Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have identified a peptide(缩氨酸), or protein, derived from Pacific cod that may inhibit pro...
One of the most southerly populations of polar bears in the world -- and the best studied -- is struggling to cope with climate-induced changes to sea...
Thirty-five years after its launch, Voyager 1 appears to have travelled beyond the influence of the Sun and exited the heliosphere(太阳风层), according to...
Marine biologists have, for the first time, found a whale skeleton on the ocean floor near Antarctica, giving new insights into life in the sea depths...
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found that macrophages(巨...
After almost four decades of absence from local waters, a special sea slug appears to be making a comeback, and marine scientists at UC Santa Barbara ...
A newly published article "Revision of the Afrotropical Mayrellinae (Cynipoidea, Liopteridae), with the first record of Paramblynotus from Madaga...
A new National Research Council report finds that by the year 2050, the U.S. may be able to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions ...
Of course, roosters crow(啼叫,报晓) with the dawn. But are they simply reacting to the environment, or do they really know what time of day it is? Researc...
Buried for 100,000 years at Xujiayao in the Nihewan Basin of northern China, the recovered skull pieces of an early human exhibit a now-rare congenita...