News tagged with heritage science
Leading edge facility to strip history bare
Feb 15, 2009 |
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A new facility opening later this year at the Diamond synchrotron is set to revolutionise world heritage science. A new research platform soon to be available at the leading UK science facility, Diamond Light ...
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Probing Question: What is a heritage turkey?
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Over 45 million turkeys are eaten by Americans each Thanksgiving, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Hunters provide some -- last autumn, about 24,000 wild turkeys were harvested ...
Did India invent the nose job?
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 29, 2009 |
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An Indian doctor working in 600 B.C. might have been the world's first plastic surgeon, according to a new exhibition that challenges Western domination of the history of science and technology.
Giant Skull of 12m Pliosaur 'Sea Monster' Unearthed in England
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 27, 2009 |
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The fossilised skull of a pliosaur, the largest marine reptile that ever lived, has been discovered along the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.
Hubble's Celestial Landscape
Oct 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The landmark 10th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's Hubble Heritage Project is being celebrated with a "landscape" image from the cosmos. Cutting across a nearby star-forming region ...
Unique study isolates DNA from Linnaeus' botanical collections
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Uppsala University has succeeded in extracting long DNA fragments from dried, pressed plant material collected in the 1700s by Linnaeus' apprentice Adam Afzelius. It is hoped ...
Ancient cultures a click away
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Portals used to launch you, Stargate-style, to bizarre places brought to life by science fiction writers. Today, thanks to European research, portals can take you to fascinating virtual destinations - both ...
I feel like a different person
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Scientists have long been interested in the interplay of emotions and identity, and some have recently focused on cultural identity. One's heritage would seem to be especially stable and impervious to change, simply because ...
Spectacular Photo-op on Saturn
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2009 |
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Something is about to happen on Saturn that's so pretty, even Hubble will pause to take a look.
Computer identifies authentic Van Gogh
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dutch researcher Igor Berezhnoy has developed computer algorithms to support art historians and other art experts in their visual assessment of paintings. His digital technology is capable ...
Gaia star mapper to lift off from Europe's Spaceport on a Soyuz launcher
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Gaia, ESA's next-generation star mapper, will be carried into space by a Soyuz-STB/Fregat launch vehicle from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. David Southwood, ESA's Director of Science ...
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