Why archaeology is so much more than just digging
It's our experience that most people think archaeology mainly means digging in the dirt.
Archaeology
Jan 2, 2019
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A new, escape-proof fish cage for a lice-free salmon farm
In October this year, the first salmon were farmed in a new fish production prototype in Trøndelag, Norway. With a rigid steel construction and a water current generator, the new Aquatraz fish cage both prevents fish escape ...
Ecology
Jan 2, 2019
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From volcanoes on Mars to scarps on Mercury – how places on other worlds get their names
The New Horizons spacecraft, which flew past Pluto in 2015, successfully completed a flyby of "Ultima Thule", an object in the Kuiper belt of bodies beyond Neptune on January 1, 2019. The name Ultima Thule, signifying a distant ...
Space Exploration
Jan 2, 2019
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The periodic table is 150 – but it could have looked very different
The periodic table stares down from the walls of just about every chemistry lab. The credit for its creation generally goes to Dimitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist who in 1869 wrote out the known elements (of which there ...
Materials Science
Jan 2, 2019
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China's war on particulate air pollution is causing more severe ozone pollution
In early 2013, the Chinese government declared a war on air pollution and began instituting stringent policies to regulate the emissions of fine particulate matter, a pollutant known as PM 2.5. Cities restricted the number ...
Environment
Jan 2, 2019
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Imaging nerve-cell interactions
A new imaging technique developed by LMU researchers is garnering lots of attention. Based on a method for making tissues, organs and even whole organisms transparent, it promises to transform studies of the nervous system ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 2, 2019
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Microbe hunt beneath Antarctic ice sheet
Renowned Montana State University polar scientist John Priscu and a team of researchers from more than a dozen universities will begin the new year hunting for microbes and other living specimens in a lake far beneath the ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 2, 2019
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Ultrathin digital camera inspired by Xenos peckii eyes
The visual system of Xenos peckii, an endoparasite of paper wasps, demonstrates distinct benefits for high sensitivity and high resolution, differing from the compound eyes of most insects. Inspired by their unique features, ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 2, 2019
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Forget sharks... here's why you are more likely to be injured by litter at the beach
Our beaches are our summer playgrounds, yet beach litter and marine debris injures one-fifth of beach users, particularly children and older people.
Environment
Jan 2, 2019
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Asian mussel confirmed on British beaches
An Asian mussel named after a British naval officer has found its way to Britain and is making itself at home on southern beaches, according to new research.
Ecology
Jan 2, 2019
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