News tagged with bone fragments
Research team finds evidence of red ochre use by Neanderthals 200,000 years ago
(PhysOrg.com) -- Until recently, archeologists have thought of Neanderthals, an early relative of humans, as thick, slow thinking and likely uncreative. Now, new evidence dispels part of that image. Archeologists ...
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Jan 24, 2012 |
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Smart materials that get bone to heal
Bone tissue is very good at self-healing, but in many situations the natural healing process is not sufficient. In a dissertation at Uppsala University, Sonya Piskounova shows how functional materials that ...
Nov 04, 2011 |
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Study finds that ultrasonic instrument may be helpful for rhinoplasty
The ultrasonic bone aspirator, which uses sound waves to remove bone without damage to surrounding soft tissue or mucous membranes, may be a useful tool for surgeons performing cosmetic rhinoplasty (cosmetic surgery of the ...
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Vaccine linked to 'bleeding calf syndrome'
Bleeding calf syndrome (bovine neonatal pancytopenia or BNP) affects new born calves resulting in low blood cell counts and depletion of the bone marrow. It first emerged in 2007 and a serious number of cases are reported ...
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Scientists reveal a first in Ice Age art
Researchers from the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Florida have announced the discovery of a bone fragment, approximately 13,000 years old, in Florida with an incised image ...
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Jun 21, 2011 |
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Old dog, new tricks: Study IDs 9,400-year-old mutt
Nearly 10,000 years ago, man's best friend provided protection and companionship - and an occasional meal. That's what researchers are saying after finding a bone fragment from what they are calling the earliest ...
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Jan 19, 2011 |
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Husband: Giffords smiled and gave him neck rub
(AP) -- The husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says his wife's condition has improved so much that she has been able to smile and give him a neck rub as he has kept a near-constant vigil at her hospital bedside.
Jan 17, 2011 |
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Calif. utility stumbles on 1.4M years old fossils
(AP) -- A utility company preparing to build a new substation in an arid canyon southeast of Los Angeles has stumbled on a trove of animal fossils dating back 1.4 million years that researchers say will fill in blanks in ...
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Sep 21, 2010 |
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Archaeologists Find Oldest Paintings of Apostles in Roman Catacombs
The earliest known icons of the Apostles Peter and Paul have been discovered in a catacomb under an eight-story modern office building in a working-class neighborhood of Rome, Vatican officials said Tuesday.
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Jun 23, 2010 |
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Podcast: Tiny sea creature and a new medical adhesive
Scientists questing after a long-sought new medical adhesive describe copying the natural glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm in the latest episode in the American Chemical Society's ...
Oct 27, 2009 |
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New Test Results Deepen Mystery Surrounding Explorer Everett Ruess
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Colorado at Boulder analysis of a skeleton found in Utah that initially indicated the remains were likely that of Southwest artist and poet Everett Ruess, who mysteriously disappeared in the ...
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Oct 22, 2009 |
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Ancient well, and body, found in Cyprus
(AP) -- Archaeologists have discovered a water well in Cyprus that was built as long as 10,500 years ago, and the skeleton of a young woman at the bottom of it, an official said Wednesday.
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Jun 24, 2009 |
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Researchers publish DNA identification of czar's children
Cutting edge science has finally put to rest a 90-year-old mystery that involved nobility, revolution, murder and the long-romanticized story of a child's escape from the firing squad. Genomic analysis performed at the University ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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