Australian scientists said Wednesday they have uncovered a "very rare" 2,000-year-old natural sea pearl—the first found on the vast island continent—while excavating a remote coastal Aboriginal site.
Archaeology
Jun 3, 2015
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Imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite showed that a tropical low-pressure area has consolidated and organized in the Southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
Environment
Dec 26, 2019
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(Phys.org) —For the first time, a group of researchers has succeeded in isolating DNA from pearls and used their genetic material to identify the specific species of oyster that produced the pearl. In a parallel project, ...
Biotechnology
Oct 16, 2013
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The mother of all cultivated rice was grown on China's Pearl River, according to a DNA "map" published on Wednesday
Biotechnology
Oct 3, 2012
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Why exactly do little white nuggets from the sea cost so much? And how have humans hacked the biological process that makes them?
Environment
Jun 12, 2018
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Pearls have long been favored as objects of beauty. Now, Purdue University innovators are using the gem to provide potential new opportunities for spectral information processing that can be applied to spectroscopy in biomedical ...
Nanophysics
Nov 13, 2020
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers have found an alternative environmentally friendly and energy-efficient way to dry corn ethanol, and their proof is in the pudding.
Biochemistry
Sep 14, 2011
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A team of atmospheric scientists have published their field study findings about unusual chemical reactions taking place in the Pearl River Delta in China during 2006. The Julich Research Center's Institute for Tropospheric ...
Researchers picking through the contents of fossil clams from a Sarasota County quarry found dozens of tiny glass beads, likely the calling cards of an ancient meteorite.
Archaeology
Jul 22, 2019
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Agriculture and climate experts have warned for some years that extreme climate events including severe droughts with frequent heatwaves drop the production of major staple food crops like wheat causing a severe threat to ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 20, 2021
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