日期：2013-09-04 People with epilepsy（癫痫） could be helped by new research into the way a key molecule controls brain activity during a seizure. Researchers have identified the role played by of a protein -- called BDNF -- and say the discovery could lead to new... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-04 Once every 30 years or so, or roughly one Saturnian year, a monster storm rips across the northern hemisphere of the ringed planet. In 2010, the most recent and only the sixth giant storm on Saturn observed by humans began stirring. It quickly grew... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-03 There could be at least 320,000 viruses awaiting discovery that are circulating in animals, a study suggests. 研究发现，动物间传播的至少32万种新病毒有待人们去研究。 Researchers say that identifying these viral diseases, especially those that can spr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-03 Scientists have uncovered strong evidence that soot（煤烟，烟灰） , or black carbon, sent into the air by a rapidly industrializing Europe, likely caused the abrupt retreat of mountain glaciers in the European Alps. The research, published Sept. 2 i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-03 Having a big belly increases the risk of death in heart attack survivors, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2013 by Professor Tabassome Simon and Professor Nicolas Danchin from France. The findings from the FAST-MI 2005 registry sugges... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-03 Gardiner's frogs from the Seychelles islands, one of the smallest frogs in the world, do not possess a middle ear with an eardrum（鼓膜，耳膜） yet can croak（呱呱地叫） themselves, and hear other frogs. An international team of scientists using X-r... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-02 The origin of cosmic rays in the universe has confounded scientists for decades. But a study by researchers using data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole reveals new information that may help unravel the longstanding mystery of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-02 Eating more whole fruits, particularly blueberries, grapes, and apples, was significantly associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers. Greater consumption of fru... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-02 In work published this week in Nature: Scientific Reports, a team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame's Eck Institute for Global Health, led by Associate Professor Giles Duffield and Assistant Professor Zain Syed of the Department of Bi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-02 Whales have been shown to increase the pigment in their skin in response to sunshine, just as we get a tan（黝黑色，棕褐色） . Research published today in Nature journal, Scientific Reports, reveals that not only do some species of whales get darker... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-02 Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of deadliest infectious diseases of humans, killing 50% of individuals when left untreated. Even today, TB causes 1-2 million deaths every year mainly in developing countries. Multidrug-resistance is a growing threat in... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-09-02 Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in identifying the world's most sensitive nanoparticle and measuring it from a distance using light. These super-bright, photostable（不感光的） and background-free nanocrystals enable a new approach to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-30 While in the past century there have been several documented examples of young, healthy athletes who have died suddenly of heart disease during competitive sporting events, a new study finds that this problem also extends to chimpanzees. According t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-30 Deep down, men may not bask in（感到舒适） the glory of their successful wives or girlfriends. While this is not true of women, men's subconscious（潜意识的） self-esteem may be bruised when their spouse or girlfriend excels, says a study published... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-30 By carefully analyzing a 150-year-old moss bank on the Antarctic Peninsula, researchers reporting in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, on August 29 describe an unprecedented rate of ecological change since the 1960s driven by warming temper... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-30 Data from a NASA airborne science mission reveals evidence of a large and previously unknown canyon（峡谷） hidden under a mile of Greenland ice. The canyon has the characteristics of a winding river channel and is at least 460 miles long, making it... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-29 Life may have started on Mars before arriving on Earth, a major scientific conference has heard. 某学术讨论会上传出消息，生命体到达地球之前已经在火星上出现。 New research supports an idea that the Red Planet was a better place to kick-start biology... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-29 Scientists expect the future climate to become warmer, and that this will apply to the Arctic in particular. Here the temperature is expected to increase considerably more than the average on Earth, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-29 In the latest advance in efforts to find an inexpensive way to make hydrogen from ordinary water -- one of the keys to the much-discussed hydrogen economy -- scientists are reporting that powder from high-grade charcoal and other forms of carbon can... 阅读全文>>

日期：2013-08-29 Previously unknown archeological sites in forest islands reveal human presence in the western Amazon as early as 10,000 years ago, according to research published August 28 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Umberto Lombardo from the University... 阅读全文>>