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Archäologen dokumentieren älteste bekannte Vorstufe der Fresko-Malerei im Mittelmeerraum

By Guest PostSeptember 10, 2019Scienceal fresco technik, bronzezeit, excavation project, fresko malerei, fresko technik, jens kamlah, maltechnik, margarete van ess, mittelmeerraum, tell el burak

Forscherinnen und Forscher der Universitäten Beirut und Tübingen analysieren 4.000 Jahre alte Wandmalereien in einem Palast aus der Bronzezeit

Archäologinnen und Archäologen der American University of Beirut und der Universität Tübingen haben die ältesten großflächig erhaltenen Wandmalereien im Vorderen Orient dokumentiert. Erste Teile der Malereien wurden bereits 2005 in den Ruinen eines Palasts aus der Bronzezeit im Süden des Libanon, an der Mittelmeerküste südlich von Sidon, entdeckt. (more…)

Model Identifies High-Risk Areas for Lumpy Skin Disease in Cattle

By Guest PostSeptember 2, 2019Scienceafrican swine fever, cattle, fedor korennoy, gustavo machado, lsdv, lsdv in eurasia, lumpy skin disease

Researchers have combined two separate computer models to identify areas at highest risk for outbreaks of lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) in cattle. The models could help officials determine where to send resources ahead of outbreaks and serve as a potential early warning system for cattle farmers in affected areas. (more…)

A Yale scientist’s research 50 years ago changed our understanding of dinosaurs

By Guest PostAugust 24, 2019Scienceevolutionary questions, george gaylord simpson, john ostrom, jurassic renaissance, understanding of dinosaurs

Academics used to tease paleontologists, saying that while dinosaurs appeal to children, they won’t answer the important evolutionary questions.

Yale’s John Ostrom (1928-2005) proved them wrong. (more…)

30.000 Jahre alter Mord geklärt

By Guest PostAugust 19, 2019Sciencecioclovina hoehle, dan grigorescu, fruehmenschen schaedel, katerina harvati, opfer einer gewalttat, uralte gewalttat

Senckenberg-Wissenschaftlerin Katerina Harvati hat gemeinsam mit internationalen Kolleg*innen eine uralte Gewalttat aufgeklärt. Das wissenschaftliche Team untersuchte mit modernsten forensischen Methoden den Schädel eines 33.000 Jahre alten modernen Frühmenschen. (more…)

The Tool Maker

By Guest PostAugust 15, 2019Scienceaeglea biotherapeutics, blacksmith, everett stone, fight against cancer, kyn therapeutics

A story about how a blacksmith learned to forge new tools in the fight against cancer.

When Everett Stone was a teenager, he thought he had found his career – blacksmithing. But life rarely takes us in a direct line between point A and point B. For most people, it is full of unexpected twists and turns. So it was for him on a path to becoming a leading cancer researcher at The University of Texas at Austin. (more…)

How the Brain Finds Meaning in Metaphor

By Guest PostAugust 12, 2019Sciencebrainwave studies, complexity of language, mandarin chinese metaphors, meaning in metaphor, metaphorical context, vicky lai

UA researcher Vicky Lai studies how the brain processes different types of language, including metaphors.

You can grasp a hand. You can also grasp a concept.

One is literal. One is metaphorical. Our brains know the difference, but would we be able to understand the latter without the former? (more…)

Wie Galaxien in Haufen ihr Gas verlieren

By Guest PostAugust 10, 2019Sciencegas jets, gasverlust von galaxien, gerhard hensler, gravitationstrog eines haufens, h alpha gas, sternbild virgo

Internationales ForscherInnenteam untersucht den Gasverlust von Galaxien im Sternbild Virgo

Galaxienhaufen stellen im Universum die größte Masseansammlung dar. Mit ihren 1.000- bis 10.000-fach größeren Massen als jene der Milchstraße ziehen diese auch heute noch Materie ihrer Umgebung an. In der Folge stürzen Galaxien als Gruppen oder einzeln sowie Gas in den Gravitationstrog eines Haufens. (more…)

Reading to children

By Guest PostAugust 9, 2019Scienceco reading, daniela avelar, eading to children, scrs, skin conductance responses

‘Smart’ technology is no substitute for a living, breathing adult, says UD researcher

In the eyes of a child who is learning how to read, touchscreen tablets and “smart” technology are no substitute for a living, breathing adult. At least, that’s according to new research by University of Delaware doctoral student Daniela Avelar. (more…)

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