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Paleontology - 20.02.2017
Unexpected Early Triassic marine ecosystem and the rise of the Modern evolutionary fauna
Life Sciences - Paleontology - 23.09.2016
Synchrotron imaging of dentition provides insights into the biology of the ’last’ toothed birds
The dentitions of extinct organisms can provide pivotal information regarding their phylogenetic position, as well as paleobiology, diet, development, and growth.
Life Sciences - Paleontology - 09.08.2016

In today's turtles the shell has a key protective function. The animals can withdraw into it and protect themselves against predators. No other group of vertebrates has modified its physique to such an extent to develop an impenetrable protective structure. "For a long time, paleontologists and developmental biologists puzzled over the origin of the tortoise shell," explains Torsten Scheyer, a paleontologist at the University of Zurich.
Paleontology - 24.08.2015
Aquatic plant may be oldest known flower
An international research team (1) led by a researcher from the Lyon Laboratory of Geology - Earth, Planets, Environment (CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon) rec
Paleontology - Life Sciences - 21.08.2014
Jurassic Welsh mammals were picky eaters, study finds
Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light New analyses of tiny fossil mammals from South Wales are shedding light on the function and diets of our earliest ancestors, a team led by researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Leicester report . The team used CT scanning with synchrotron X-rays at PSI's Swiss Light Source to reveal in unprecedented detail the internal anatomy of the mammals' tiny jaws.
Life Sciences - Paleontology - 18.08.2011

Reorganisation of the brain and sense organs could be the key to the evolutionary success of vertebrates, one of the great puzzles in evolutionary biology, according to a paper by an international team of researchers, published today in Nature.
Environment - Today
UCalgary expedition, with NASA, Canadian and European space agencies, sets out to better understand state of Arctic ice
UCalgary expedition, with NASA, Canadian and European space agencies, sets out to better understand state of Arctic ice

Social Sciences - Mar 24
Young people's wellbeing is improving in Greater Manchester, major survey finds
Young people's wellbeing is improving in Greater Manchester, major survey finds
Environment - Mar 24
Australia's environment is improving but climate change is 'accelerating' damage to ecosystems and wildlife
Australia's environment is improving but climate change is 'accelerating' damage to ecosystems and wildlife

Psychology - Mar 23
The grief myth: it doesn't come in stages or follow a checklist - like love, it endures
The grief myth: it doesn't come in stages or follow a checklist - like love, it endures
History & Archeology - Mar 23
The UV has played a part in the discovery of a 3,500-year-old loom that sheds light on key aspects of the Bronze Age textile revolution
The UV has played a part in the discovery of a 3,500-year-old loom that sheds light on key aspects of the Bronze Age textile revolution

Innovation - Mar 23
The University of Valencia launches ClioViz, an open digital platform for accessing cultural heritage data
The University of Valencia launches ClioViz, an open digital platform for accessing cultural heritage data

Social Sciences - Mar 23
Study links higher concentration of pokie machines to increase in family and domestic violence
Study links higher concentration of pokie machines to increase in family and domestic violence

Health - Mar 23
Screening blitz could achieve cervical cancer elimination among Indigenous communities within a generation
Screening blitz could achieve cervical cancer elimination among Indigenous communities within a generation

Computer Science - Mar 20
New computer chip material inspired by the human brain could slash AI energy use
New computer chip material inspired by the human brain could slash AI energy use











