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Die Revolution des Kleinen Prinzen

Parteichef Xi Jinping hat zehn Jahre Zeit, seine ehrgeizigen Reformziele zu verwirklichen. Zum Wohl Chinas und der Welt.

Kaum vom 3. Plenum des 18. Zentralkomitees der KP im November verabschiedet, nehmen die chinesischen Reformen langsam Gestalt an. Chinesische Kommentatoren vergleichen schon jetzt 3/18 mit 3/11. Hinter den in China beliebten Kurzformeln verbirgt sich stets Wichtiges. Am 3. Plenum des 11. Parteitages nämlich setzte im Dezember 1978 der grosse Revolutionär und Reformer Deng Xiaoping die Wirtschafts-Reform in Bewegung. Dies nach dreissig Jahren Maoismus, einer grossen Hungersnot 1958-69 (45 Millionen Tote), der Katastrophe der Grossen Proletarischen Kulturrevolution 1966-76, nach einer Zeit allgemeiner, kollektivierter und egalitärer Armut. Der Rest ist Geschichte. (more…)

The Era of Neutrino Astronomy has Begun

Science

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Astrophysicists using a telescope embedded in Antarctic ice have succeeded in a quest to detect and record the mysterious phenomena known as cosmic neutrinos – nearly massless particles that stream to Earth at the speed of light from outside our solar system, striking the surface in a burst of energy that can be as powerful as a baseball pitcher’s fastball. Next, they hope to build on the early success of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory to detect the source of these high-energy particles, said Physics Professor Gregory Sullivan, who led the University of Maryland’s 12-person team of contributors to the IceCube Collaboration.

“The era of neutrino astronomy has begun,” Sullivan said as the IceCube Collaboration announced the observation of 28 very high-energy particle events that constitute the first solid evidence for astrophysical neutrinos from cosmic sources. (more…)

Dreyfus Award

Science

UD’s Rosenthal receives postdoctoral award in environmental chemistry

Chemist Joel Rosenthal, whose work in renewable energy focuses on the use of solar energy to convert carbon dioxide into synthetic liquid fuels, has been awarded a highly competitive grant to add a postdoctoral researcher to his lab. (more…)

‘Tiger stripes’ underneath Antarctic glaciers slow the flow

Environment

Narrow stripes of dirt and rock beneath massive Antarctic glaciers create friction zones that slow the flow of ice toward the sea, researchers at Princeton University and the British Antarctic Survey have found. Understanding how these high-friction regions form and subside could help researchers understand how the flow of these glaciers responds to a warming climate. (more…)

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Kampf gegen Vogelmord in Ägypten erreicht die Zielgerade

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29. November 2013 – Im November flaut der Herbstzug der Vögel durch Ägypten langsam wieder ab. Die Zugvögel, die es bis in ihre Winterquartiere südlich der Sahara geschafft haben, können sich glücklich schätzen. Leider müssen wir davon ausgehen, dass auch in diesem Herbst Millionen von Vögeln, darunter seltene und gefährdete Arten, in den Fangnetzen entlang der gesamten ägyptischen Mittelmeerküste verendet und auf dem Grill gelandet sind. (more…)

Is There Really a Giant Island of Plastic in the Pacific Ocean?

Environment

Make no mistake about it: plastic waste is a huge problem and one that has been posing a very serious threat to our oceans for decades. What’s worse is that there hasn’t been any real strides made into solving the problem; while recycling and better waste disposal are on the up, so is our rate of plastic consumption. Around the world, we still only recycle around 1% of our unwanted plastic – an alarming amount of the remained ends up in landfill, and a depressing 10% of it ends up in the world’s oceans. (more…)

Do Black Holes Come in Size Medium?

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Black holes can be petite, with masses only about 10 times that of our sun — or monstrous, boasting the equivalent in mass up to 10 billion suns. Do black holes also come in size medium? NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is busy scrutinizing a class of black holes that may fall into the proposed medium-sized category.

“Exactly how intermediate-sized black holes would form remains an open issue,” said Dominic Walton of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. “Some theories suggest they could form in rich, dense clusters of stars through repeated mergers, but there are a lot of questions left to be answered.” (more…)

FDA-approved immune-modulating drug unexpectedly benefits mice with fatal mitochondrial defect

Health

The transplant anti-rejection drug rapamycin showed unexpected benefits in a mouse model of a fatal defect in the energy powerhouses of cells, the mitochondria. Children with the condition, Leigh syndrome, show progressive brain damage, muscle weakness, lack of coordination or muscle control, and weight loss, and usually succumb to respiratory failure. (more…)