Search results for Mammoths

Cell & Microbiology Mar 7, 2024

Bioengineering company creates induced pluripotent stem cells from elephant skin cells

A team of bioengineers at de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences has announced that they created induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) from elephant skin cells. In speaking with the press, officials with the team reported ...

Molecular & Computational biology Feb 29, 2024

Scientists identify burned bodies using technique devised for extracting DNA from woolly mammoths, Neanderthals

A technique originally devised to extract DNA from woolly mammoths and other ancient archaeological specimens can be used to potentially identify badly burned human remains, according to a new study from Binghamton University, ...

Education Feb 15, 2024

Study finds Massachusetts school desegregation program benefits K-12 students

A new study has found that a long-standing voluntary school desegregation program in Massachusetts has a significant positive impact on the urban students who take part in it.

Archaeology Feb 12, 2024

Archaeologists discover oldest known bead in the Americas

University of Wyoming archaeology Professor Todd Surovell and his team of collaborators have discovered a tube-shaped bead made of bone that is about 12,940 years old. The bead, found at the La Prele Mammoth site in Converse ...

Archaeology Feb 1, 2024

Experiments suggest ancient four-holed ivory baton was used to make rope

A pair of historians at the University of Tübingen have found evidence that an ancient baton, thought to be a work of art created by early humans thousands of years ago, is actually a device to assist with making rope. In ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 25, 2024

Scientists show that quantum infrared spectroscopy can achieve ultra-broadband spectroscopic measurements

Our understanding of the world relies greatly on our knowledge of its constituent materials and their interactions. Recent advances in materials science technologies have ratcheted up our ability to identify chemical substances ...

Ecology Jan 17, 2024

Wooly mammoth movements tied to earliest Alaska hunting camps

Researchers have linked the travels of a 14,000-year-old wooly mammoth with the oldest known human settlements in Alaska, providing clues about the relationship between the iconic species and some of the earliest people to ...

Space Exploration Jan 11, 2024

Mammoth rocket stage for Blue Origin New Glenn goes for sideways ride on Space Coast

A first stage of Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket became king of the road for a day making a trip from the factory to its launch complex on Wednesday.

Paleontology & Fossils Jan 7, 2024

Coal miners in North Dakota unearth a mammoth tusk buried for thousands of years

The first person to spot it was a shovel operator working the overnight shift, eyeing a glint of white as he scooped up a giant mound of dirt and dropped it into a dump truck.

Analytical Chemistry Jan 3, 2024

Computational method discovers hundreds of new ceramics for extreme environments

If you have a deep-seated, nagging worry over dropping your phone in molten lava, you're in luck. A research team led by materials scientists at Duke University has developed a method for rapidly discovering a new class of ...

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