An analysis of temperature data since 1500 all but rules out the possibility that global warming in the industrial era is just a natural fluctuation i...
Some 2 to 5 percent of all international trade involves counterfeit(假冒的) goods, according to a 2013 United Nations report. These illicit products -- w...
Twelve weeks of an investigational oral therapy cured hepatitis C infection in more than 90 percent of patients with liver cirrhosis(肝硬化) and was well...
Stunning images of a 305-million-year-old harvestman fossil reveal ancestors of the modern-day arachnids(蛛形类) had two sets of eyes rather than one. Th...
A virus that is present in most people in a latent(潜在的) state may induce or exacerbate(恶化) anemia(贫血) in patients with kidney disease, according to a ...
A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Center for Cancer Systems Biology (CCSB) at the Dana-Far...
Jeff Benca is an admitted über-geek when it comes to prehistoric plants, so it was no surprise that, when he submitted a paper describing a new s...
New research from the University of Southampton has identified a coral-eating flatworm as a potential threat for coral reefs. It is barely possible to...
A team of researchers lead by Florida State University have found new evidence that permafrost(永久冻土) thawing is releasing large quantities of greenhou...
European scientists have made ground-breaking discoveries for improving the efficiency of the production of pharmaceuticals through plant biotechnolog...