Aggressive infections in hospitals are an increasing health problem worldwide. The development of bacterial resistance is alarming. Now a young Danish...
Prions（小蛋白粒） , the much-maligned proteins most commonly known for causing "mad cow" disease, are commonly used in yeast to produce beneficia...
By adding an incredibly thin coating of alumina（氧化铝） to a metal surface, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have doubled the rate that...
In the beginning was the word -- yes, but where exactly? Last year, Quentin Atkinson, a cultural anthropologist at Auckland University in New Zealand,...
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have made a surprising discovery about the origin of diabetes. Their research sugg...
A person has a tumor removed from her femur（大腿骨） . A soldier is struck by an improved explosive device and loses a portion of his tibia（胫骨） . A child ...
Members of the modern workforce might be surprised to learn that if they use the word "weekend" in a workplace email, chances are they'r...
Women with advanced degrees in math-intensive academic fields drop out of fast-track research careers primarily because they want children – not...
Though cellphones are usually considered devices that connect people, they may make users less socially minded, finds a recent study from the Universi...
Air pollution, even at levels generally considered safe by federal regulations, increases the risk of stroke by 34 percent, Beth Israel Deaconess Medi...