Uppsala University researchers have devised a new model for the Universe – one that may solve the enigma of dark energy.
Their new article, published in Physical Review Letters, proposes a new structural concept, including dark energy, for a…
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Physicists develop new theory to answer fundamental questions about black holes
When stars collapse, they can create black holes, which are everywhere throughout the universe and therefore important to be studied.
Black holes are mysterious objects with an outer edge called an event horizon, which traps everything including…
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Scientific research will help to understand the origin of life in the universe
Until now, in the scientific community there has been the prevailing view that thermal processes associated exclusively with the combustion and high-temperature processing of organic raw materials such as oil, coal, wood, garbage, food, tobacco…
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Using new technology to find shipwrecks on the ocean floor
Throughout the centuries ships have weathered wars, storms, icebergs, and pirates, to name a few. Many ships have been lost in the face of these forces and gone down with all hands.
They lie on the bottom of the ocean, shelteringtheir stories and…
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Oldest Known Macroscopic Skeletal Organism Was Masquerading as Fossilized Feces
Some researchers initially dismissed the remains of Palaeopascichnus lineari as teeny turds from a bygone era
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Reconstructing the history of mankind with the help of fecal sterols. First test on the Maori
It is now possible to tell the story of mankind’s presence and evolution on the planet by analyzing trends in soil and sediment accumulation of fecal sterols, chemical compounds which are crucial in human physiology.
Scientists at Ca’ Foscari…
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1,700-Year-Old Sock Spins Yarn About Ancient Egyptian Fashion
This stripy toe sock appears to have warmed the foot of a tot in the late antiquity period
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Lidar survey ‘compels’ revaluation of aspects of ancient Maya society
An airborne laser mapping survey of over 2,000 square kilometers of northern Guatemala – the largest such survey to date of this region – “compels” a revaluation of Maya demography, agriculture, and political economy, according to its…
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Ancient details of mummy’s hand revealed with advanced radiology technique
A mummified human hand from ancient Egypt was CT scanned by researchers in Sweden to reveal unprecedented microscopic detail of soft tissues that are thousands of years old.
Using phase-contrast computed tomography (CT), KTH doctoral student Jenny…
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CT technique expands possibilities of imaging ancient remains
Researchers in Sweden using computed tomography (CT) have successfully imaged the soft tissue of an ancient Egyptian mummy’s hand down to a microscopic level, according to a study published in the journal Radiology.
Non-destructive imaging of…
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