SSS 2011-04-20

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Are your car bumpers riddled with scars from encounters with tight parking spaces? Did the furniture movers scratch your floor? Wouldn't it be great if t

SSS 2010-03-26

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Buildings consume about a third of the energy and two-thirds of the electricity in the U.S. Roofs are a good place to try to cut those figures. Because

SSS 2010-01-19

Most of us blink without thinking. But people whove sustained strokes or combat injuries can lose their ability to blink. Which is important for lubricating and cleaning the eye. Surgery is an optiona small piece of muscle transplanted from the leg c

60秒科学:冬暖夏凉的屋顶

Lowering the Ceiling on Roof Energy Losses Buildings consume about a third of the energy and two-thirds of the electricity in the U.S. Roofs are a good place to try to cut those figures. Because traditional black asphalt roofs heat up in summer and s

China builds first tower-type solar-thermal power station

China builds first tower-type solar-thermal power station BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- The first tower-type solar-thermal power station in Asia has been built in northwest Beijing, chief of the program said on Monday. Wang Zhifeng, a researcher at th

经济学人61:用于油井的太阳热能

Science and Technology 科技 Solar heat for oil wells 用于油井的太阳热能 Mirrors in glasshouses 温室的反光镜... can be used to heat stones ...能用于加热石头 THERE is a lot of energy from ancient sunshine stored in the oil that

SSS 2008-09-01

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute?. [Spray sound.] Killing bugs? No. [Spray sound.] Deodorizing the bathroom? No. [Spray sound.] Checking for explosives, yes. Because chemists at the University of Califor

SSS 2011-11-16

Ever wander through a supermarket and past the open refrigerated cases that house cream cheese, butter and OJ? The refrigerated shelves are protected by jets of air that blow across the front. These jets form an air shield to keep the warm air out. T

SSS 2011-02-07

Patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery need implants of new, healthy blood vessels. So do those who receive repeated hemodialysis due to kidney failure. The best option is to use the patient's own veins or arteries, but thousands of patients don

SSS 2011-04-06

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Solar cells convert sunlight to electricity. But they don't take advantage of all that solar heat, thereby missing out on the majority of the solar ene

VOA慢速英语--研究人员研发完全可降解轮胎

Research Breakthrough for Biodegradable Tires? 研究人员研发完全可降解轮胎 Researchers say they have created a new synthetic rubber that could be used to make biodegradable tires. A team at Texas AM Universitys campus in the Gulf nation o

VOA标准英语2016--“智能”绷带有助更快治愈伤口

'Smart' Bandages Could Heal Wounds More Quickly 智能绷带有助更快治愈伤口 Simple bandages are usually seen as the first line of attack in healing small to moderate wounds and burns. But scientists say new synthetic materials with embedded

TED演讲:探索世界最深洞穴(5)

You need an AUV, an autonomous underwater vehicle. 你需要个AUV，一个自行式水下航行器。 It needs to be one smart puppy, able to navigate and make decisions on its own in an alien ocean. 它必须很聪明，能够自己导航在陌生的

经济学人65:玻璃房里的镜子

Science and Technology 科技 Solar heat for oil wells 用于油井的太阳热 Mirrors in glasshouses can be used to heat stones 玻璃房里的镜子.....可以用来加热石头 THERE is a lot of energy from ancient sunshine stored in the oil that

新西兰英语 79 New Geothermal Power Station

Today a new geo-thermal power station was opened in Kawerau, in the eastern Bay of Plenty. Geo means earth and therm means heat. The power station uses hot steam from the earth. Like the geo-thermal power station at Wairakei, which opened in the 1950

中国男子在黄石公园舀水被罚款

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Wyo. (AP) A tourist from China was fined $1000 for walking off a boardwalk at Yellowstone National Park and collecting thermal water apparently for medicinal purposes park officials said Wednesday. 黄石国家公园官方本周

男女对温度的感受不同?

It happens every summer: offices turn on the air-conditioning, and women freeze into popsicles. But until now, there was no data to understand why women felt cold and were slipping on cardigans while men just rolled up their sleeves at the same tempe

中国放松煤矿工作日限制

Chinas top planning body has relaxed working day restrictions on its coal mines after reduced output boosted prices, frustrating central planners desire to control both price and supply of the nations most important energy source. 中国最高规划机

澳科学家警告海平面上升问题

CANBERRA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Australian scientists have made the alarming discovery that sea levels have risen more in the past century than at any other comparable period in the past 6,000 years. Researchers from the Australian National University

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有一种思念叫望穿秋水，有一种寒冷叫做忘穿秋裤。最近，全国各地的天气都变凉了，大家翻箱倒柜找出了尘封已久、又恨又爱的抗冻神物--秋裤。面对这种全世界恐怕只有中国人才穿的裤子，