日期：2013-10-16 Many American diets fall short of meeting nutritional guidelines resulting in burgeoning（增长迅速的） obesity rates and health problems across the nation. Statistics show that most Americans consume only half of the daily recommended amount of diet... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-16 When a shop is authentic and the workers are friendly, it can feel like a second home for consumers, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. People often feel strongly attached to particular places. Such places typically includ... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-16 Nearly every body of water, from a puddle or a pond to a vast ocean, contains microscopic organisms that live attached to rocks, plants, and animals. These so-called sessile（固着的） suspension feeders are critical to aquatic ecosystems and play an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-16 In the 2013 Ocean Health Index (OHI) -- an annual assessment of ocean health led by Ben Halpern, a research associate at UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) and professor at the Bren School of Environment... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-16 Mayo Clinic researchers have found a surprising occupational hazard for teachers: progressive speech and language disorders. The research, recently published in the American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Other Dementias, found that people with spee... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-16 Consumers like to reap the benefits of discounts immediately (not later), according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. Consumers enjoy discounted products much less if they have to wait for them. Price promotions are common in the m... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-15 Scientists say they are more certain than ever about the impact of global warming on a critical weather pattern. 科学家们称，关于全球变暖对天气模式的影响，他们的认识比以往任何时候都要明确。 The El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) occurs in the Pacif... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-15 New research on the reproductive habits of zebrafish offers an explanation as to why some animals' bodies repair tissues. The research team previously noticed that male zebrafish regenerate their pectoral fins（胸鳍） poorly, as compared to females.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-15 Researchers studying young bonobos（倭黑猩猩） in an African sanctuary have discovered striking similarities between the emotional development of the bonobos and that of children, suggesting these great apes regulate their emotions in a human-like w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-14 New research from the University of California, Davis, shows that the tiny proportion of a cell's DNA that is located outside the cell nucleus has a disproportionately large effect on a cell's metabolism. The work, with the model plant Arabidopsis,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-14 One of the ways to achieve thermonuclear fusion（热核熔合） is through a controlled reaction between two light variants of hydrogen, called deuterium and tritium. Mauro Temporal, from the cole Normale Suprieure Cachan, in France, and colleagues have... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-14 US research reveals that 4 out of 5 college student drivers have used their cell phones to send or receive text messages while driving despite the majority recognizing that the activity represents a risk. Garold Lantz and Sandra Loeb of the McGowan... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-14 A simple change -- switching on captions（题注，字幕） -- can make a big difference when students watch educational videos, an SF State professor has discovered. Robert Keith Collins, an assistant professor of American Indian studies, found that stu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-14 When predators lurk（潜伏） nearby, male Bahamas mosquitofish (Gambusia hubbsi) change mating strategies, rejecting elaborate courting rituals for more frequent and sometimes forceful encounters with females. But as a recent North Carolina State Uni... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-14 Polymers（聚合物，高分子） -- the essential component of plastics -- are found in countless commercial, medical, and industrial products. Polymers that are porous（多孔的） are called foam polymers and are especially useful because they combine ligh... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-14 An international research team led by scientists from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has discovered a genetic mutation linked to low-risk bladder cancer. Their findings are reported online today in Nature Genetics. The investigators... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-11 When people want to direct the attention of others, they naturally do so by pointing, starting from a very young age. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, on October 10 have shown that elephants spontaneously get... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-11 A new University of Colorado Boulder study indicates drought high in the northern Colorado mountains is the primary trigger of a massive spruce beetle outbreak that is tied to long-term changes in sea-surface temperatures from the Northern Atlantic... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-11 Most microbial researchers grow their cells in petri-dishes to study how they respond to stress and damaging conditions. But, with the support of funding from NASA, researchers in LSU's Department of Biological Sciences tried something almost unhear... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-10-11 Scientists have a promising new approach to combating deadly human viruses thanks to an educated hunch（预感，肉峰） by University of California, Riverside microbiology professor Shou-Wei Ding, and his 20 years of research on plants, fruit flies, ne... 阅读全文>>