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Archaeology Feb 21, 2024

Neanderthals' usage of complex adhesives reveals higher cognitive abilities, scientists discover

Neanderthals created stone tools held together by a multi-component adhesive, a team of scientists has discovered. Its findings, which are the earliest evidence of a complex adhesive in Europe, suggest these predecessors ...

General Physics Nov 27, 2023

Experiment shows how water-filled channels crisscrossing multi-crystal ice lead to fractures

A combined team of materials scientists and engineers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and Yale University, has shown via lab experiment, how water-filled channels crisscrossing multi-crystal ice can lead to ...

Environment May 1, 2023

Low-income areas shown to experience hotter temperatures in L.A. county

In recent years, the Los Angeles region—home to 9.8 million people—has experienced record-breaking heat waves and steadily increasing average temperatures due to climate change. While climate change is a global problem, ...

Environment Oct 21, 2022

Advanced recycling: Plastic crisis solution or distraction?

The plastics industry says there is a way to help solve the crisis of plastic waste plaguing the planet's oceans, beaches and lands— recycle it, chemically.

Earth Sciences Sep 8, 2022

Digging a little deeper: New study explores the nanoscale properties of the Gulong shale oil reservoir

Shale oil, a type of crude oil similar to petroleum, is found between layers of organic-rich shale. It can be refined into petrol, diesel, and other products, making it a sought-after resource. The Qingshankou Formation in ...

Environment Jul 6, 2022

Cities need to embrace green innovation now to cut heat deaths in the future

In late June 2021, North America's most severe heat wave in history hit British Columbia and the U.S. Pacific Northwest. In many areas, temperatures soared above 40 C, 15 C hotter than the normal average high. Although other ...

Optics & Photonics Sep 27, 2021

Remote infrared radiation technology measures thickness of ice on prawns

DTU and Royal Greenland have collaborated on a new technology that can measure the thickness of the ice glaze on frozen prawns. This is important to know so that the prawns stay fresh and consumers get the right quantity ...

Earth Sciences Sep 20, 2021

Harnessing drones, geophysics and artificial intelligence to root out land mines

Armed with a newly minted undergraduate degree in geology, Jasper Baur is in the mining business. Not those mines where we extract metals or minerals; the kind that kill and maim thousands of people every year. Baur and colleagues ...

Materials Science Sep 25, 2020

Scientists offer companies a novel chemistry for greener polyurethane

Without it, the world might be a little less soft and a little less warm. Our recreational clothing might shed less water. The insoles in our sneakers might not provide the same therapeutic arch support. The wood grain in ...

Environment Jun 11, 2020

Coal-tar-sealant major source of PAH contamination in Great Lakes tributaries

Runoff from pavement with coal-tar-based sealant is the most likely primary source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, found in the majority of streambed sediments of Great Lakes tributaries, according to a study ...

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