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Berkeley Lab Releases Most Comprehensive Databook on China’s Energy and Environment

By Guest PostOctober 6, 2013Environmentberkeley lab, chemical oxygen demand, China, china energy databook, china energy group, CO2 emissions, comprehensive databook, david fridley, energy, energy consumption data, Environment, hongyou lu, john romankiewicz, level, lynn price, organic pollution, pollutant, power plants, solar power generation, sulfur dioxide, united states, water, world energy markets

In the five years since the China Energy Group of the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) released its last edition of the China Energy Databook, China has achieved two dubious distinctions: it surpassed the United States in energy consumption and it surpassed the United States in energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide, becoming the world leader on both scores.

With these important shifts in the global energy landscape, the eighth edition of the China Energy Databook is being released this week. The Databook is the most comprehensive publicly available resource known to exist covering China’s energy and environmental statistics. The China Energy Group researchers have amassed an enormous trove of data from firsthand sources and organized much of it into a relational database, making it far more useful for research and analytical purposes. (more…)

MU Researchers Identify Risk-Factors for Addictive Video-Game Use among Adults

By Guest PostOctober 6, 2013Scienceaddictive video game, adults, bruce bartholow, christopher engelhardt, diablo, fantasy worlds, farmville, games, joe hilgard, mmorpgs, play games, playing video game, problematic video game, risk factors, social interaction, university of missouri, use, world of warcraft

Escapism, social interaction and rewards fuel problematic gaming behaviors

COLUMBIA, Mo. – New research from the University of Missouri indicates escapism, social interaction and rewards fuel problematic video-game use among “very casual” to “hardcore” adult gamers. Understanding individual motives that contribute to unhealthy game play could help counselors identify and treat individuals addicted to video games.

“The biggest risk factor for pathological video game use seems to be playing games to escape from daily life,” said Joe Hilgard, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychological Sciences in the MU College of Arts and Science. “Individuals who play games to get away from their lives or to pretend to be other people seem to be those most at-risk for becoming part of a vicious cycle. These gamers avoid their problems by playing games, which in turn interferes with their lives because they’re so busy playing games.” (more…)

Importance of sex conversation before sex

By Guest PostOctober 5, 2013Culture, General, Health, Media, Sexbrianne walter, enjoyable, freelance journalist, importance, partner, punchh, sex, sex conversation, sex session, sexual attitude, sexual encounter, sexual ritual, short time engagement

The importance of sex conversation before sex is a very much delicate issue. The reason is that sex is a short time engagement. Therefore, you have to take some serious elements for consideration. The reason is that sex is the mental and physical engagement. Therefore, you will require the understanding of these elements well. Before doing sex, you should always converse with your partner. The reason is that it will clear any doubt about the courtship and it will make sexual ritual more serene. Actually, you should remember that once you are get into the sexual relationship, then you will have no opportunity to get away from it. Therefore, it is better to clear any doubt through the sex conversion before starting the sexual ritual as well. (more…)

150. Mosterei eingetragen

By Guest PostOctober 5, 2013Nature150 mosterei, birnen, bundesfachausschuss streuobst, der schweiz, deutschland, markus roesler, mosterei betriebe, mosterei gugel, nabu, name aeppelwoi, oesterreich, tuebingen, verzeichnis

„Eigenes Obst für eigenen Saft“ beim NABU im Internet

Immer mehr mobile und stationäre Mostereien nehmen das Angebot des NABU-Bundesfachausschuss Streuobst an, bei www.Streuobst.de in die bundesweite Liste aller Mostereien aufgenommen zu werden. Jetzt konnte der NABU die 150. Mosterei begrüßen, die sich an diesem Angebot beteiligt, die Mosterei Gugel in Tübingen. Als Geschenk erhält die Mosterei vom NABU-BFA Streuobst je einen Karton mit zwölf 0,25-Liter und 24 0,1-Liter-Gläsern mit dem berühmten Aufdruck „Mosttrinker sind Naturschützer“.

„Bei allen 150 Mostereien können die Menschen ihr eigenes Obst zu eigenem Saft oder Most pressen lassen – das ist unsere Vorgabe für die Aufnahme in die Liste“, so der Sprecher des NABU-Bundesfachausschuss Streuobst, Dr. Markus Rösler. (more…)

Maths predicts rise and fall of empires

By Guest PostOctober 5, 2013General, Scienceafrica, americas, ancient empires, asia, cavalry, chariots, computer model, empires, Europe, evolution, evolutionary driver, fall, grid cell, human history, math, mathematical model, mathematical simulation, military innovation, old world, predict, predict the future, quantitative accuracy, rise, sergey gavrilets, simulate warfare, socio cultural evolution, tom currie, university of connecticut, university of exeter

Researchers have developed a new mathematical model that accurately describes the evolution of ancient empires.

The computer model can predict with 65% accuracy where and when the largest complex societies arose in human history.

The research, which suggests that intense warfare is the evolutionary driver of large complex societies, is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). It was carried out by researchers from the University of Exeter in collaboration with University of Connecticut and the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) in the US. (more…)

Cocaine use can make otherwise resistant immune cells susceptible to HIV

By Guest PostOctober 5, 2013Healthaids epidemic, cd4 t cells, chronic user, cocaine, dhaval dixit, dimitrios vatakis, drug, gayle baldwin, high risk, immune cell, in vitro study, infected by virus, infected cells, james jung, jerome zack, life cycle, narcotics, quiescent, robert rovner, sexual behavior, sohn kim, substance abuse, susceptible to hiv

In many ways, the spread of HIV has been fueled by substance abuse. Shared needles and drug users’ high-risk sexual behaviors are just some of the ways that narcotics such as cocaine have played a key role in the AIDS epidemic in much of the world.

There is, however, relatively little research into how drugs can impact the body’s defenses against the virus. But a new UCLA study published in the October issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology examines how cocaine affects a unique population of immune cells called quiescent CD4 T cells, which are resistant to the virus that causes AIDS. (more…)

The most important meal?

By Guest PostOctober 5, 2013Healthabdominal obesity, andrew odegaard, between, cardia, correlation, data, diet quality, dietary guidelines, eating breakfast, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, reduced risk, risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, university of minnesota

Research shows a correlation between eating breakfast and a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes

As Americans continue to fight the obesity epidemic and try to stem the incidence of type 2 diabetes, dietary guidelines are becoming increasingly important.

Among the possible keys to better health? Eating breakfast, for starters. (more…)

Flawed Diamonds: Gems for New Technology

By Guest PostOctober 4, 2013Scienceatom, carbon atom, crystal structure, data storage, Diamond, diamonds, dmitry budker, edward muybridge, electronic properties, femtoseconds, flawed diamonds, galloping horses, gems, graham fleming, molecule, nanosecond, new technology, nitrogen vacancy center, optical, quantum computing, three dimensional lattice, ua, ultrafast spectroscopy, university of arizona, vanessa huxter, vibrational mode

Using ultra-fast laser pulses, a team of researchers led by UA assistant professor Vanessa Huxter has made the first detailed observation of how energy travels through diamonds containing nitrogen-vacancy centers – promising candidates for a variety of technological advances such as quantum computing.

A team of researchers led by University of Arizona assistant professor Vanessa Huxter has made the first detailed observation of how energy travels through diamonds that contain nitrogen-vacancy centers – defects in which two adjacent carbon atoms in the diamond’s crystal structure are replaced by a single nitrogen atom and an empty gap. (more…)

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