英语科普大全

A North Carolina State University researcher has discovered that bacteria transmitted by fleas–and potentially ticks–can be passed to huma...

With millions of gallons crude oil（原油） being spewed（喷涌，呕吐） into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill（漏油，浮油） , the focus now is on s...

In people with insulin（胰岛素） resistance or full-blown diabetes（糖尿病） , an inability to keep blood sugar levels under control isn't the only problem ...

Scientists at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center have identified a key molecular mechanism in breast cancer that enables tumor cells to s...

New treatments for intestinal（肠的） failure and other intestinal absorption disorders are a step closer to the patients who need them after a discovery ...

Engineered artificial proteins that mimic the elastic properties（弹性，弹性性能） of muscles in living organisms are the subject of an article in Nature magaz...

Among the worrisome（令人烦恼的，麻烦的） environmental effects of global warming is the thawing of Arctic permafrost（永久冻土） ---soil that normally remains at or b...

Drinking alcohol over a long period of time profoundly（深刻地，极度地） affects the brain, which adapts to the intoxicant（醉人的） and causes withdrawal symptoms（...

As fears grow that the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico could soon catch the oil slick（水面浮油） and drag it south towards coral reefs（珊瑚礁） in the Flori...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered that a compound in dark chocolate may protect the brain after a stroke by increasing cellular signals alr...