日期：2010-04-08 Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration（合作，勾结） with investigators at the University of Utah, have discovered a new approach for identifying smokers at the highest risk for developing lung cancer. The find... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-07 Could our universe be located within the interior of a wormhole（蛀洞，虫孔） which itself is part of a black hole that lies within a much larger universe? Such a scenario in which the universe is born from inside a wormhole (also called an Einstein... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-07 Carbon nanotubes（碳纳米管） , long touted（被吹捧的） for applications in materials and electronics, may also be the stuff of atomic-scale black holes. Physicists at Harvard University have found that a high-voltage nanotube can cause cold atoms to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-07 The number of sea turtles inadvertently（非故意地） snared（捕捉，诱惑） by commercial fishing gear（钓鱼用具，打捞装置） over the past 20 years may reach into the millions, according to the first peer-reviewed study to compile sea turtle bycatch（... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-07 In an analysis of the past 1.2 million years, UC Santa Barbara geologist Lorraine Lisiecki discovered a pattern that connects the regular changes of the Earth's orbital（轨道的，眼窝的） cycle to changes in the Earth's climate. The finding is report... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-07 An analysis by Mount Sinai researchers of over eight years of dietary（饮食的） data from more than 400,000 people has found that the relationship between high consumption of fruits and vegetables and a reduced risk of cancer is not as strong as com... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-05 Unintentional（无意识的） physical activity may be influenced by non-conscious attitudes, noted David Conroy, associate professor of kinesiology（运动机能学，人体运动学） and human development and family studies. The challenge of encouraging more ac... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-05 A new technique for revealing images of hidden objects may one day allow pilots to peer（凝视，窥视） through fog and doctors to see more precisely into the human body without surgery. Developed by Princeton engineers, the method relies on the surpr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-05 The brain is capable of holding and retrieving（取回，恢复） memories for specific fears, revealing a more sophisticated storage and recall capacity than previously thought, neuroscientists have found. The study, which appears in the journal Nature... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-05 In the largest genome-wide study of brain aneurysms（动脉瘤） ever conducted, an international team led by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have identified three new genetic variants（变体） that increase a person's risk for developing thi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-05 A team of scientists led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has discovered a brand new group of molecules（分子，微粒） which could help fight the spread of cancer and other diseases. The new molecules are synthetic（合成的，人造的） derivatives... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-03 As peach trees go, it doesn't look much different than its kin（亲戚，家族） at the Clemson University Musser Fruit Research Farm, but appearances can be deceiving（欺骗） . This one, a Lovell variety, has a unique genetic characteristic that made i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-03 Underscoring（强调） what researchers call a serious international public health concern, results from the Global Longitudinal Study（纵向研究） of Osteoporosis（骨质疏松症） in Women (GLOW) showed that among women at an elevated level of risk for o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-03 New information about early Native Americans' horticultural（园艺的） practices comes not from hieroglyphs（象形文字，图画文字） or other artifacts（史前古器物，人工产品） , but from a suite of four gene duplicates（副本，复制品） found in wild and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-03 Paleontologists（古生物学者） can't always get what they want, to paraphrase the Rolling Stones, but sometimes they can get what they need, according to a study that will appear in the May issue of the American Naturalist. The fossil record captures... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-02 Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) at the University of Birmingham have discovered that a gene called DAF-16 is strongly involved in determining the rate of ageing and average lifespan（生命值，寿... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-02 A multidisciplinary（有关各种学问的） research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found that an organic semiconductor（半导体） may be a viable（可行的） candidate for creating large-area electronics, such as solar... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-02 The Yankee and the King Sold as Slaves WELL, what had I better do? Nothing in a hurry, sure. I must get up a diversion（转移，消遣） ; anything to employ me while I could think, and while these poor fellows could have a chance to come to life（苏醒... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-01 When faced with a choice that could yield（出产，屈服） either short-term satisfaction or longer-term benefits, people with complete information about the options generally go for the quick reward, according to new research from University of Texas... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-04-01 Gum 19 is located in the direction of the constellation（星座，荟萃） Vela (the Sail) at a distance of approximately 22 000 light years. The Gum 19 moniker（绰号，名字） derives from（源于，来自） a 1955 publication by the Australian astrophysicist... 阅读全文>>