10-11-16 Consumers value goals they've chosen on their own more than those that are imposed on them, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. When people believe they have autonomously(独立地) chosen to pursue a goal themselves, they f...
10-11-16 If researchers could determine how to send signals to cells responding to a spinal cord injury, they might be able to stop one type of cell from doing additional damage at the injury site and instead, coax(哄骗) it into helping nerve cells grow. T...
10-11-13 One in four people spend more time socialising online, using sites such as Facebook, than they do in person, according to research. 研究显示,四分之一的人在Facebook这样的社交网站上交流的时间比面对面交流的时间更多。 People now have 11 different ways...
10-11-12 Alcohol does much more harm to the body than just damaging the liver. Drinking also can weaken the immune system, slow healing, impair(损害,削弱) bone formation, increase the risk of HIV transmission and hinder(阻碍,打扰) recovery from burns,...
10-11-12 People spend 46.9 percent of their waking hours thinking about something other than what they're doing, and this mind-wandering typically makes them unhappy. So says a study that used an iPhone web app to gather 250,000 data points on subjects' thou...
10-11-10 Millions of lives could be saved if more was spent on studying and tackling common lung infections, say experts. 专家称,如果有更多的资金被用于研究、解决日常肺部感染,将会有数百万的生命被拯救。 Respiratory(呼吸的 ) infections such as pneumonia(肺...
10-11-10 At the current pace of research and development, global oil will run out 90 years before replacement technologies are ready, says a new University of California, Davis, study based on stock market expectations. The forecast was published online Mond...
10-11-08 In the largest study to date of the Arthritis(关节炎) Foundation's Tai Chi program, participants showed improvement in pain, fatigue(疲劳,疲乏) , stiffness and sense of well-being. Their ability to reach while maintaining balance also improved,...
10-11-07 From apocalyptic(启示录的) forecasting to estimates of mass extinctions, climate change is a topic which is filled with fearful predictions for the future. In his latest research, published in WIREs Climate Change, historian Matthias Drries examin...
10-11-06 Scientists think it will be possible to record people's dreams and then interpret them, according to a new report. 根据一项新报告,科学家们认为未来将有可能记录下人类的梦境并加以解释。 They claim to have developed a system which allows them to record...