20-10-11 Everyone in this lab is full of plastic. Well, their lab coats are anyway. 在这间实验室里,每个人从头到脚都是塑料。至少他们的实验服都是塑料做的。 A lot of our clothes are full of tiny little balls that have got fragrance inside - its what makes them...
19-11-29 In 1989, NASA conducted its famous Clean Air Study to see whether common houseplants might purify indoor air by removing toxins in addition to absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen. It worked, and while plants are still capable of absorbing...
19-08-20 1. Chew gum. Strange as it may seem, chewing gum -- not to mention the fun of popping bubbles -- has been shown to improve reported mood as well as lower cortisol levels. 2. Surround yourself with plants. Immersing yourself in nature can make you fe...
19-06-19 Chinas million-kilowatt generating unit for the Baihetan hydropower project has seen its last core component, the water distributor, completed. 中国白鹤滩水电站百万千瓦发电机组最后的核心部件水轮机完工。 The distributor weighed more than 870 tonnes a...
19-01-02 An Israeli research found that the night-primrose flowers, exposed to the sounds of bees and moths wings, distribute the flower pollen and raise the concentration of sugar in their nectar in only three minutes. 以色列一项研究发现,报春花暴露于蜜蜂或...
17-08-13 All living flowers ultimately derive from a single ancestor that lived about 140 million years ago, a study suggests. 一项研究表明,地球上现存的所有花卉都起源于1.4亿年前的同一个祖先。 Scientists combined models of flower evolution with the largest d...
17-07-05 Bananas are a wonderful source of potassium and are the perfect on-the-go snack. 香蕉是钾元素的绝佳来源,也是完美的便携零食。 The only downside to the fruit are those irritating leathery strands - which are actually called phloem bundles - that you...
16-11-07 You can now take your love for flowers and plants to the extreme with the latest botanical inspired beauty trend to take over Instagram - succulent nails. 近日,图片分享应用Instagram上兴起了以植物为灵感的美妆新潮流,多肉美甲可以把你对花花草草的热爱...
16-08-03 University of Utah anthropologists counted the number of carbon-dated artifacts at archaeological sites and concluded that a population boom and scarce food explain why people in eastern North America domesticated plants for the first time on the co...
16-07-11 The cells of plants, animals and humans all use electrical signals to communicate with each other. Nerve cells use them to activated muscles. But leaves, too, send electrical signals to other parts of the plant, for example, when they were injured a...