A lost boy and a father’s search: how Microsoft technology helped solve a four-year mystery
On a hot morning in June 2012, Junxiu Wang and his son awoke in the city of Guangzhou, northwest of Hong Kong, and started their day. (more…)
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Cool Roofs in China Offer Enhanced Benefits During Heat Waves
New Berkeley Lab study uses regional climate model to compare heat waves to normal summer conditions.
It is well established that white roofs can help mitigate the urban heat island effect, reflecting the sun’s energy back into space and reducing a city’s temperature under normal weather conditions. In a new study of Guangzhou, China, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) researchers working with Chinese scientists found that during a heat wave, the effect is significantly more pronounced. (more…)
Breaking Dengue Fever
Like malaria, dengue fever is an infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes. Unlike malaria, there is no vaccine for it. As many as 100 million people contract dengue each year, but MSU researcher Zhiyong Xi is working to change that.
Among the estimated 2.5 billion people at risk for dengue, more than 70 percent live in Asia Pacific countries, which spurred Xi to establish a collaborative research institute at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. (more…)
Internet addiction and ‚self-harming‘
A recent study published on Injury Prevention, a journal for health professionals and others in injury prevention, shows a distinct association between internet addiction and self injurious behavior among the adolescents.