10-03-07 An Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist is helping to sort through the jumbled(乱七八糟的) genetics of Echinacea(紫锥花属) , the coneflower(金花菊) known for its blossoms--and its potential for treating infections, inflammation, and o...
10-03-07 A defendant is much more likely to be sentenced to death if he or she kills a high-status victim, according to new research by Scott Phillips, associate professor of sociology(社会学) and criminology(犯罪学,刑事学) at the University of Denver (...
10-02-12 Theories about the rates of ice accumulation(积聚,累积) and melting during the Quaternary Period(第四纪) -- the time interval(时间间隔) ranging from 2.6 million years ago to the present -- may need to be revised, thanks to research findings p...
10-02-10 The recent trend towards earlier UK springs and summers has been accelerating, according to a study published today (9 February 2010) in the scientific journal Global Change Biology. The collaborative(合作的,协作的) study, involving scientists fr...
10-01-15 Dozens of cancer studies may be thrown into doubt by the discovery that researchers inadvertently used the wrong type of cancer cells. 许多对于癌症的研究可能充满疑问,因为研究发现相关研究人员可能不经意间采用了错误的癌症细胞。 The samples of adenocar...
09-12-02 The research director at the centre of a row over climate change data said he would stand down from the post while there is an independent review. 气候研究中心的研究室主任称,他将退出现有职位并进行一项独立的审查工作。 Professor Phil Jones has steppe...
09-09-15 Researchers have harnessed the powerful silicon chips used in the Xbox 360 console to solve scientific conundrums. 研究人员利用Xbox 360里强大的硅片来解决科学难题。 Part of Dr Scarle's research was done on an Xbox 360 Academics at the University of W...
09-09-04 A clampdown on unproven and potentially unsafe stem cell research is being called for by an expert group. 一个专家小组被召集到一起调查对未证实的、潜在危险的干细胞的限制。 Stem cells in umbilical cord blood have been used to treat blood disease Bione...
09-09-03 Each of us has at least 100 new mutations in our DNA, according to research published in the journal Current Biology. 杂志Current Biology上刊载的一篇调查称,我们每一个人身上的DNA里至少含有100种新变化。 Each of us has between 100 and 200 new genetic...
09-07-29 Men are more likely to forget things than women - even though women generally have more to remember like watering the plants. Around 15 million of us will leave a cup of tea to go cold today while a similar amount will forget where they put the keys...