Posts Tagged ‘China’
Did China’s agriculture sprout in Ice Age?
STANFORD (US) — The discovery of grinding stones pushes the origins of agriculture in China back 12,000 years, and suggests it evolved independently around the world. Continue…
Monday, May 6, 2013 12:15 - 1 Comment
Society & Culture - Apr 29, 2013 10:55 - 0 Comments
Business will likely boom for livestock producers
PURDUE (US) — Stalled demand for ethanol and growing demand for meat in developing countries should boost the livestock industry, a new study predicts. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 4, 2013 10:09 - 4 Comments
Chinese herbs help cut diabetes symptoms
U. QUEENSLAND (AUS) — Conventional drugs to treat type 2 diabetes are significantly more effective when paired with traditional Chinese medicine, new research finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 3, 2013 13:11 - 3 Comments
Target ‘mental defeat’ to treat chronic pain
U. WARWICK (UK) — Healthcare workers should be on the alert for signs of mental defeat in chronic pain patients as it can increase risks of depression and anxiety, research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 1, 2013 12:39 - 0 Comments
Healthy habits keep adults from shrinking
USC (US) — Even if you didn’t eat your veggies or drink your milk as a child, you do have some control over your height as you age, research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 28, 2013 8:32 - 0 Comments
Bias against girls can start in the womb
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Women in India and other male-dominated societies are more likely to get prenatal care when pregnant with boys, new research reveals. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 26, 2013 8:14 - 0 Comments
Holey skulls hint at early human inbreeding
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS — Skulls with telltale signs of inbreeding raise new questions about early human culture and population stability, researchers say. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 13, 2013 12:50 - 0 Comments
In China, social media censors are quick
RICE (US) — The operator of a Twitter-like social media site in China tracks individual users and key topics, managing to delete 90 percent of offending posts within 24 hours, new research shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 1, 2013 14:55 - 0 Comments
In China, nitrogen leaves pollution haze
STANFORD (US) — In China, the amount of nitrogen from industry, cars, and fertilizer that fell on land and in water increased by 60 percent each year from 1980 to 2010, a new study reports. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 7, 2013 17:36 - 6 Comments
Chinese college kids less tied to social media
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — “Me-first” culture in the US and a “collective-good” mentality in China show up in how each country uses social networking sites, according to a new study. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 30, 2013 17:37 - 1 Comment
Disasters put kids’ altruism to the test
U. CHICAGO (US) / U. TORONTO (CAN) — Natural disasters prompt older children to be more giving, but have the opposite effect on younger kids, who tend to become more selfish. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 29, 2013 15:46 - 3 Comments
China’s indoor air raises cancer risk for women
U. BUFFALO (US) — Breathing indoor air in some Chinese cities carries significant cancer risks, especially for women, new research shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 16, 2013 12:59 - 3 Comments
To lower emissions, give US coal to China?
STANFORD (US) — Exporting coal from the western US to China could actually lower overall greenhouse gas emissions, an energy economist argues. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 15, 2013 11:11 - 0 Comments
Without siblings, China’s kids may fear risk
MONASH U. / U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — People who grew up under China’s One Child Policy are less trusting and more risk-averse than those who were born before the law, new research shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 13, 2012 11:21 - 0 Comments
For pandas, bamboo buffet may run short
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — China’s endangered wild pandas need bamboo to survive, but models show that climate change may kill it off in swaths. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 11, 2012 12:57 - 3 Comments
‘Missing link’ fossil preserves oldest brain
U. ARIZONA (US) — An extinct arthropod’s fossil reveals that anatomically complex brains evolved earlier than previously thought and have changed little over the course of evolution. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 5, 2012 9:43 - 2 Comments
Why quake forecast maps often fail
U. MISSOURI / NORTHWESTERN (US) — Three of the largest and deadliest earthquakes in recent history occurred where earthquake hazard maps didn’t predict massive quakes, scientists say. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 21, 2012 10:45 - 0 Comments
Study: Shanghai most vulnerable to flooding
U. LEEDS (UK) — Of nine coastal cities around the world, Shanghai appears to be the most vulnerable to serious flooding, reports a new study that finds European cities to be the most resilient. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 16, 2012 13:25 - 0 Comments
Tibetan Plateau peaks began uplift earlier
PENN STATE (US) — The high topography on the Tibetan Plateau in Sichuan, China, is much older than previously thought, say geologists. (more…)
