Archaeologist explains innovation of ‘fluting’ ancient stone weaponry
Approximately 13,500 years after nomadic Clovis hunters crossed the frozen land bridge from Asia to North America, researchers are still asking questions and putting...
Streamlining mass production of printable electronics
While memory devices are becoming progressively more flexible, their ease of fabrication and integration in low performance applications have been generally been treated as...
Future carbon dioxide, climate warming potentially unprecedented in 420 million years
Over the next 100 to 200 years, carbon dioxide concentrations in the Earth's atmosphere will head towards values not seen since the Triassic period,...
Granites could solve riddle of pinpointing metals crucial for low carbon tech
The composition of vast swathes of granite found underneath much of the South West peninsula of Britain could offer a vital clue to where...
Skeletons developed as chemistry of oceans changed
Skeletons and shells first came into being 550 million years ago as the chemical make-up of seawater changed, a study suggests.
Global growth of ecological, environmental citizen science is fueled by new technology
Scientists have revealed the diversity of ecological and environmental citizen science for the first time and showed that the changing face of citizen science...
Persistently high pesticide levels found in small streams
Small watercourses are contaminated with large numbers of herbicides, fungicides and insecticides. A study shows that the legal requirements specified for water quality are...
Researchers offer novel method for calculating the benefits of renewable energy
A novel system for assessing the potential of renewable energy resources has now been developed by researchers. This method can help to assess the...
New rice fights off drought
New strains of rice that are resistant to drought in real-world situations have now been developed by researchers. The study reports that transgenic rice...
Paintings, sunspots and frost fairs: Rethinking the Little Ice Age
The whole concept of the 'Little Ice Age' is 'misleading,' as the changes were small-scale, seasonal and insignificant compared with present-day global warming, a...
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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