https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Right now, Christmas nativity scenes across the world feature three kings—also known as the "wise men" or Magi—bringing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the newborn baby Jesus in Bethlehem. In the Bible, Matthew's gospel tells us that the wise men "saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh." https://phys.org/news/2021-12-frankincense-myrrh-revered-ancient-theyre.html Ecology Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:00:02 EST news559297868 Analysis of the material on two Iron Age altars discovered at the entrance to the "holy of holies" of a shrine at Tel Arad in the Beer-sheba Valley, Israel, were found to contain Cannabis and Frankincense, according to new article in the journal, Tel Aviv. https://phys.org/news/2020-05-reveals-cannabis-frankincense-judahite-shrine.html Archaeology Fri, 29 May 2020 03:41:39 EDT news509942469 A research team from the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (Germany) and Louisiana State University has clarified the molecular mechanism behind the anti-inflammatory effect of a natural product from frankincense resin. The enzyme 5-lipoxygenase plays a key role, reprogramming the normally pro-inflammatory enzyme into an anti-inflammatory protein. https://phys.org/news/2020-05-immune-defense-frankincense-reprograms-inflammatory.html Biochemistry Tue, 12 May 2020 08:23:24 EDT news508490597 An Israeli farmer has cashed in by making exotic honey from a rare tree that produces frankincense—the resin once worth its weight in gold and venerated in the Bible. But the farm's location in a far-flung West Bank settlement has left a bitter taste in at least one investor's mouth. https://phys.org/news/2018-10-israeli-frankincense-farmer-cashes-rare.html Plants & Animals Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:40:01 EDT news458381275 The first scientific evidence of frankincense being used in Roman burial rites in Britain has been uncovered by a team of archaeological scientists led by the University of Bradford. The findings - published today in the Journal of Archaeological Science - prove that, even while the Roman Empire was in decline, these precious substances were being transported to its furthest northern outpost. https://phys.org/news/2014-12-dirt-insight-roman-burials.html Archaeology Thu, 04 Dec 2014 03:00:01 EST news336846692 used in incense and perfumes across the world and a key part of the Christmas story – are declining so dramatically that production of the fragrant resin could be halved over the next 15 years, according to a new study published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology. https://phys.org/news/2011-12-frankincense-production-doomed-ecologists.html Ecology Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:28:27 EST news243664086