Autism study shows lasting benefits of early interaction
A year-long training programme to help parents communicate with their very young autistic children reduced symptoms of the disorder up to six years later, according to a follow-up analysis released today. Children were less impaired in their ability to communicate, and less likely to show repetitive behaviour, one of the telltale signs of the disorder. They did not, however, show improvements in language skills or reduced anxiety,...
NASA Begins Study of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
A NASA airborne mission designed to transform our understanding of Earth’s valuable and ecologically sensitive coral reefs has set up shop in Australia for a two-month investigation of the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest reef ecosystem. At a media briefing today at Cairns Airport in North Queensland, Australia, scientists from NASA’s COral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) mission and their Australian...
Breakthrough Drug May Help Reduce Symptoms Of Severe Asthma
The first asthma drug in 20 years designed to reduce the severity of the condition has been hailed as a “game-changer” by experts in the United Kingdom. Researchers from the University of Leicester discovered that the new drug called Fevipiprant can lessen the symptoms — such as inflammation — in patients. The new pill offers “massive” hope for the more than 5 million asthma sufferers in the country, experts...
South Korea to conduct feasibility study on port project in Egypt
South Korea will conduct a feasibility study on redeveloping the historic port city of Alexandria in Egypt, the Korean maritime affairs ministry here said on Wednesday (July 27). The research will be into the technical feasibility of the development of the Egyptian seaport, along with detailed plans to raise funds, according to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries. Alexandria, on the Nile Delta, is one of the oldest seaports in world...
DNA analyses reveal genetic identities of world’s first farmers
Conducting the first large-scale, genome-wide analyses of ancient human remains from the Near East, an international team led by Harvard Medical School has illuminated the genetic identities and population dynamics of the world’s first farmers. The study reveals three genetically distinct farming populations living in the Near East at the dawn of agriculture 12,000 to 8,000 years ago: two newly described groups in Iran and the...
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