日期：2012-10-23 Lovers have more reason than ever to celebrate this Valentine's Day, as a new scientific theory has suggested a healthy and loving relationship is good for the heart. Research suggests that being involved in any type of healthy and close relationshi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-19 Earthquakes sway buildings, buckle terrain（地形，地势） , and rumble -- both audibly and in infrasound, frequencies below the threshold（门槛，极限） of human hearing. New computer modeling by a team of researchers indicates that most of the low-fr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-19 Almost 500 international experts have worked together to develop a ranking system of the ten most important phytopathogenic（致植物病的） fungi on a scientific and economic level. The rice blast fungus (Magnaporthe oryzae) sits at the top of the lis... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-19 Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have determined a new mechanism by which the mosquitoes' immune system can respond with specificity（特异性） to infections with various pathogens, including the parasite that causes... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-19 Parents need to be good role models to help their children make sensible financial decisions, according to Adam Hancock and his team, from East Carolina University in the US. Their work highlights that parents who argue about finances contribute to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-19 Noise can be distracting, especially to a person trying to concentrate on a difficult task. Studying annoying noises helps architects（建筑师） design better building environments and policy makers choose effective noise regulations. To better under... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-19 European astronomers have discovered a planet with about the mass of Earth orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri system -- the nearest to Earth. It is also the lightest exoplanet（外星行星） ever discovered around a star like the Sun. The planet was... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-19 Combat-ready spikes which shoot from fingers sounds like the weaponry of a comic book hero, but a Japanese scientist has found exactly this in a rare breed of frog. The discovery, which is published in the Journal of Zoology, reveals how the Otton f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-18 It takes both teeth and jaws to make a pretty smile, but the evolutionary origins of these parts of our anatomy（解剖学） have only just been discovered, thanks to a particle accelerator and a long dead fish. All living jawed vertebrates (animals wi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-18 University of Delaware researchers are using an underwater robot to find and follow sand tiger sharks that they previously tagged with transmitters. The innovative project is part of a multi-year partnership with Delaware State University to better... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-18 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 63 percent of the deaths that occurred in 2008 were attributed to non-communicable chronic diseases such as cardiovascular（心血管的） disease, certain cancers, Type 2 diabetes and obesity -- for whi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-18 With over a thousand different varieties of mangoes to choose from, selecting the right variety for mango products can be a daunting（使人气馁的） task. A new study in the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IF... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-18 Dolphins sleep with only one half of their brains at a time, and according to new research published Oct. 17 in the open access journal PLOS ONE, this trait allows them to stay constantly alert for at least 15 days in a row（连续） . Brian Branstett... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-18 An international consortium（国际财团） of scientists has published a high resolution draft of the barley（大麦） genome. The research, published in the journal Nature, will help to produce new and better barley varieties that are vital for the beer... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-18 The giant impact believed to have formed the Earth-Moon system has long been accepted as canon（标准，教条） . However, a major challenge to the theory has been that Earth and Moon have identical oxygen isotope compositions, even though earlier impa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-17 The United States may lose its leadership role in space to other countries unless it makes research and development funding and processes -- especially in nanotechnology -- a renewed and urgent priority, according to a new paper from Rice University... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-17 The humble fruit fly may have something to teach us about forgoing（放弃，停止） empty calories for more nutritional ones -- especially when we're hungry. While the flies initially prefer food with a sweet flavour, they quickly learn to opt for less... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-17 Northern Alberta's boreal（北方的） forest shows a surprising resiliency to human intrusion（闯入） , but University of Alberta researchers warn the landscape has a definite breaking point. The U of A research team led by graduate student Stephen Ma... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-17 New research at the University of Southampton aims to develop a way of predicting who is more at risk of getting cancer. Led by Paul Little, Professor of Primary Care Research, the CANcer DIagnosis Decision rules (CANDID) study, funded by the Nation... 阅读全文>>

日期：2012-10-17 NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is now almost seven years into its 9.5-year journey across the solar system to explore Pluto and its system of moons. Just over two years from now, in January 2015, New Horizons will begin encounter operations, which w... 阅读全文>>