Southampton researchers have estimated that sea-level rose by an average of about 1 metre per century at the end of the last Ice Age, interrupted by r...
A gene that controls part of the 'tick tock' in a plant's circadian（生理节奏的） clock has been identified by UC Davis researchers. And not only...
The planet GJ 1214b was discovered in 2009 using the HARPS instrument on ESO's 3.6-metre telescope in Chile (eso0950 - http://www.eso.org/public/n...
Astronomers have discovered that small, dim（暗淡的，昏暗的） stars known as red dwarfs are much more prolific（多产的，丰富的） than previously thought—so much s...
Seeking to detect mysterious, ultra-high-energy neutrinos（中微子） from distant regions of space, a team of astronomers used the Moon as part of an innova...
A new report in the December Cell Metabolism identifies a protein without which diets high in saturated fat（饱和脂肪） lead to a massive inflammatory（炎症的） ...
For years, it was believed that obese women were at lower risk for developing osteoporosis（骨质疏松症） , and that excess body fat actually protected agains...
Our brains are packed with cholesterol（胆固醇） , almost all of which has to be produced within the brain itself, where it is critical for normal brain fu...
Children aren't the only youngsters who are picky（挑剔的） eaters: More than half of all species are believed to change their diets -- sometimes more ...
Rush University Medical Center has just enrolled the first U.S. patient in an international clinical trial testing a novel drug to treat certain kinds...