AUSTIN, Texas — A trove of exceptionally preserved Jurassic marine fossils discovered in Canada, rare for recording soft-bodied species that normally don’t fossilize, is expanding scientists’ view of the rich marine life of the period. (more…)
Tübinger Wissenschaftler präsentieren rund 40.000 Jahre altes Fragment einer Knochenflöte – Höhlenfundstellen der Schwäbischen Alb könnten im Juli zum Weltkulturerbe werden
Schon vor 40.000 Jahren haben Menschen Musik gemacht. Dies ist bekannt, seit in den Höhlen der Schwäbischen Alb die ältesten Musikinstrumente weltweit gefunden wurden: Fragmente von Flöten, die Höhlenbewohner während der Eiszeit aus den Knochen von Schwänen und Gänsegeiern oder aus Mammutelfenbein schnitzten. (more…)
Using a spinning table and a massive garbage can, UCLA geophysicist leads team in simulating the planet’s atmosphere
Jupiter’s colorful, swirling winds known as “jets” have long puzzled astronomers. (more…)
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have found that while advanced wood-burning cookstoves can provide benefits to the environment and climate, these benefits are less than expected due to higher emissions measured in the field compared to laboratory settings. The study, conducted in rural Malawi, found that pollutant emissions from these stoves were much higher than was reported in laboratory testing, due in part to how the stoves were being used. (more…)
Interdisziplinäre Diffusion als Verbindung von Physik und Linguistik am Beispiel Südkärnten
Durch die zunehmende Globalisierung verändert sich auch die Sprachlandschaft unserer Welt: Viele Menschen geben ihre Sprache zugunsten einer anderen auf. Warum das passiert, haben Katharina Prochazka und Gero Vogl von der Universität Wien am Beispiel Südkärnten untersucht. (more…)
Berkeley Lab researchers help to map iron-platinum particle in unprecedented detail
Scientists used one of the world’s most powerful electron microscopes to map the precise location and chemical type of 23,000 atoms in an extremely small particle made of iron and platinum. (more…)
The 7th European Conference on Space Debris, started Tuesday at European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, gives an answer to this question. (more…)
A new laser being commercialized puts out spectrally tunable light, from ultraviolet to far infrared.
The University of Arizona has licensed a new tunable laser technology invented in the College of Optical Sciences to startup TPhotonics Inc. While most lasers produce beams of a single or highly limited range of wavelength, the technology allows for devices that can produce a beam and tweak its wavelength on the fly. (more…)
