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Researchers find Highland East Asian origin for prehistoric Himalayan populations
In a collaborative study by the University of Oklahoma, University of Chicago, University of California, Merced, and Uppsala University, researchers conduct the first ancient DNA investigation of the Himalayan arc, generating genomic data for eight individuals ranging in time from … Continue reading
Researchers Discover Bacteria That Produces Pure Gold
Bacteria eats poison, poops out gold The gold you see in the photo above was not found in a river or a mine. It was produced by a bacteria that, according to researchers at Michigan State University, can survive in … Continue reading
Making magma helps researchers understand volcanoes
The best way to figure out how something is made is to take it apart and put it back together again. That is what Jessica Larsen and her students do at the Geophysical Institute’s Petrology Lab in order to understand … Continue reading
Shallow earthquakes, deeper tremors along southern San Andreas fault compared by researchers
Crustal structure and tectonics from the Los Angeles basin to the Mojave Desert, southern California Seismologists working along California’s San Andreas Fault near Cholame and Parkfield now have a better idea of how and where friction changes along the fault … Continue reading
Researchers find evidence of cavity-dwelling microbial life from 3 billion years ago
Raman micro-spectroscopy. A, B: Thin section photomicrographs (left) and corresponding Raman intensity maps (right) of the silicified cavities showing the downward-oriented accretion and the kerogenous composition of the dark laminae. Red colors indicate kerogen-rich areas. C: Representative first-order Raman spectrum … Continue reading
Triceratops gets a cousin: Researchers identify another horned dinosaur species
Researchers have described a new species of plant-eating dinosaur, Hualianceratops wucaiwanensis, that stood on its hind feet and was about the size of a spaniel. It is similar in age to the oldest-known member of the ‘horned dinosaurs,’ Yinlong downsi, … Continue reading
Triceratops gets a cousin: Researchers identify another horned dinosaur species
The Ceratopsia family is growing again. Researchers have described a new species of plant-eating dinosaur, Hualianceratops wucaiwanensis, that stood on its hind feet and was about the size of a spaniel. It is similar in age to the oldest-known member … Continue reading
Researchers confirm original blood vessels in 80 million-year-old fossil
Researchers from North Carolina State University have confirmed that blood vessel-like structures found in an 80 million-year-old hadrosaur fossil are original to the animal, and not biofilm or other contaminants. Their findings add to the growing body of evidence that … Continue reading
Researchers describe new North Pacific fossil whale
A new species of fossil baleen whale that lived in the North Pacific Ocean 30 to 33 million years ago has been described by researchers from New Zealand’s University of Otago. read more (e) Science News – Paleontology & Archaeology
Researchers ID pigment from fossils, revealing color of extinct animals
Scientists from Virginia Tech and the University of Bristol have revealed how pigment can be detected in mammal fossils, a discovery that may end the guesswork in determining the colors of extinct species. read more (e) Science News – Paleontology … Continue reading