News tagged with cave sponges
Voracious sponges save reef
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Jan 13, 2009 |
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Tropical oceans are known as the deserts of the sea. And yet this unlikely environment is the very place where the rich and fertile coral reef grows. Dutch researcher Jasper de Goeij investigated how caves in the coral reef ...
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Earliest evidence of our cave-dwelling human ancestors
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 19, 2008 |
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A research team led by Professor Michael Chazan, director of the University of Toronto's Archaeology Centre, has discovered the earliest evidence of our cave-dwelling human ancestors at the Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa.
Historic Italian cave may collapse
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May 01, 2008 |
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Archaeologists are warning a signature Stone Age cavern in southern Italy, called the Paglicci Cave, is in imminent danger of collapse.
Large sponges may be reattached to coral reefs
Apr 27, 2009 |
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April 27, 2009 - A new study appearing in Restoration Ecology describes a novel technique for reattaching large sponges that have been dislodged from coral reefs. The findings could be generally applied to the restoration of oth ...
New research touches a nerve
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Aug 20, 2008 |
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University of Queensland researchers have traced the origins of one of the most important steps in animal evolution – the development of nerves.
Researchers Study Cave's 'Breathing' for Better Climate Clues
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Arkansas researcher studying the way caves "breathe" is providing new insights into the process by which scientists study paleoclimates.
Cave bears from the Carpathians as omnivorous as modern bears
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Jan 07, 2008 |
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Rather than being gentle giants, new research reveals that Pleistocene cave bears, a species which became extinct 20,000 years ago, ate both plants and animals and competed for food with the other contemporary ...
Sea sponges busted by researchers
Mar 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to sex, sea sponges are certainly not monogamous. But, thanks to a project based at the Heron Island Research Station, UQ researchers will uncover whether the marine animals are partaking in ...
Researchers soak up stem cell potential
Jul 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite its seemingly simple appearance, the humble sea sponge could have the ability to advance stem cell research, according to scientists working at UQ's Heron Island Research Station and the St Lucia ...
Bacteria from sponges make new pharmaceuticals
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Sep 04, 2007 |
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Thousands of interesting new compounds have been discovered inside the bodies of marine sponges according to scientists speaking today at the Society for General Microbiology’s 161st Meeting at the University of Edinburgh, ...
Mould problem "stable" at Lascaux cave
Feb 26, 2009 |
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The problem of black fungus threatening world-famous prehistoric paintings at the Lascaux Cave in southwestern France is "stable," a scientist said on Thursday.
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