The demand for sake, a Japanese alcoholic drink, has increased globally. However, the rise in the popularity of sake has the potential for related beverage fraud. To address this issue, researchers from Japan have identified ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 16, 2024
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Millions of years ago, giant sharks three times larger than today's great whites stalked the world's ocean. They're long gone now, but occasionally, someone walking on a beach spots an odd triangular shape in the sand. On ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jul 21, 2022
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The diet of fossil extinct animals can hold clues to their lifestyle, behavior, evolution and ultimately extinction. However, studying an animal's diet after millions of years is difficult due to the poor preservation of ...
Ecology
May 31, 2022
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Domestic cats that regularly catch wild animals still get most of their nutrition from food provided at home, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2021
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Methane, a chemical compound with the molecular formula CH4, is not only a powerful greenhouse gas, but also an important energy source. It heats our homes, and even seafloor microbes make a living of it. The microbes use ...
Earth Sciences
May 5, 2021
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Collagen is a protein found widely in almost all cells of animals, and scientifically can be used to learn much about an animal's life history including human being in the present or in the past. Scientists at the Research ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 28, 2021
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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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A multidisciplinary research group coordinated by the University of Helsinki dated the bones of dozens of Iron Age residents of the Levänluhta site in Finland, and studied the carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios. The ...
Archaeology
Apr 24, 2020
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Loggerhead turtles feed in the same places year after year—meaning key locations should be protected, researchers say.
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2020
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The bodies of Svalbard reindeer are extremely well adapted to their arctic home at 79 degrees N latitude. As the northernmost reindeer population on the planet, they are thick and round, which makes it easier for them to ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 25, 2019
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