日期：2015-01-15 Few materials have received as much attention from the scientific world or have raised so many hopes with a view to their potential deployment in new applications as graphene has. This is largely due to its superlative properties: it is the thinnest... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-01-15 The feeding habits of an unusual 200-million-year-old fish have been uncovered by a University of Bristol undergraduate in a groundbreaking study which has been published in Palaeontology, a leading scientific journal, this week - a rare achievement... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-01-15 Meteors that have crashed to Earth have long been regarded as relics of the early solar system. These craggy chunks of metal and rock are studded with chondrules -- tiny, glassy, spherical grains that were once molten droplets. Scientists have thoug... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-01-12 In an unusual study, Norwegian scientists claim people born during periods of solar calm may live around five years longer than those born when the sun is feisty. 挪威科学家进行的一项与众不同的研究称：出生于太阳平静期的人的寿命可能比出生于太阳活跃期... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-01-05 I oversee the team that puts together the Fortune 40 Under 40 list, our once-a-year ranking of the most influential people in business under age 40 (head here to check out this year's list). And for as long as we've been doing it, the topic of the n... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-01-05 FOR some people in this world, the glass always seems to be half-full. For others it is half-empty. But how someone comes to have a sunny disposition in the first place is an interesting question. It has been known for a long time that optimists see... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-01-05 A new study has found that people who like stimulating their taste buds with meals such as a vindaloo curry also have risk-taking personalities. Researchers in the US tested 200 people to see how they reacted to certain adrenalin pumping sensations,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2015-01-05 Money really does grow on trees - at least in Australia. Scientists have found gold in the leaves of eucalyptus trees. The particles are much too small to be seen with the naked eye but have been detected using a type of x-ray that is especially goo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-30 A growing number of academic researchers are mining social media data to learn about both online and offline human behavior. In recent years, studies have claimed the ability to predict everything from summer blockbusters to fluctuations in the stoc... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-30 In the city that never sleeps, it's easy to overlook the insects underfoot. But that doesn't mean they're not working hard. A new study from North Carolina State University shows that insects and other arthropods play a significant role in disposing... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-30 A team of Chinese and Italian scientists has joined efforts to provide a key to the understudied phaleratus group of blister beetles. During their research the scientists have also discovered a new species from the genus Hycleus, which they named af... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-30 Using mathematical modeling, researchers at New York and Vanderbilt universities have shown that commensal bacteria that cause problems later in life most likely played a key role in stabilizing early human populations. The finding, published in mBi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-30 The quality of the colon mucus in mice depends on the composition of gut microbiota, reports a Swedish-Norwegian team of researchers from the University of Gothenburg and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Oslo. The work, published in EMBO... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-28 A new research study suggests that just thinking of exercising can have the same effects as actually hitting the gym, officials say. 最新研究显示，想象自己在锻炼，也能达到实地健身的效果。 A recent study published in the Journal of Neurophysiology fo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-27 Telling someone should lose a few lbs - even if you're just trying to help - could actually cause them to gain weight instead, according to new research. 最新研究显示，告诉某人应该减肥即使你只是想帮忙实际上却会导致他们体重增加。 The study showed tha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-26 Golden-winged warblers apparently knew in advance that a storm that would spawn 84 confirmed tornadoes and kill at least 35 people last spring was coming, according to a report in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on December 18. The birds left... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-26 A University of Southampton researcher has helped solve a long-standing space mystery -- the origin of the 'theta aurora'. Auroras are the most visible manifestation of the Sun's effect on Earth. They are seen as colourful displays in the night sky,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-26 Many animals may have a previously under-appreciated ability to make up for lost time with more effort, according to new research publishing this week in PLOS Computational Biology. This capability could help scientists better understand how animals... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-26 In everyday life, the global positioning system (GPS) can be employed to reliably determine the momentary location of one en route to the desired destination. Scientists from the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry of the University of B... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-12-23 Women exposed to high levels of fine particulate matter specifically during pregnancy--particularly during the third trimester--may face up to twice the risk of having a child with autism than mothers living in areas with low particulate matter, acc... 阅读全文>>