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UMD-led Study Indicates India Is Replacing China as World’s Top Source of Sulfur Dioxide Air Pollution

By Guest PostJanuary 17, 2018Environmentair pollution, can li, China, chris mclinden, India, sulfur dioxide, top source, world

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A new University of Maryland-led study finds that China’s sulfur dioxide emissions have fallen by 75 percent since 2007, while India’s emissions increased by 50 percent. The results suggest that India is becoming, if it is not already, the world’s top emitter of sulfur dioxide, an air pollutant that causes acid rain, haze and many health-related problems. It is produced predominantly when coal is burned to generate electricity. (more…)

Menschheitsgeschichte muss nicht neu geschrieben werden: Der “Fall Untermaßfeld”

By Guest PostJanuary 17, 2018Sciencealten ddr sammlung, ausbreitung des menschen, europa, fall untermassfeld, menschheitsgeschichte, michael baales, ralf dietrich kahlke, sabine gaudzinski windheuser, wil roebroeks

In einer kürzlich im Fachjournal „Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology“ veröffentlichten Studie widerlegt der Senckenberg-Wissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Ralf-Dietrich Kahlke gemeinsam mit einem internationalen Team renommierter Steinzeitexperten eine kürzlich erschienene Veröffentlichung zur Ausbreitung des Menschen in Europa. (more…)

Mögliche Ursache für mexikanische Epidemie aus der Kolonialzeit identifiziert

By Guest PostJanuary 16, 2018Health, Sciencealexander herbig, ashild vagene, bakteriums salmonella, cocoliztli epidemie, dna spuren, kolonialzeit, mexikanische epidemie, ursache

Das Bakterium Salmonella enterica, welches enterisches Fieber auslöst, könnte die lang debattierte Ursache der „Cocoliztli“-Epidemie sein, die von 1545 bis 1550 in Mexiko wütete und schwerwiegende Auswirkungen auf die indigene Bevölkerung Mesoamerikas hatte. (more…)

Brain Science: Finding Secrets in Century-Old Brains

By Guest PostJanuary 16, 2018Healthbrain science, carney complex, century old brains, cushings disease, dennis spencer, father of neurosurgery, finding secrets, harvey cushing, maya lodish

The father of neurosurgery, Yale’s Harvey Cushing, MD, left a remarkable gift to science. Now, for the first time, his collection of brains is being used for active research. (more…)

Maersk and IBM to Form Joint Venture Applying Blockchain to Improve Global Trade and Digitize Supply Chains

By Guest PostJanuary 16, 2018Technologyblockchain, digitize supplychains, ibm, joint venture, maersk, vincent clerc

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK and ARMONK, NY – 16 Jan 2018: A.P. Moller – Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced their intent to establish a joint venture to provide more efficient and secure methods for conducting global trade using blockchain technology. (more…)

Tiny diamonds could become best friends to youths with cleft palates

By Guest PostJanuary 15, 2018Healthbest friends, christine hong, cleft palates, dayoung song, dean ho, maxillary expansion, nanodiamonds, rate, relapse complication, tiny diamonds, youths

UCLA researchers develop treatment to reduce rate of relapse complication

Young people with cleft palate may one day face fewer painful surgeries and spend less time undergoing uncomfortable orthodontic treatments thanks to a new therapy developed by researchers from the UCLA School of Dentistry. The treatment incorporates a shiny twist: diamond fragments so small it would take more than 3 million of them to span the diameter of a penny. (more…)

Erkrankter Wolf tötet zwei Hunde in Sachsen

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2018Natureerkrankter wolf, goerlitz, sachsen, woelfe in sachsen, zwei tote hunde

Eine Ausnahmegenehmigung für den Abschuss des Tieres liegt vor

Ende letzten Jahres wurden zwei Hunde in Sachsen von einem erkrankten Wolf getötet. Laut Kontaktbüro „Wölfe in Sachsen“ ist der Wolf nun identifiziert. Das Tier soll an Räude leiden und war wohl deswegen auf der Suche nach leicht verfügbarer Beute. (more…)

Studies of ‘amorphous ice’ reveal hidden order in glass

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2018Scienceamorphous ice, fausto martelli, glass, hidden order, life giving properties, salvatore torquato

A new study challenges the notion that the atomic structure of glass is indistinguishable from that of a liquid — at least for a certain kind of glass called “amorphous ice” that forms when water is cooled to very low temperatures. (more…)

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