http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Chinese scientists today reveal the discovery of five remarkable new feathered dinosaur fossils which are significantly older than any previously reported. The new finds are indisputably older than Archaeopteryx, the oldest known bird, at last providing hard evidence that birds evolved from dinosaurs. http://www.physorg.com/news173079035.html Other Sciences Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:31:08 EST news173079035 Chicken feathers, usually an unwanted byproduct of poultry processing, may have a more valuable future as an ingredient in biodegradable flower pots, according to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist. http://www.physorg.com/news171732486.html Chemistry Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:00:01 EST news171732486 Scientists in Nevada are reporting development of a new and environmentally friendly process for producing biodiesel fuel from "chicken feather meal," made from the 11 billion pounds of poultry industry waste that accumulate annually in the United States alone. Their study is scheduled for the July 22 issue of ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. http://www.physorg.com/news167478695.html Chemistry Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:00:07 EST news167478695 A new study finds that a change in a single gene has sent two closely related bird populations on their way to becoming two distinct species. The study, published in the August issue of the American Naturalist, is one of only a few to investigate the specific genetic changes that drive two populations toward speciation. http://www.physorg.com/news166787176.html Biology Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:46:49 EST news166787176 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have performed the first DNA-based reconstruction of the giant extinct moa bird, using prehistoric feathers recovered from caves and rock shelters in New Zealand. http://www.physorg.com/news165554733.html Biology Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:00:01 EST news165554733 The long tails sported by many male birds in the tropics look like they're a drag to carry around and a distinct disadvantage when fleeing predators, but experiments by University of California, Berkeley, biologists shows that they exact only a minimal cost in speed or energy - at least in hummingbirds. http://www.physorg.com/news156075588.html Biology Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:20:10 EST news156075588 In the future, you may snuggle up in warm, cozy sweats made of chicken feathers or jeans made of wheat, enjoying comfortable, durable new fabrics that are "green" and environmentally friendly. Researchers in Australia are reporting that new advances are paving the way for such exotic new materials - made from agricultural waste or byproducts - to hit store shelves as environmentally-friendly alternatives to the estimated 38 million tons of synthetic fabrics produced worldwide each year. http://www.physorg.com/news150999956.html Chemistry Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:25:56 EST news150999956 (PhysOrg.com) -- Material scientists at The University of Manchester are causing a festive flap after developing a way of making Christmas wrapping paper - from TURKEY FEATHERS. http://www.physorg.com/news149189480.html Technology Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:31:20 EST news149189480 Some years ago, within the Department of Conservation Biology of the Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Seville, Spain), a recently established group (colloquially named the Night Ecology Group) started to explore the possibility of visual communication in crepuscular and nocturnal birds. http://www.physorg.com/news138434878.html Biology Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:07:58 EST news138434878 The traces of organic material found in fossil feathers are remnants of pigments that once gave birds their color, according to Yale scientists whose paper in Biology Letters opens up the potential to depict the original coloration of fossilized birds and their ancestors, the dinosaurs. http://www.physorg.com/news134797908.html Biology Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:51:48 EST news134797908