Environmental scientists at Harvard have discovered that the Arctic accumulation of mercury, a toxic element, is caused by both atmospheric forces and...
In the first study of its kind in Australasia, scientists have used 27 natural climate records to create the first large-scale temperature reconstruct...
A collaboration between Lehigh University physicists and University of Miami biologists addresses an important fundamental question in basic cell biol...
The quantities are very small, but in milk powder and in meat-based baby food, residues（剩余物） of drugs given to livestock were found. Researchers from ...
Picture a turtle the size of a Smart car, with a shell large enough to double as a kiddie（小孩） pool. Paleontologists from North Carolina State Universi...
More than 5,000 people die each year in vehicle crashes caused by distracted driving, many who were texting and talking on cellphones behind the wheel...
University of Nevada, Reno computer science engineering team Kostas Bekris and Eelke Folmer presented their indoor navigation system for people with v...
A pioneering study to gauge（测量，估计） the toxicity of quantum dots in primates has found the tiny crystals to be safe over a one-year period, a hopeful o...
New research shows how bacteria evolve to increase ecosystem functioning by recycling each other's waste. The study provides some of the first evi...
Plants are dependent on the sun. Sunlight does not only supply them with energy, but also controls their development steps. So-called photoreceptors（感...