研究人員相信，烘培咖啡豆的噴香氣可以安撫嚴重的神經-而且只是一點點噴香氣就可以緩解整夜失蹤眠對年夜腦造成的影響。

　　在對小白鼠年夜腦取樣後，他們發現咖啡的氣息，增強了關頭基因的勾當，這種基因勾當可以促進體內細胞存活，而且削減焦炙。

　　A cup of freshly ground coffee is what it takes to get some people moving in the morning.

　　研究人員相信，烘培咖啡豆的噴香氣可以安撫嚴重的神經-而且只是一點點噴香氣就可以緩解整夜失蹤眠對年夜腦造成的影響。

　　但一項最新的研究剖明，這種功能可能是咖啡的噴香氣而不是咖啡自己發生的。

　　早晨起來，一杯新奇的研磨咖啡可以讓人精神充沛。

　　But, according to a study, it may be the aroma rather than the coffee itself that does the trick.

　　Researchers believe that the aroma of roasted coffee beans can soothe frayed nerves - and that just the whiff could be enough to reverse the effects of a poor nights sleep on the brain.

　　Aroma: Just smelling coffee can help cure tiredness better than drinking a cup

　　噴香氣: 僅僅聞咖啡比喝一杯咖啡更能輔佐緩解委靡。

　　They said that chemicals extracted from coffee and pumped into the air may one day be used as a way of reviving tired people.

　　After taking samples of the rats brains, they found that the smell of coffee boosted the activity of key genes that promote cell survival in the body and reduce anxiety, New Scientist magazine reports today.

　　他們說，遲早有一天可以經由過程提取咖啡中的化學物質並釋放到空氣中，來緩解人們的委靡。

　　Scientists in Tsukuba, Japan, kept 16 laboratory rats awake for 24 hours, by keeping them in a cage filled with an inch of water, then exposed half of them to the smell of roasted coffee.

　　日本筑波的科學家們把16只小白鼠放到有1英寸深的水的籠子裏，這樣保證它們24小時不睡覺。然後，將一半的老鼠放在烘培咖啡的噴香氣中。

　　在對小白鼠年夜腦取樣後，他們發現咖啡的氣息，增強了關頭基因的勾當，這種基因勾當可以促進體內細胞存活，而且削減焦炙。

　　Professor Yoshinori Masuo, who led the study in Tsukuba, Japan, said that when people drink coffee to stay up all night, just the smell of the coffee could alleviate some of the stress caused by sleeplessness.

　　率領日本筑波研究團隊的益男教授說，當人們爲了熬夜而喝咖啡時，僅僅是咖啡的味道就會減輕由不睡覺而發生的壓力。

　　He added: Is it better for us to smell coffee bean aroma than to drink coffee, or would any other food-related odour produce similar effects? Further studies are needed.

　　他填補說：聞咖啡豆的氣息要比喝咖啡更好。可是否其他食物的氣息會發生近似效應呢?