New research reveals how the arrival of the first plants 470 million years ago triggered a series of ice ages. Led by the Universities of Exeter and Oxford, the study is published in Nature Geoscience. The team set out to identify the effects that th...
If you are unhappy at work, it could be partly due to your boss' management style, according to a new study by Dr. Nicolas Gillet, from the Universit Franois Rabelais in Tours in France, and his team. Both over-controlling managers who use threats as...
Blogging may have psychological benefits for teens suffering from social anxiety, improving their self-esteem and helping them relate better to their friends, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. Research has...
New research links 'silent strokes,' or small spots of dead brain cells, found in about one out of four older adults to memory loss in the elderly. The study is published in the January 3, 2012, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the Am...
Scientists from the University of Valencia in Spain have analysed fresh orange juice squeezed by machines in catering(餐饮) establishments. They have confirmed that 43% of samples exceeded the acceptable enterobacteriaceae(肠杆菌科) lev...
Less than one-quarter (23%) of children with HIV/AIDS who need treatment are getting it, according to a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the occasion of World AIDS Day (1 December 2011). Although treatment coverage for adults...
A new study that takes a complete snapshot of adolescent cardiovascular(心血管的) health in the United States reveals a dismal(凄凉的) picture of teens who are likely to die of heart disease at a younger age than adults do today, repor...