News tagged with microtomography
First studies of fossil of new human ancestor take place at the European Synchrotron
Palaeoanthropologist Prof. Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, has discovered a new species of early human ancestor in one of the best-preserved skeletons of an early hominid, dated arou ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 12, 2010 |
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X-rays create a window on glass formation: First ever visualization of how powder becomes molten glass
Scientists have for the first time visualised the transformation of powder mixtures into molten glass. A better understanding of this process will make it possible to produce high quality glass at lower temperatures, ...
Apr 16, 2012 |
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Researchers seek to understand the complexity of crumpled paper balls
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes the simplest of things become complicated and complex when looked at more closely. Gravity is but one example. Another is the mechanics involved in creating a crumpled ball from ...
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Visualizing the flow of molten rock through seabed mantle
New information about how most of the Earth’s crust formed has been uncovered by investigators who utilized the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory to obtain unprecedented, three-dimensional ...
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Jul 29, 2011 |
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Scientists looking to burst the superconductivity bubble
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bubbles are blocking the current path of one of the most promising high temperature superconducting materials, new research suggests.
May 16, 2011 |
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Movement without muscles
A group of scientists headed by Michael Nickel of Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) gives new answers to the question: Which cells in the sponges are contracting? They were able to show that the ...
May 12, 2011 |
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How the hummingbird's tongue really works (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ornithologists first put forth the theory that hummingbirds took in nectar using capillary action (where liquid rises against gravity in a narrow tube) in 1833 and since then no one has questioned ...
May 03, 2011 |
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Study of 90 animals' thigh bones reveals how they can efficiently carry loads
(PhysOrg.com) -- The structures inside animals' thigh bones that enable them to support huge loads whilst being relatively lightweight are revealed in research published today in the journal Proceedings of ...
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Ammonites' last meal: New light on past marine food chains
Scientists have discovered direct evidence of the diet of one of the most important group of ammonites, distant relatives of squids, octopuses and cuttlefishes. The discovery may bring a new insight on why ...
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Jan 06, 2011 |
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Pull-chain 'polymer' solves puzzle of complex molecular packing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes the simplest things hold the key to understanding complex effects. It turns out that a humble metal pull-chain -- just like those used on ceiling fans -- can be a pretty good model ...
Apr 08, 2010 |
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Oldest fossil brain found in Kansas (Videos)
When Alan Pradel of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris CAT scanned a 300-million-year-old fossilized iniopterygian from Kansas, he and his colleagues saw a symmetrical blob nestled within ...
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Mar 02, 2009 |
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