Study: Revolutionary new method for dating pottery sheds new light on prehistoric past

Study: Revolutionary new method for dating pottery sheds new light on prehistoric past

A team at the University of Bristol has developed a new method of dating pottery which is allowing archaeologists to date prehistoric finds from...
Report: Dinosaur 'Easter eggs' reveal their secrets in 3D thanks to X-rays

Report: Dinosaur ‘Easter eggs’ reveal their secrets in 3D thanks to X-rays

An international team of scientists led by the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, has been able to reconstruct, in the smallest details,...
Study reveals surprising complexity of ancient ostrich egg trade

Study reveals surprising complexity of ancient ostrich egg trade

An international team of specialists, led by the University of Bristol, is closer to cracking a 5,000-year-old mystery surrounding the ancient trade and production...
Scientists revisit Hubble's breathtaking Pillars of Creation photo

Scientists revisit Hubble’s breathtaking Pillars of Creation photo

Human eyes can see only a small portion of the range of radiation given off by the objects around us. We call this wide...
Madiha Choksi using 3D printing to produce PPE for fight coronavirus

Madiha Choksi using 3D printing to produce PPE for fight coronavirus

In response to the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) as hospitals and clinics scramble to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, librarians at Columbia...
Study: New sonar still deters sperm whales feeding

Study: New sonar still deters sperm whales feeding

New sonar technology is as disruptive to sperm whales as existing sonar technology, according to new research led by the University of St Andrews. While...
Report: New mapping of the giant planet's upper atmosphere reveals likely reason why it's so hot

Report: New mapping of the giant planet’s upper atmosphere reveals likely reason why it’s...

The upper layers in the atmospheres of gas giants -- Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune -- are hot, just like Earth's. But unlike Earth,...
Researchers one step closer to understanding the mystery of matter in the universe

Researchers one step closer to understanding the mystery of matter in the universe

Scientists at the University of Sussex have measured a property of the neutron -- a fundamental particle in the universe -- more precisely than...
Report: When three species of human ancestor walked the Earth

Report: When three species of human ancestor walked the Earth

An international team, including Arizona State University researcher Gary Schwartz, have unearthed the earliest known skull of Homo erectus, the first of our ancestors...
Report: The Milky Way's satellites help reveal link between dark matter halos and galaxy formation

Report: The Milky Way’s satellites help reveal link between dark matter halos and galaxy...

Just as the sun has planets and the planets have moons, our galaxy has satellite galaxies, and some of those might have smaller satellite...

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