理工a阅读资料.docx

Batteries Built by Viruses 病毒电池 Putting Plants to Work 植物效能 Liste ning Device Provides Lan dslide Early Warni ng 听觉仪器提供早期山崩预警 “Don t Drink Alone ” Gets New Mean要在就餐时间以外饮酒 ”有了新含义 Life Form Found on Saturns Titan 土卫六上发现了生命迹象 Clone Farm克隆农场 Teaching Math, Teaching Anxiety教 数学，教焦虑 Too Little for Global Warming 全球变暖 缺油” Renewable Energy Source可再生能源 Forecasting Methods天 气预报的方法 Defending the Theory of Evolution1 Still Seems Needed!卫进化论仍必要 Small But Wise小而聪明 Ants Have Big Impact on Environment as Ecosystem Engineers蚂蚁作为 生态系统工程师 ”对 环境影响巨大 Listening to Birdsong顷听鸟鸣 Researchers Discover Why Humans Began Walking Uprig 研究人员发现人类开始直立行走 的原因 U.S. Scientists Confirm Water on Mars科 学家确认火星上有水 Cell Phones Increase Traffic, Pedestrian Fatalitie手 机增加交通行人死亡 第三十四篇 Batteries Built by Viruses What do chicke n pox , the com mon cold, the flu , and AIDS have in com mon? They re all disease caused by virusest iny microorga ni sms that can pass from pers on to persons no won der1 that when most people think about viruses, finding ways t0 steer clear of2 viruses is whats on peoples minds Not every one runs from the tiny disease carders, though3. In Cambridge, Massachusetts4, scientists have discovered that some viruses can be helpful in an unusual way. They are putting viruses to work, teach ing them to build some of the worlds smallest rechargeable batteries Viruses and batteries may seem like an unusual pair, but theyre not so strange for engineer An gela Belcher, who first came up with5 the idea . At the Massachusetts In stitute of Tech no logy (MIT) in Cambridge, she and her collaborators bring together different areas of scienee in new ways. In the case of the virus-built batteries, the scientists combine what they know about biology, tech no logy and producti on tech niq ues Belchers team includes Paula Hammond, who helps put together the tiny batteries, and Yet-Mi ng Chia ng, an expert on how to store en ergy in the form of a battery “ We re worki ng on things we traditi on ally don t asso