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All these news stories, and more, are available at: news.sciencemag.org Today's news from Science Friday, 23 July 2010 Podcast: IVF Roulette, Cells with Good Memories, and the Biggest Stars Ever Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from the week http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/podcast.html?etoc Bacteria Bring Leaves Back From the Dead Microbes in moths resurrect leaves so that the insects can feast upon them http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/bacteria-bring-leaves-back-from-.html?etoc Senate COMPETES With House on Priorities for NSF A key Senate panel yesterday approved its version of a bill to reauthorize programs at the National Science Foundation (NSF). The America COMPETES Reauthorization Act (S.3605) reflects the interests... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/senate-competes-with-house.html?etoc With Cap and Trade Sidelined, Obama and States Can Still Cut a Lot On the day after hopes for a mandatory U.S. cap on greenhouse gases evaporated, a new report by the World Resources Institute delivers a timely message: Using existing federal,... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/with-cap-and-trade-sidelined-oba.html?etoc Earth as an Extrasolar Planet Astronomers successfully test a technique that could be used to find life beyond our solar system http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/earth-as-an-extrasolar-planet.html?etoc Qualified Good News on Subsea Dispersed Oil Plumes: Continued Low Oil Concentrations, No Dead Zones A second report by a multiagency team of government and academic scientists, working on five research vessels between 19 May and 19 June finds the distribution of the plumes... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/qualified-good-news-on-subsea.html?etoc New Chief for Child Health Institute The nation's lead research institute devoted to child development and reproductive health has a new director. Alan Guttmacher, 60, who had been acting director of the National Institute of... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/new-chief-for-child-health.html?etoc As Climate Bill Falters, Steve Schneider Might Have Counseled Optimism Seeing the official downfall for the year of any climate legislation in Congressa development so depressing to manyI thought of climatologist Steve Schneider, who passed away on Monday at... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/as-climate-bill-falters-steve.html?etoc Good News in Gulf: Government Reduces Area Closed to Fishing by One-Third For the first time in months, the government has good news for Gulf of Mexico fishermen: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has decided to reopen a 68,345... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/good-news-in-gulf-government.html?etoc Senate Panel Tells NSF to Train More Cyber-Security Personnel A Senate spending panel wants the National Science Foundation (NSF) to triple its investment in training the next generation of cyber-security professionals. But pleading poverty, it's trimmed in half... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/senate-panel-tells-nsf-to-train.html?etoc Unsubscribe or edit your subscriptions for this service at: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/alerts/main
All these news stories, and more, are available at: news.sciencemag.org Today's news from Science Wednesday, 21 July 2010 Science Shot: Anti-Malaria Drug Bleaches Hair Woman who overdoses on chloroquine gets a surprising new doo http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/scienceshot-anti-malaria-drug.html?etoc U.S. Energy Research 2011 Funding Outlook Decent as ARPA-E Cashes In The Senate spending panel that oversees science at the Department of Energy (DOE) has released a few details about a draft 2011 appropriations bill that passed out of subcommittee... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/us-energy-research-2011-funding.html?etoc Planned Trial of Diabetes Drug Avandia Runs Aground A large study to test the safety of the controversial diabetes drug Avandia has been put on partial hold by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA held a... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/planned-trial-of-diabetes-drug.html?etoc Video: Airplane Perches Like a Bird Glider could come in for a landing on a telephone wire without stalling http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/video-airplane-perches-like.html?etoc Senate Panel Backs Budget Increases for NSF, NASA A Senate panel largely supported President Barack Obama's requested budget increases for several research agencies today as part of its markup of a $60 billion spending bill. In a... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/senate-panel-backs-budget.html?etoc NIH Asks for Input on Closing Loophole in Conflict-of-Interest Rule Responding to yet another flap about the influence of drug companies on biomedical research, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has decided it needs more time to revise its... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/nih-asks-for-input-on-closing.html?etoc Science Shot: Presenting the Little Folks of the Solar System Montage captures every visited asteroid and comet http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/scienceshot-presenting-the-littl.html?etoc A New Way to Map the Universe Approach could trace as much as 50% of the observable universe far faster and cheaper than current surveys can http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/a-new-way-to-map-the-universe.html?etoc Science Shot: Marmots Thrive on Climate Change Warming world is causing rodents to grow bigger and produce more offspring http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/scienceshot-marmots-thrive-on-cl.html?etoc Stellar Heavyweight Breaks the Scales One supergiant smashes prevailing theory about star mass http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/stellar-heavyweight-breaks-the-s.html?etoc Science Shot: Tiny Amphibian, Long Life Human fish can live up to 100 years--much longer than expected for its size http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/scienceshot-tiny-amphibian-long-.html?etoc Duke Suspends Clinical Trials After Scandal Over Padded Resum Duke University has suspended three cancer clinical trials in response to allegations that a key researcher on the studies embellished his resum. The uproar began last week when The... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/duke-suspends-clinical-trials-af.html?etoc
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All these news stories, and more, are available at: news.sciencemag.org Today's news from Science Monday, 19 July 2010 Should Smuggled Madagascar Frogs Be Returned Home? Conservation biologists are celebrating last week's bust of Madagascar animal smugglers at the airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. But in an ironic twist, they're now scrambling to ensure that... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/should-smuggled-madagascar-frogs.html?etoc Obama's National Ocean Policy It wouldn't have prevented the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but a new national ocean policy, announced today by the White House, was welcomed by environmentalists. The... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/obamas-national-ocean-policy.html?etoc Science Shot: Burrowing Moles Breathe Easy Molecular quirk helps mammals survive in limited oxygen environments http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/scienceshot-burrowing-moles-brea.html?etoc Prominent Duke Cancer Researcher Put On Leave Over Allegedly Embellishing Credentials A cancer genomics researcher at Duke University has been put on leave after administrators learned that he falsely claimed to have been a Rhodes scholar. The school took the... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/prominent-duke-cancer-researcher.html?etoc Climate Scientist-Activist Stephen Schneider Has Died Stephen Schneider, 65, died today as his flight to London from a science meeting in Stockholm was landinga sad but fitting end for a busy climate scientist who rarely... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/stephen-schneider.html?etoc Will IVF Work for You? New model attempts to calculate the odds of in vitro fertilization success http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/will-ivf-work-for-you.html?etoc At Last, Vaginal Gel Scores Victory Against HIV Women who used gel had a 39% lower chance of becoming infected by the virus than those who received a placebo http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/at-last-vaginal-gel-scores-victo.html?etoc The Persistence of Memory ... in Reprogrammed Cells Researchers can turn an adult cell embryonic, but they can't make it forget where it came from http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/the-persistence-of-memory-in-rep.html?etoc
All these news stories, and more, are available at: news.sciencemag.org Today's news from Science Friday, 16 July 2010 Energy Research Takes a Hit in House Spending Bill for 2011 Not-so-happy days may be here again for scientists supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). In a mark-up of the budget for 2011, a spending panel in the... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/energy-research-takes-a-hit-in.html?etoc Science Shot: A Quasi-Stellar Looking Glass The distorting power of gravity helps scientists stare down the universe's brightest objects http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/scienceshot-a-quasi-stellar-look.html?etoc The Case of the Poisoned Fuel Cell New catalysts could revive efforts to power fuel cells with gasoline and other liquid fuels http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/the-case-of-the-poisoned-fuel-ce.html?etoc Paul Nurse to Midwife Birth of London Super Lab The man with the plan now has to make it a reality while moonlighting as the president of the world's most famous science academy. Nobel laureate and Rockefeller University... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/paul-nurse-to-midwife-birth-of.html?etoc Podcast: Arctic-Inspired Vaccines, Your 'Viral Fingerprint,' and Gorillas Playing Tag Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from the week http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/podcast-arctic-inspired-vaccine.html?etoc Ireland Keeps Light Shining on Science With New Spending DUBLINIn a surprise move, the Irish government (which is tottering on the brink of bankruptcy) announced today that it would inject 359 million into research. It's the largest single... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/ireland-keeps-light-shining-on.html?etoc Official Reminder: A Hotter Millennium Is a Bad Thing A committee of the National Research Council (NRC) weighed in today with the latest and most quantitative estimates yet of how the coming global warming could affect the world.... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/official-reminder-a-hotter-mille.html?etoc 'Game Over' for British Science? The Royal Society and the British Academy today strongly warned the British government that looming cuts to science funding could be irreversibly catastrophic for the future of U.K. science... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/game-over-for-british-science.html?etoc House Panel Approves 3.2% Raise for NIH in 2011 A House of Representatives spending panel yesterday approved a $1 billion increase, to $32 billion, in the 2011 budget for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). That 3.2% hike... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/house-panel-approves-32-raise.html?etoc Russian Researchers Call for Better Coordination of Science More than 2200 researchers sent an open letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev last week asking the government to set Russian science in order and to consult with the... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/russian-researchers-call-for-bet.html?etoc Science Shot: High Heels Come With a Price Study reveals why women's feet hurt after they toss off their fancy shoes http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/scienceshot-high-heels-come-with.html?etoc Illegal Logging Has Dropped DramaticallyOr Has It? A new analysis suggests that illegal logging has declined 22% worldwide since 2002, thanks to stricter government policies and enforcement. The progress has spared some 17 million hectares of... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/illegal-logging-has-dropped.html?etoc
SCIENCE News Summaries, Volume 329, Issue 5989 dated July 16 2010, is now available at: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol329/issue5989/news-summaries.dtl A copy of the SCIENCE News This Week section has been appended below. SCIENCE News This Week July 16 2010, 329 (5989) NEWS OF THE WEEK
Today's news from Science Thursday, 15 July 2010 Illegal Logging Has Dropped DramaticallyOr Has It? A new analysis suggests that illegal logging has declined 22% worldwide since 2002, thanks to stricter government policies and enforcement. The progress has spared some 17 million hectares of... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/illegal-logging-has-dropped.html?etoc A New Engine for Plate Tectonics Sinking slabs may set the pace of plate motion http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/a-new-engine-for-plate-tectonics.html?etoc USAID Looking for Science-Based Grand Challenges During his brief stint as chief scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rajiv Shah helped focus and highlight research at the agency. This week he led a 2-day... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/usaid-looking-for-science-based.html?etoc Science Shot: How to Get a Roller Coaster Rider to Give to Charity Consumers are more likely to donate when they can name their own price http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/scienceshot-how-to-get-a-roller.html?etoc Headcount of Sea Turtles Proves Elusive Government agencies don't have the data they need to accurately count populations of the six species of endangered and threatened sea turtles in the United States, says a report... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/headcount-of-sea-turtles-proves-.html?etoc Science Shot: A Jupiter-Sized 'Comet' Gusts of stellar winds give distant planet a tail http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/scienceshot-a-jupiter-sized-come.html?etoc FDA Panel Gives Avandia a Qualified Thumbs-Down Two days of complicated and sometimes convoluted statistical debate about the diabetes drug Avandia ended today but left its ultimate fate still unclear. A joint committee of endocrinology, drug... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/fda-panel-gives-avandia.html?etoc Diamonds May Unlock Secrets of Hot-Spot Volcanoes Carbon crystals offer clues to what's brewing beneath Earth's surface http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/diamonds-may-unlock-secrets-of-h.html?etoc Unsubscribe or edit your subscriptions for this service at: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/alerts/main Written requests to unsubscribe may be sent to: AAAS / Science, 1200 New York Avenue NW, Washington DC 20005, U.S.A.
All these news stories, and more, are available at: news.sciencemag.org Today's news from Science Wednesday, 14 July 2010 Diamonds May Unlock Secrets of Hot-Spot Volcanoes Carbon crystals offer clues to what's brewing beneath Earth's surface http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/diamonds-may-unlock-secrets-of-h.html?etoc Science Shot: Blinded by the X-ray Light Swift observatory is overwhelmed by super-intense gamma-ray burst http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/scienceshot-blinded-by-the-x-ray.html?etoc New Diagnostic Criteria for Alzheimer's Include Brain Scans and Spinal Taps Most Alzheimer's disease (AD) researchers agree that the disease starts ravaging the brain years, if not decades, before the first symptoms of forgetfulness appear. New criteria, proposed yesterday at... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/new-diagnostic-criteria-for.html?etoc Science Shot: How Ugly Finches Get the Girls Finches with undesirable colors join groups of other unattractive males http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/scienceshot-how-ugly-finches-get.html?etoc Judge Throws Out Case Against California Animal-Rights Activists A federal judge in San Jose has dismissed charges against four animal-rights activists accused of harassing researchers at the University of California campuses at Berkeley and Santa Cruz in... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/judge-throws-out-case-against.html?etoc Drugs + Mosquitoes = Malaria Vaccine? A dose of antibiotics can support natural immunity http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/drugs-mosquitoes-malaria-vaccine.html?etoc A Viral Wonderland in the Human Gut Poop reveals that each person harbors a unique community of viruses http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/a-viral-wonderland-in-the-human-.html?etoc A New Place to Send Your Wild Ideas Have an unpublished manuscript about the nature of navel fluff or a possible cure for death lying around? Now, there's a new journal where you can submit your ground-breaking,... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/a-new-place-to-send-your-wild.html?etoc Why Gorillas Play Tag Low-status apes may use game as ego boost http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/why-gorillas-play-tag.html?etoc Getting More Bang for the HIV/AIDS Buck? How do you ramp up HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment efforts when you have no extra money to spare? The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the Obama... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/getting-more-bang-for-the-hivaid.html?etoc Top Engineers to Investigate Cause of Oil Spill Investigations into the gulf oil disaster are multiplying. The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the National Research Council announced yesterday that they are assembling an expert committee of... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/top-engineers-to-investigate.html?etoc
NATURE NEWS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: 13 July 2010 the best in science journalism http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=25m=35594813r=NDU1MzI2NDEwMwS2b=2j=Nzc1MzA5NjIS1mt=1rt=0 ====================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY: --------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTROVERSY OVER SOUTH KOREA'S SUNKEN SHIP 08 July 2010 http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=19m=35594813r=NDU1MzI2NDEwMwS2b=2j=Nzc1MzA5NjIS1mt=1rt=0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- LATEST NEWS --------------------------------------------------------------------- ANCIENT ITALIAN ARTEFACTS GET THE BLUES Scientists accuse officials of neglect as chemicals discolour stored relics. 12 July 2010 http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=56m=35594813r=NDU1MzI2NDEwMwS2b=2j=Nzc1MzA5NjIS1mt=1rt=0 START-UP MODEL PATENTLY FLAWED Study shows more US professors go into business as consultants than as inventors. 12 July 2010 http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=42m=35594813r=NDU1MzI2NDEwMwS2b=2j=Nzc1MzA5NjIS1mt=1rt=0 TYPHOONS CARRY CARBON OUT TO SEA Tropical cyclones have a previously unsuspected role in the carbon cycle. 12 July 2010 http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=43m=35594813r=NDU1MzI2NDEwMwS2b=2j=Nzc1MzA5NjIS1mt=1rt=0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- SPOTLIGHT --------------------------------------------------------------------- Blog : THE BERING SEA PROJECT Join journalist Wendee Holtcamp as she blogs for Nature from the research vessel Thomas G. Thompson, sailing the notoriously rough Bering Sea. http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=12m=35594813r=NDU1MzI2NDEwMwS2b=2j=Nzc1MzA5NjIS1mt=1rt=0 Scientists on board are conducting experiments to find out how climate change is affecting the Bering Sea ecosystem. The latest post looks at the impact of zooplankton on fish stocks. http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=27m=35594813r=NDU1MzI2NDEwMwS2b=2j=Nzc1MzA5NjIS1mt=1rt=0
All these news stories, and more, are available at: news.sciencemag.org Fish and Wildlife Service Names Science Adviser Gabriela Chavarria of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has been picked as the science adviser for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Trained as an entomologist, Chavarria studied... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/fish-and-wildlife-service-names.html?etoc Varmus Targets 'Dysfunction,' Scientific Barriers in Cancer Research Harold Varmus, the new but familiar leader of the National Cancer Institute, spent part of his first day yesterday describing some of the ideas percolating through my cerebrum before... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/varmus-targets-dysfunction.html?etoc Tighten Those Purse Strings, Scientists Tell NASA A committee of the National Research Council warned today that steps recently taken by NASA to contain spiraling costs of future space missions won't be enough. The committee's report... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/tighten-those-purse-strings.html?etoc European Union Ministers: No New Money for Giant Fusion Reactor In a decision that may threaten funding for other European science efforts, the European Union's 27 member states look set this week to formally decline a request from the... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/european-union-ministers-no-new.html?etoc Why the Oil Spill Didn't Change the Climate Game: Author Says Blame Obama The Senate climate/energy bill expected to emerge this week is likely to lack a cap on greenhouse gases. Even a much-discussed, watered-down version to impose restrictions on the power... http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/why-the-oil-spill-didnt-change.html?etoc Amazon Hit by Its Own Katrina Severe storm mowed down vast swaths of rainforest http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/amazon-hit-by-its-own-katrina.html?etoc
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王应宽 编译/转载 2009-11-08 UTC-6 CST UMN, St Paul 2009 US NEWS World Report 世界最好大学排名 博主按： 根据美国新闻与世界报道的网站（ http://www.usnews.com ） 2009 年 10 月 20 日 发布其第二期的世界最好大学前 200 名排行榜（ World's Best Universities: Top 200 ）。此排名是基于时代高等教育与 QS Quacquarelli Symonds 联合问卷调查统计结果。其中美国大学占 54 席，占 27%, 英国位居次席，有 29 所大学进入前 200 名排行榜，占 14.5% 。中国大陆共有清华大学（第 49 名）、北京大学（第 52 名）、复旦大学（第 103 名）、上海交通大学（第 153 名）、中国科技大学（第 154 名）、南京大学（第 168 名）进入前 200 名排行榜。香港虽弹丸之地，但其多所大学进入排行榜，且排名位居前列：香港大学（第 24 名）、香港科技大学（第 35 名）、香港中文大学（第 46 名）、香港理工大学（第 195 名）。 此排名主要依据对不同主题加权统计评分，根据统计评分和加权分排名，主要包括以下六个指标： Academic Peer Review (40%), Citations per Faculty Member (20%), Student-to-Faculty Ratio (20%), Employer Review Survey (10%), International Students(5%), International Faculty Factors (5%) 。当然，此统计分析肯定存在一些误差，导致有些大学的排名波动很大，甚至时而入榜，时而落榜。例如，在上一次的排名中，列第 30 名的美国明尼苏达大学 University of Minnesota Twin Cities （本人目前所在的大学），在最新的排名中退居第 105 位；在上一榜中位于第 61 名的荷兰瓦赫宁根大学 Wageningen University ，在最新的排名中退居第 155 位；；在上一榜中位于第 77 名的美国德克萨斯 AM 大学 (Texas AM University) 在最新的排名中退居第 179 位。在上一榜中位居前列的大学，如美国加州大学旧金山分校 University of California at San Francisco( 第 9 名 ) ，美国科罗拉多大学 Boulder 分校 University of Colorado at Boulder( 第 51 名 ) ，美国密歇根州立大学 Michigan State University ( 第 62 名 ) ，在最新的前 200 位排名中竟然落榜！关于评估与统计结果是否科学合理，仁者见仁。关于此类排名，除了 US News World Report ，还有其它的很多。他姑妄排之，我姑妄转之，你姑妄听之。因此，希望读者和有关机构能正确对待此排名，不可不信，也不可全信，仅供参考而已。 1. 美国哈佛大学 Harvard University 2. 英国剑桥大学 University of Cambridge 3. 美国耶鲁大学 Yale University 4. 英国伦敦大学学院 University College London 5. 英国伦敦大学帝国理工学院 Imperial College London 5. 英国牛津大学 University of Oxford 7. 芝加哥大学 University of Chicago , United States 8. 美国普林斯顿大学 Princeton University 9. 美国麻省理工学院 Massachusetts Institute Technology(MIT) 10. 美国加州理工学院 California Institute of Technology 11. 美国哥伦比亚大学 Columbia University 12. 美国宾西法尼亚大学 University of Pennsylvania 13. 美国约翰斯霍普金斯大学 Johns Hopkins University 14. 美国杜克大学 Duke University 15. 美国康奈尔大学 Cornell University 16. 美国斯坦福大学 Stanford University 17. 澳大利亚国立大学 Australian National University 18. 加拿大麦吉尔大学 McGill University 19 . 美国密歇根大学 University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 20. 英国爱丁堡大学 University of Edinburgh 20. 瑞士联邦理工学院苏黎世分校 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich 22. 日本东京大学 Tokyo University 23. 英国伦敦大学国王学院 Kings College London 24. 香港大学 University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 25. 日本京都大学 Kyoto University 26. 英国曼彻斯特大学 University of Manchester 27. 美国卡内基米隆大学 Carnegie Mellon University 28. 法国巴黎高等师范学院 Ecole Normale Super Paris 29. 加拿大多伦多大学 University of Toronto 30. 新加坡国立大学 National University of Singapore 31. 美国布朗大学 Brown University 32. 美国加州大学洛杉矶分校 University of California at Los Angeles 32. 美国西北大学 Northwestern University 34. 英国布里斯托尔大学 University of Bristol 35. 香港科技大学 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China 36. 法国巴黎综合理工学校 Ecole Polytechnique 36. 澳大利亚墨尔本大学 University of Melbourne 36. 澳大利亚悉尼大学 University of Sydney 39. 美国加州大学伯克利分校 University of California at Berkeley 40. 加拿大英属哥伦比亚大学 University of British Columbia 41. 澳大利亚昆士兰大学 University of Queensland 42. 瑞士联邦理工学院洛桑分校 cole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne ) 43. 日本大阪大学 Osaka University 43. 都柏林大学圣三一学院 Trinity College Dublin , Ireland 45. 澳大利亚莫纳什大学 Monash University 46. 香港中文大学 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China 47. 澳大利亚新南威尔士大学 University of New South Wales 47. 韩国首尔国立大学SEOUL National University Korea, South 49. 荷兰阿姆斯特丹大学 University of Amsterdam 49. 中国 清华大学 Tsinghua University, China 51. 丹麦哥本哈根大学 University of Copenhagen, Denmark 52. 美国纽约大学 New York University 52. 中国 北京大学 Peking University, China 54. 美国波士顿大学 Boston University 55. 德国慕尼黑技术大学 Technical University of Munich ( Technische Universitt Mnchen ) 55. 日本东京理工学院 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan 57. 德国海德尔堡大学 Heidelberg University， Germany 58. 英国沃里克大学 University of Warwick ， United Kingdom 59. 加拿大阿尔伯特大学 University of Alberta 60. 荷兰莱顿大学 Leiden University 61. 新西兰奥克兰大学 The University of Auckland, New Zealand 61. 美国威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校 University of Wisconsin at Madison 63. 丹麦奥尔胡斯大学 Aarhus University, Denmark 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Delft University of Technology , Netherlands 84. 澳大利亚西澳大利亚大学 University of Western Australia 85. 美国达特茅斯学院 Dartmouth College , United States 86. 美国佐治亚理工学院 Georgia Institute of Technology 87. 美国普度大学 Purdue University 87. 英国安德鲁斯大学 University of St Andrews , United Kingdom 89 爱尔兰国立都柏林大学 University College Dublin Ireland 90. 美国艾莫利大学 Emory University 91. 英国诺丁汉大学 University of Nottingham 92. 日本名古屋大学 Nagoya University 92. 瑞士苏黎世大学 University of Zurich 94. 德国柏林自由大学 Freie Universitt Berlin ， Germany 95 英国纳南普敦大学 University of Southampton , United Kingdom 95. 台湾大学National Taiwan University 96. 日本东北大学 Tohoku University 98. 德国慕尼黑大学 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitt Mnchen , Germany 99. 英国利兹大学 University of Leeds, United Kingdom 100. 赖斯大学 Rice University , United States 101. 挪威奥斯陆大学 University of Oslo , Norway 102. 以色列耶路撒冷希伯莱大学 Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Israel 103 英国达拉莫大学 Durham University , United Kingdom 103 中国 复旦大学 Fudan University , China 105. 美国明尼苏达大学 University of Minnesota Twin Cities 106. 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