李全忠

1 Were? living? in? an? astonishing? moment? for? science.? Every? day，? countless? breakthroughs， inventions， and discoveries are announced. At this very moment， all around the world， an untold number of scientists are peering into the dark corners of reality to illuminate their secrets.

Scientists built a nano?robot from DNA

2 Understanding whats happening in our bodies is something weve gotten pretty good at. Scientists have constructed a nano?robot made out of DNA which looks like folded paper. The robot is small enough to interact with human cells at a resolution（分辨率） of one piconewton（皮克牛頓）. That level of precise force allows the robot to target specific mechanical receptors（接收器） on the surface of a cell and activate them so scientists can see what theyre up to.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis （ALS） （肌萎縮性側(cè)索硬化癥，漸凍癥） patient speaks using a computer?brain interface

3 According to a paper， electrode arrays （電極陣列） were? placed? in? the? patients? brain? and? the? system? was trained to recognize activity in nearby nerves. The patient controlled a computer by activating those nerves， reportedly by trying to move his eye， in order to answer yes or no questions and painstakingly spell out sentences. Theres a long way to go before these interfaces become widely available.

The birth of a gas giant

4 A recent study published in the journal Nature Astronomy took a good hard look at a system called AB Aurigae， 505 light years away from Earth. The star at the center of that system is young， estimated at only 2 million years old and is in its planetary nursery phase. Among the planets forming， there is a gas giant roughly nine times the size of Jupiter which is in the process of forming.

Asteroid impacts create diamond?like materials

5 Diamonds typically form deep beneath Earths surface in an environment with intense heat and pressure， but it turns out that the universe has found more than one way to make them. Asteroid impacts bring heat and pressure in spades， creating conditions that could be ripe for diamond production. An international team of scientists recently published a study which confirms that a 50，000?year?old impactor created novel diamond?like materials when it crash?landed on our planet.

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An international team of scientists recently published a study which confirms that a 50，000?year?old impactor created novel diamond?like materials when it crash?landed on our planet. 一個(gè)國(guó)際科學(xué)家團(tuán)隊(duì)最近發(fā)表了一項(xiàng)研究，研究證實(shí)一個(gè)有5萬(wàn)年歷史的小行星在緊急降落在我們的星球上時(shí)創(chuàng)造了新的類鉆石材料。

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be made out of 制造

look like 看起來(lái)像

interact with 與……相互作用

in order to 為了；以便；目的是

spell out 拼寫；拼讀

turn out 結(jié)果是……；證明是……