13-07-09 A new study, by Marco Malagodi from the Universit degli Studi di Pavia in Italy and colleagues, uses a range of analytical methods to identify the techniques used by violin master Antonio Stradivari in the 17th century, and attempts to replicate his...
13-02-24 By analyzing Mercury's rocky surface, scientists have been able to partially reconstruct the planet's history over billions of years. Now, drawing upon the chemical composition of rock features on the planet's surface, scientists at MIT have propose...
12-11-08 A South American butterfly flapped its wings, and caused a flurry of nanotechnology research to happen in Ohio. Researchers in Ohio have taken a new look at butterfly wings and rice leaves, and learned things about their microscopic texture that cou...
12-10-25 Microsoft's chief boss has confirmed he plans to release more devices. 微软大老板证实,计划发布更多设备。 Steve Ballmer told the BBC: Is it fair to say we're going to do more hardware? Obviously we are... Where we see important opportunities to set...
12-09-19 During the first six months of 2012, sea surface temperatures in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem were the highest ever recorded, according to the latest Ecosystem Advisory issued by NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC). Above...
12-09-10 Northwestern University researchers have broken a world record by creating two new synthetic materials with the greatest amount of surface areas reported to date. Named NU-109 and NU-110, the materials belong to a class of crystalline nanostructure...
12-04-15 Imagine a world where the rooftops and pavements of every urban area are resurfaced to increase the reflection of the Sun's light rays. Well, this is exactly what a group of Canadian researchers have simulated in an attempt to measure the potential...
12-03-23 An odd, previously unseen landform could provide a window into the geological history of Mars, according to new research by University of Washington geologists. They call the structures periodic bedrock ridges. The ridges look like sand dunes(沙丘...
10-03-24 A new model of the Earth, 20 years in the making, describes a dynamic(动力的,动态的) three-dimensional puzzle of planetary proportions. Created by University of Wisconsin-Madison geophysicist Chuck DeMets and longtime collaborators(合作者,投资...
09-11-23 On the skin's surface, bacteria are abundant(丰富的,充裕的), diverse(不同的,相异的) and constant(经常的,不变的), but inflammation(发炎,红肿) is undesirable(不受欢迎的,不良的). Research at the University of California, San Diego School...