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Deep heat solution to 500-million year mystery
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2008 |
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Scientists from the universities of Leicester and Cambridge and from the British Geological Survey have published new research in the journal Geology this month (November) shedding new light on a 500-million year old myster ...
Oldest Australian crayfish fossils provide missing evolutionary link
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Crayfish body fossils and burrows discovered in Victoria, Australia, have provided the first physical evidence that crayfish existed on the continent as far back as the Mesozoic Era, says Emory University paleontologist Anthony ...
Down Under dinosaur burrow discovery provides climate change clues (w/ Video)
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 10, 2009 |
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On the heels of his discovery in Montana of the first trace fossil of a dinosaur burrow, Emory University paleontologist Anthony Martin has found evidence of more dinosaur burrows - this time on the other ...
Canada's shores saved animals from devastating climate change 252 million years ago
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 01, 2008 |
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The shorelines of ancient Alberta, British Columbia and the Canadian Arctic were an important refuge for some of the world's earliest animals, most of which were wiped out by a mysterious global extinction event some 252 ...
Trace elements unbalanced in dialysis patients
May 19, 2009 |
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Abnormal levels of trace elements may explain dialysis morbidity. A systematic review published in the open access journal BMC Medicine has shown that, compared to healthy controls, dialysis patients have significantly differ ...
Climate Change Triggered Dwarfism in Soil-Dwelling Creatures of the Past
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ancient soil-inhabiting creatures decreased in body size by nearly half in response to a period of boosted carbon dioxide levels and higher temperatures, scientists have discovered.
Software tool helps Web developers identify seizure-causing content
Jul 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1997, an episode of the popular Pokemon cartoon gained worldwide attention when more than 800 Japanese children with photosensitive seizure conditions were admitted to the hospital after viewing the cartoon ...
Darwin's Dinobird Fossil Analyzed at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A keystone of evolutionary history, the Thermopolis Archaeopteryx fossil, has come to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to undergo a revolutionary ...
Geologists solve ancient mystery
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 19, 2008 |
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Geologists at the University of Leicester have solved a puzzle found in rocks half a billion years old.
Small fossils provide key clues for interpreting environmental changes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 23, 2009 |
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The Micropalaeontology team at the Department of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology at the University of the Basque Country (Spain) is working on the study of microfossils under the direction of Mr Julio Rodríguez ...
New NIST trace explosives standard slated for homeland security duty
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Security personnel need to be able to find explosive materials and persons who have been in contact with them. To aid such searches, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, with support from the ...
Researchers uncover world's oldest fossil impression of a flying insect
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 14, 2008 |
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While paleontologists may scour remote, exotic places in search of prehistoric specimens, Tufts researchers have found what they believe to be the world's oldest whole-body fossil impression of a flying insect in a wooded ...
Oldest Complex Organic Molecules Found in Ancient Fossils
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 25, 2006 |
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Ohio State University geologists have isolated complex organic molecules from 350-million-year-old fossil sea creatures -- the oldest such molecules yet found. The molecules may have functioned as pigments, ...
New study shows shallow water corals evolved from deep sea ancestors
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Jun 18, 2008 |
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New research shows that the second most diverse group of hard corals first evolved in the deep sea, and not in shallow waters. Stylasterids, or lace corals, diversified in deep waters before launching at least three successful ...
New studies reveal surprises about deep sea corals and their past
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 14, 2008 |
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New research shows that the second most diverse group of hard corals first evolved in the deep sea, and not in shallow waters. Stylasterids, or lace corals, diversified in deep waters before launching at least ...
