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Ancient Humans Were Mixing it Up

By Guest PostSeptember 7, 2011Scienceancient humans, archaic dna sequences, hybridization, modern humans, neanderthal genetics, neanderthals

Anatomically modern humans interbred with more archaic hominin forms even before they migrated out of Africa, a UA-led team of researchers has found

It is now widely accepted that anatomically modern humans of the species Homo sapiens originated in Africa and eventually spread throughout the world. Ancient DNA recovered from fossil Neanderthal bones suggests they interbred with more archaic hominin forms once they had left their evolutionary cradle for the cooler climates of Eurasia, but whether they exchanged genetic material with other, now extinct archaic hominin varieties in Africa remained unclear. (more…)

Study Finds Payment for Pediatric Obesity Services Now Can Save Money Later

By Guest PostSeptember 7, 2011Healthchronic care mode, obese children, obese patients, pediatric obesity

Pediatric obesity ends up costing $3 billion annually in the U.S., but a significant amount of that could be saved by streamlining medical coverage to address health issues affecting young obese patients now rather than waiting to treat conditions they develop as they get older, according UCLA researchers and colleagues. (more…)

WHOI-Led Study Sharpens Picture of How Much Oil and Gas Flowed in Deepwater Horizon Spill

By Guest PostSeptember 6, 2011Environmentacoustic doppler current profiler, adcp, alexandra h techet, amount of oil released into the gulf, andrew bowen, barrels, blown out, chris reddy, congress, dana r yoerger, daniela di iorio, deepwater horizon leak, deepwater horizon oil spill, doppler measurements, Environment, flow rate technical group, frtg, gulf of mexico, imaging multibeam sonar, jeffrey s seewald, judith fenwick, louis l whitcomb, macondo well, maxx3, MIT, natural gas, oil, pnas, proceedings of the national academy of sciences, remotely operated vehicle, richard camilli, sean p silva, well fluid, whoi, woods hole oceanographic institution

In a detailed assessment of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, researchers led by a team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have determined that the blown-out Macondo well spewed oil at a rate of about 57,000 barrels a day, totaling nearly 5 million barrels of oil released from the well between April 20 and July 15, 2010, when the leak was capped. In addition, the well released some 100 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas. (more…)

Scientists Observe Smallest Atomic Displacements Ever

By Guest PostSeptember 6, 2011Scienceatomic displacements, atomic magnetic moments, ferroelectric polarisation, multiferroic materials, multiferroics

UCL scientists are part of an international team which has developed a novel X-ray technique for imaging atomic displacements in materials with unprecedented accuracy. (more…)

Chinese Government and Businesses Continue to Embrace IBM Smarter Computing

By Guest PostSeptember 6, 2011Technologyadvanced it environments, andy ho, China, china national bureau of statistics, farmers, guizhou mobile, guizhou provincial health department, ibm, ibm powervm virtualization technology, ibm systems and technology group, ibm tivoli monitor, it infrastructure, nbs, new rural cooperative medical scheme, nrcms, remote villages, smarter computing systems, software, tourist sites, wireless city

*National Bureau of Statistics, Guizhou Provincial Health Department, and Guizhou Mobile leverage IBM optimized systems and cloud technology*

BEIJING and ARMONK, – 06 Sep 2011: IBM announced this week the continued adoption of its smarter computing systems, software, and services across China’s private and public sectors.

IBM is working with the China National Bureau of Statistics, Guizhou Provincial Health Department and Guizhou Mobile to help each build more advanced IT environments based on IBM’s optimized system architecture, data and analytics integration, and cloud computing capabilities. Through these smarter computing initiatives, each organization will improve their operational efficiencies and end-user services. (more…)

Computer Helps MSU Researchers Unravel Plants’ Secrets to Survival

By Guest PostSeptember 5, 2011Sciencecis regulatory elements, genes, plants, secrets to survival

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Recent research by Michigan State University scientists has shed more light on how plants are able to cope with extreme environments. (more…)

Are New England’s Iconic Maples at Risk?

By Guest PostSeptember 5, 2011Naturealb eradication, alb infestation, alb outbreak, asian longhorned beetle, longhorned beetle, maple trees

Invasive Asian longhorned beetle has potential for wide reach in region’s forests

Are new England’s iconic maple trees at risk? If a beetle has its way, the answer may be yes. (more…)

Trust in Your Neighbors Could Benefit Your Health, MU Study Shows

By Guest PostSeptember 4, 2011Culture, Healtheileen bjornstrom, Health, human beings, local community, los angeles, relative position, stress and negative emotions, trust of neighbors, trust your neighbors, university of missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Here’s an easy way to improve your health: trust your neighbors. A new study from the University of Missouri shows that increasing trust in neighbors is associated with better self-reported health.

“I examined the idea of ‘relative position,’ or where one fits into the income distribution in their local community, as it applies to both trust of neighbors and self-rated health,” said Eileen Bjornstrom, an assistant professor of sociology in the MU College of Arts and Science. “Because human beings engage in interpersonal comparisons in order to gauge individual characteristics, it has been suggested that a low relative position, or feeling that you are below another person financially, leads to stress and negative emotions such as shame, hostility and distrust, and that health suffers as a consequence. While most people aren’t aware of how trust impacts them, results indicated that trust was a factor in a person’s overall health.” (more…)

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