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4 days ago
Dozens of 3-toed dinosaurs leave their mark in Queensland
A University of Queensland researcher has confirmed a boulder at a regional school contains one of the highest concentrations of dinosaur...


4 days ago
Innovative ancient burial site found to be older than Stonehenge
Flagstones enclosure seen shortly after construction in the middle Neolithic period. Reconstruction by Jennie Anderson New research...

Mar 9
Identifying the preserved network of irrigation canals in the Eridu region, southern Mesopotamia
The Eridu region in southern Mesopotamia was occupied from the sixth until the early first millennium BC, and its archaeological...

Mar 8
World’s oldest impact crater found, rewriting Earth’s ancient history
Curtin University researchers have discovered the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our...

Mar 2
International Geneva celebrates the International Year of Quantum
Panel including representatives of permanent missions in Geneva (Italy, Mexico, Kenya, Vanuatu, Slovenia, India and the Kingdom of Saudi...


Feb 28
Clues of advanced ancient technology found in the Philippines and Island Southeast Asia
The ancient peoples of the Philippines and of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) may have built sophisticated boats and mastered seafaring tens...

Feb 24
Study reveals Arabia's rainfall was five times more extreme 400 years ago
Situated at more than one mile water depth, the NEOM brine pools host an unrivaled 2,000-year recordof rainfall and flashfloods in...

Feb 23
Iberian nailed head ritual was more complex than expected
One of the severed heads found at Ullastret. © MAC-Ullastret a De Prado, 2015 A study led by the UAB at the sites of Puig Castellar and...

Feb 20
VUB researcher finds hand axes possibly one and a half million years old in Iraqi desert
An Old Paleolithic hand axe (Photo Ella Egberts) Ella Egberts (VUB), Jaafar Jotheri (University of Al-Qadisiyah) and Andreas Nymark...


Feb 19
New practices of cultural cannibalism from 18,000 years ago discovered in Poland
An international team of researchers led by IPHES-CERCA and the CSIC has identified new conclusive evidence of cultural cannibalism...

Feb 9
Large coin find from Roman times in Bunnik
The Roman and British coins, Image: ©RMO In the autumn of 2023, 404 coins of silver and gold from the beginning of the era were found in...


Feb 2
MSU research: How race, socioeconomic status contribute to math education inequalities
There is a long-documented problem of inequalities in mathematics education across the United States and in other countries around the...

Feb 2
Archaeologists find ‘lost’ site depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry, showing King Harold riding to Bosham, where he attends church and feasts in a hall, The Society of Antiquaries of...


Jan 24
Float like a jellyfish: New coral mobility mechanisms uncovered
led by Dr Brett Lewis from the QUT School of Atmospheric and Earth Sciences and Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program , and published...


Jan 11
New Begonia Species Found in Guangxi
Begonia pingxiangensis (image by XI Houcheng) Begonia is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Begoniaceae, comprising more...


Dec 21, 2024
Westminster Abbey discovers link with Charlemagne
Comparison between Charlemagne’s burial shroud (left) and Henry III silk bag (right). The discovery has been revealed in the December...


Dec 15, 2024
Special needs children respond positively to new emotional literacy programme in new RCT
The aim of the programme is to help children cope with social and emotional problems and have better mental health. A randomised...


Dec 15, 2024
Covid-19 reduced sex offender behaviour – new study
According to researchers at the University of Birmingham, the amount of offending in night-time economy and outdoor settings dropped...


Dec 8, 2024
Ancient reptile with unique teeth found in Gloucestershire
Scientists have described a new species of procolophonid reptile The fossilised lizard was found in Cromhall Quarry, southwest England...


Dec 8, 2024
New evidence for the emergence and the rejection of the earliest state institutions uncovered in Iraq
Excavation site at Shakhi Kora. Copyright Sirwan Regional Project Excavations at an ancient Iraqi site called Shakhi Kora have revealed...


Dec 3, 2024
Researchers Cultivate New Variety of Edible Lily
The plant morphology of Zhongbai (image by NIEER) Recently, a new variety of edible lily, the "Zhongbai No. 1", bred by the Northwest...


Dec 1, 2024
Ingemmet presents 10-million-year-old crocodile fossil
The Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute (Ingemmet) within the framework of the III Symposium – I International Congress of...


Dec 1, 2024
Kuwaiti-Polish team discovers figurine, local pottery production, and environmental clues
Since 2009, Bahra 1 has been a focal point for archaeological research, a collaboration between Kuwait’s National Council of Culture,...


Dec 1, 2024
Number of people dying in poverty increases by 19% in four years
300 people dying in poverty every single day in the UK More than 1 in 5 of all people are dying in fuel poverty – including 110,000...


Dec 1, 2024
Loughborough lecturer says construction industry can learn from downfall of music-sharing giant
A Loughborough University lecturer believes the construction industry can learn from the downfall of a music-sharing platform more than...


Dec 1, 2024
Science Gateway’s mini accelerator is now taking data
Serge Mathot, CERN applied physicist, and Tessa Charles, accelerator physicist from ANSTO, performing the first experiment with the mini...


Dec 1, 2024
World-first project to develop portable particle accelerator for use in analysing cultural heritage sites
Dr Tessa Charles, Dr Serge Mathot, Dr Maxim Korostelev, Prof Jamie Hampson, and Dr Courtney Nimura The development of the world’s first...


Dec 1, 2024
Air fryers confirmed as least polluting cooking method
Cooking is a key source of indoor air pollution and, while plenty of research has been done to show the energy-efficiencies available...


Nov 30, 2024
New View of the “City Under the Ice”
In April 2024, NASA scientist Chad Greene flew aboard a Gulfstream III with a team of engineers, monitoring a radar instrument as it...


Nov 29, 2024
Researchers Reveal Reduction in Inequality of China's Food Consumption Carbon Footprints along with Economic Development
The assessment framework of food greenhouse gas footprints (Image by Prof. DENG Xiangzheng’s team) Humans have persistent food needs that...

Nov 29, 2024
Vehicle Collisions with Wildlife Increase During the Full Moon
Image: Rachel Barton and Tanner Konarik/Texas A&M Engineering The moon’s influence on our planet, culture and society goes beyond the...


Nov 28, 2024
Neem Seed Extract Improves Effectiveness of Pesticide
Image: Getty Images Pesticides can be made more effective and environmentally friendly by improving how they stick to plant surfaces,...


Nov 27, 2024
Ørsted Celebrates Commencement of the Mockingbird Solar Center and Completion of Land Donation to The Nature Conservancy
Ørsted, a leading developer of U.S. renewable energy, today celebrated the commencement of the Mockingbird Solar Center in Lamar County,...


Nov 19, 2024
USF professor confirms Egyptians drank hallucinogenic cocktails in ancient rituals
A University of South Florida professor found the first-ever physical evidence of hallucinogens in an Egyptian mug, validating written...


Nov 17, 2024
Science and poetry find common language in new conversation series
The first event in this series, held on April 17, 2024 at the University of Notre Dame, brought together a bioengineer and poet to...


Nov 14, 2024
Oldest depictions of fishing discovered
At the Ice Age site of Gönnersdorf near Neuwied am Rhein, researchers from the Archaeological Research Centre and Museum of Human...


Nov 14, 2024
Two species of starfish identified in an offering from the Palacio Quemado in the Tula Archaeological Zone
Nidorellia armata (Gray, 1840). Specimen of the National Collection of Echinoderms. Photo: C. Conejeros. In the pre-Hispanic world, the...


Nov 14, 2024
On the discovery of ceramic coins produced during the war
Discovered 1 sen ceramic coin A large number of ceramic coins manufactured by Shofu Industry Co., Ltd. (dissolved in Showa 42) during the...


Nov 14, 2024
Spectacular new fossil arthropod discovered preserved in fool’s gold
A team of researchers led by Associate Professor Luke Parry , Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, have unveiled a...


Nov 10, 2024
SCS Researcher Develops Metagenomic Profiling Method
Researchers at the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science and the University of Toronto have developed a new k-mer sketching...


Nov 10, 2024
Improving Air Quality Would Avoid 80,000 Vet Visits Every Year, Study Finds
New research conducted by Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy and the Grantham Research...


Nov 6, 2024
Collapse of Ming Dynasty Actually Began with Wanli Megadrought,Tree-ring Research Shows
Climate change has a profound impact on historical societal transformations. A recent study by Chinese researchers have found that the...


Nov 6, 2024
New Study Offers Refined Estimates of Permafrost Loss in High Mountain Asia Under Future Warming
A new study published in Geophysical Research Letters highlights the role of “equilibrium climate sensitivity” (ECS), a metric...

Oct 22, 2024
World's Smallest Dinosaur Egg Fossils Discovered in China
This undated file photo shows a new type of dinosaur egg fossils discovered in the city of Ganzhou, east China's Jiangxi Province....

Oct 22, 2024
Work to start on powerful new laser facility funded by public-private partnership
Construction activity will start this month on a powerful new laser research facility located on Colorado State University’s Foothills...

Sep 10, 2024
China's firm races to achieve nuclear fusion, seeks funds for world’s first fully HTS tokamak device
As a rough estimate, China could now be spending $1.5 billion each year on fusion — almost double what the US allocated this year.
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