For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have identified and isolated adult mammary（乳腺的） stem cells in mice. Long-ter...
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite looked at the rate rain was falling in Hurricane Earl yesterday, and it was intense（...
A study in the Sept. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP found an elevated（提高的，高尚的） risk of death in men with a complaint of chronic（慢性的，长期的） insomnia（失眠） an...
A new "smart materials" process - Multiple Memory Material Technology - developed by University of Waterloo engineering researchers promises...
Passengers who fly in Developing World countries face 13 times the risk of being killed in an air accident as passengers in the First World. The more ...
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created "quantum cats" made of photons（光子） (particles of light...
A "game-changing" technique using near infrared light enables scientists to look deeper into the guts（内脏，胆子） of cells, potentially opening u...
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used a small crystal of ions（离子） (electrically charged atoms) to detect f...
In Alzheimer's disease, the problem is beta-amyloid（淀粉体） , a protein that accumulates in the brain and causes nerve cells to weaken and die. Drugs...
With growing interest in using nanoparticles for everything from antibacterial（抗菌的） socks to medical imaging to electronic devices, the need to unders...