%0 Journal Article %T 10-dimensional cosmology with Gauss-Bonnet gravity in generalized scalar-tensor theories from superstring theories %A Rami %A El-Nabulsi Ahmad %J Brazilian Journal of Physics %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0103-97332010000200005 %X superstring theories are promising candidates for unifying gravity with all matter interactions. in this work, we discussed a particular 10-dimensional cosmology based on gauss-bonnet invariant term coupled to a generalized scalar-tensor theory as resulting from superstring theories. some interesting features concerning the late-time dynamics are explored and described in some details. %K gauss-bonnet gravity %K higher-dimensions %K generalized scalar-tensor theories %K dark energy. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-97332010000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en