earlier native plants begin to grow agai... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-31 Barrier films, used in everything from food and drug packaging to consumer electronics and solar cells, help prevent your food from spoiling, help to preserve medication, and protect your electronics from damage due to exposure to air or a splash of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-31 Humpback whales are known for the complexity of their feeding techniques, which include trapping krill and other prey within bubble nets they produce and gulping（狼吞虎咽地吃） up to two-thirds their weight in prey-laden water. Now, scientists have... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-31 Researchers have discovered the eyes of Arctic reindeer change colour through the seasons from gold to blue, adapting to extreme changes of light levels in their environment and helping detect predators. The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Res... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-31 In its first three months of operation, the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment has proven itself to be the most sensitive dark matter detector in the world, scientists with the experiment announced today. LUX is blazing the path to illuminatin... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-30 The high cliffs of Eastern Siberia -- which mainly consist of permafrost（永久冻土） -- continue to erode at an ever quickening pace. This is the conclusion which scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Rese... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-30 A spot of DIY or gardening can cut the risk of a heart attack/stroke and prolong life by as much as 30 per cent among the 60+ age group, indicates research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. These routine activities are as g... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-30 A Griffith University led study has made the surprising discovery that ocean acidification may provide some protection for South East Queenslanders from the Irukandji jellyfish. Researchers from Griffith University's Australian Rivers Institute have... 阅读全文>>