英语科普大全

A compound found in red wine, grapes and other fruits, and similar in structure to resveratrol（白藜芦醇） , is able to block cellular processes that allow ...

Defying thousands of years of conventional wisdom, scientists are reporting that it is possible for water to float on oil, a discovery they say has im...

A dose of carbon nanotubes more than doubles the growth rate of plant cell cultures（细胞培养） -- workhorses in the production of everything from lifesavin...

Awakening from anesthesia（麻醉） is often associated with an initial phase of delirious（神经错乱的） struggle before the full restoration of awareness and orie...

It has long been recognized that autism runs in families, suggesting a substantial（大量的，实质的） genetic component to the disease. Yet few genes have so fa...

Have you ever been disappointed by a cantaloupe（哈密瓜，香瓜） from the grocery store? Too ripe? Not ripe enough? Luckily for you, researchers from the Unive...

When battling an epidemic of a deadly parasite, less resistance can sometimes be better than more, a new study suggests. A freshwater zooplankton（浮游动物...

The use of metformin（二甲双胍） in men with prostate cancer before prostatectomy（前列腺切除术） helped to reduce certain metabolic parameters and slow the growth ...

A team of international scientists working in the central Pacific has discovered that coral which has survived heat stress in the past is more likely ...

Women take longer to give birth today than did women 50 years ago, according to an analysis of nearly 140,000 deliveries conducted by researchers at t...