Scientists use light to prick acupuncture mystery

Chinese scientists are trying to solve the mystery of #acupuncture points of using the country's most expensive ever science project, a light-emitting synchrotron. The Shanghai-based synchrotron, which uses super-powerful X-rays to resolve the structure of matter down to the level of atoms, has detected evidence that acupuncture points differ from other parts of the body (source: People's Daily Online).