A new study examining the chemical makeup of iron artifacts from the Viking age aims to uncover new insights into where they came from that could reveal previously unknown information about historic events.
Archaeology
Feb 17, 2022
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A new study of the skeleton of an Iron Age man with the first known case of tuberculosis in Britain has shed new light on his origins.
Archaeology
Nov 9, 2020
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New work led by Carnegie's Peng Ni and Anat Shahar uncovers new details about our Solar System's oldest planetary objects, which broke apart in long-ago collisions to form iron-rich meteorites. Their findings reveal that ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 3, 2020
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Earth's molten core may be leaking iron, according to researchers who analyzed how iron behaves inside our planet.
Earth Sciences
Apr 13, 2020
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According to some experts, nuclear power holds great promise for meeting the world's growing energy demands without generating greenhouse gases. But scientists need to find a way to remove radioactive isotopes, both from ...
Nanophysics
Oct 30, 2019
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The isotope values of food consumed are reflected in the individual's tissues. As bone is constantly being turned over by remodelling, analysing the stable isotope ratios of bone collagen can shine a light on the main dietary ...
Archaeology
Nov 9, 2018
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New work from a research team led by Carnegie's Anat Shahar contains some unexpected findings about iron chemistry under high-pressure conditions, such as those likely found in the Earth's core, where iron predominates and ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 28, 2016
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Approximately two million years ago a star exploded in a supernova close to our solar system: Its traces can still be found today in the form of an iron isotope found on the ocean floor. Now scientists at the Technical University ...
Space Exploration
Apr 14, 2016
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An international team of scientists has found evidence of a series of massive supernova explosions near our solar system, which showered the Earth with radioactive debris.
Astronomy
Apr 6, 2016
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(Phys.org)—A team of physicists affiliated with institutions in Australia, Switzerland and Austria has made the most accurate measurement to date of the half life of iron-60. In their paper published in the journal Physical ...
