14-10-15 Results of a small clinical trial suggest that a chemical derived from broccoli sprouts -- and best known for claims that it can help prevent certain cancers -- may ease classic behavioral symptoms in those with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). The...

14-09-10 Over 100 years since the Nobel Prize-winning father and son team Sir William and Sir Lawrence Bragg pioneered the use of X-rays to determine crystal structure, University of Adelaide researchers have made significant new advances in the field. Publi...

14-06-30 The chemical used to make tofu and bath salts could also replace a highly toxic and expensive substance used to make solar cells, a University study published in the journal Nature has revealed. Cadmium chloride is currently a key ingredient in sola...

14-05-02 Plants spend their entire lifetime rooted to one spot. When faced with a bad situation, such as a swarm of hungry herbivores（食草动物） or a viral（滤过性毒菌的） outbreak, they have no option to flee but instead must fight to survive. What is the...

13-11-06 Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem on Tuesday said Damascus has already agreed to the initiative by Russia for Damascus to hand over its chemical weapons stocks to international control. 叙利亚外交部长穆阿利姆周二表示，叙利亚政府已经同意俄罗斯...

13-10-28 Syria has handed in a plan for the destruction of its chemical weapons to the watchdog monitoring the process. 叙利亚向监察机构提交了一份销毁化学武器的计划。 In a statement, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical weapons (OPCW) said the de...

13-09-23 Russia can send its military personnel to help in the proposed operation to eliminate Syria's chemical arms, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says. 俄罗斯外交部长谢尔盖拉夫罗夫称，俄罗斯可以向叙利亚派遣军事人员帮助其解决化学武器问题。 Mr Lavrov's deal...

13-08-24 US President Barack Obama has said the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria in an attack on Wednesday is a big event of grave concern. 美国总统奥巴马称，本周三叙利亚发生的所谓的化学武器袭击是一件值得严重关切的大事。 Mr Obama said the US was stil...

13-08-21 Chemical weapons attacks have killed dozens on the outskirts of Damascus, Syrian opposition activists claim. 叙利亚反对派活动分子宣称，大马士革郊区遭化学武器攻击，数十人死亡。 Doctors in makeshift hospitals explained patients' symptoms in footage up...

13-07-18 A team led by William Fenical at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has discovered a new chemical compound from an ocean microbe in a preliminary research finding that could one day set the stage for new treatments for anthrax（炭疽...