15-06-09 The Spaniards L. S. Klatt Absent-minded unapproachable, I walk in the tilled field. I am not, in fact, here; I am only anticipating the Catalan farm a lane of carob trees. A butterfly wing produces a shock, as does a sardine tin the unattainable sea...

14-12-03 A peasant in the state of Song led an extremely hard life for he was destitute, depending on worn sackcloth to defense the chill of winter. After the spring arrived, the peasant ploughed in the field. When he got tired and rested on the ridge of the...

14-11-05 Two USC researchers have proposed a link between string field theory and quantum mechanics that could open the door to using string field theory -- or a broader version of it, called M-theory -- as the basis of all physics. This could solve the myst...

14-10-13 Mazhar Ali, a fifth-year graduate student in the laboratory of Bob Cava, the Russell Wellman Moore Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University, has spent his academic career discovering new superconductors, materials coveted for their ability to...

14-06-11 Magnetic cooling is a promising new refrigeration technology boasting several advantages - ranging from lower energy consumption to eliminating the use of hazardous fluids - that combine to make it a much more environmentally friendly option than to...

13-11-21 There was once on a time a man who was called Frederick and a woman called Catherine, who had married each other and lived together as young married folks. One day Frederick said, I will now go and plough, Catherine; when I come back, there must be...

13-08-08 A countryman was once going out to plough with a pair of oxen. When he got to the field, both the animals' horns began to grow, and went on growing, and when he wanted to go home they were so big that the oxen could not get through the gateway for t...

13-03-27 There was once on a time a far-sighted, crafty（狡猾的） peasant whose tricks were much talked about. The best story is, however, how he once got hold of the Devil, and made a fool of him. The peasant had one day been working in his field, and as tw...

12-06-08 With simple arguments, researchers show that nature is complicated! Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have made a simple experiment that demonstrates that nature violates common sense -- the world is different than most people believe. The e...

11-10-12 Physicists have predicted that under the influence of sufficiently high electric fields, liquid droplets（液滴） of certain materials will undergo solidification, forming crystallites at temperature and pressure conditions that correspond to liquid...