苹果有益健康

别走神!这个可不是乔教主的那个苹果。香港中文大学的科学家在《农业与食品化学杂志》上发表报告，证明苹果中的一种抗氧化物质能延长果蝇的平均寿命约10％。研究人员称，自由基会引起氧化性损伤，会与衰老和一些疾病有关（去年的一项研究质疑了自由基衰老理论）。     

兰州盆地石膏g=2.004峰平均寿命的估算

用热活化技术 ,对兰州盆地庄浪河剖面野狐城组地层中石膏样品的g=2.004峰ESR信号进行了平均寿命的估算。实验结果表明 ,一级动力学方程可能不适于g=2.004峰ESR信号平均寿命的估算。研究中采用几种方法估算了g=2.004峰ESR信号平均寿命 ,并进行了比较。用双二级动力学双活化能模式估算石膏g=2.004峰ESR信号在20℃时平均寿命为2.22×108a。     

Mean properties of mesoscale eddies in the Kuroshio recirculation region

Using a 19-year altimetric dataset, the mean properties and spatiotemporal variations of eddies in the Kuroshio recirculation region are examined. A total of 2 001 cyclonic tracks and 1 847 anticyclonic tracks were identifi ed using a geometry-based eddy detection method. The mean radius was 57 km for cyclonic eddies and was 61 km for anticyclonic eddies, respectively, and the mean lifetime was about 10 weeks for both type eddies. There were asymmetric spatial distributions for eddy generation and eddy termination, which were domain-dependent. Mean eddy generation rates were 2.0 per week for cyclonic eddies and were 1.9 per week for anticyclonic eddies. Both type eddies tended to deform during their lifetime and had different propagation characteristics, which mainly propagated westward and southwestward with velocities 4.0–9.9 cm/s, in the Kuroshio recirculation region. Further discussion illustrates that the eddy westward speed maybe infl uenced by the combined effect of vertical shear of horizontal currents and nonlinearity of eddy. To better understand the evolution of eddy tracks, a total of 134 long-lived tracks(lifetime ≥20 weeks) were examined. Comparison between short-span eddies(lifetime ≥4 weeks and 20 weeks) and long-lived eddies is also conducted and the result shows that the short-span and long-lived eddies have similar time evolution. Finally, eddy seasonal variations and interannual changes are discussed. Correlation analysis shows that eddy activity is sensitive to the wind stress curl and meridional gradient of sea surface temperature on interannual timescales. Besides, the strength and orientation of background fl ows also have impacts on the eddy genesis.     

“长寿之乡”——如皋解密

2000年，江苏如皋市和广西巴马、湖北钟祥、四川乐山、新疆克拉玛依、辽宁兴隆一起被中国人口监测中心列为中国六大“长寿之乡”。今年初的统计发现，如皋现有人口约145万，其中百岁以上的老人235人，90岁以上的4000多人，80岁以上的超过4万；全市人口平均寿命75．59岁，分别高于全国、世界平均寿命4．59岁、9．59岁。同时，目前世界上其他长寿地区均位于高寒地带和偏僻山区，如皋是唯一处于平原的“长寿之乡”。