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Works shed light on Aslantepe Tumulus 27 Aug 2013 | 09:19 pm
Excavations have begun at the 5,000 year-old Aslantepe Tumulus, located in the eastern province of Malatya. The head of the excavations, Professor Marcella Frangipane from the University of Rome La Sa...
Study offers insight into the origin of the genetic code 27 Aug 2013 | 09:15 pm
An analysis of enzymes that load amino acids onto transfer RNAs – an operation at the heart of protein translation – offers new insights into the evolutionary origins of the modern genetic code, resea...
New technique helps reveal what's behind Dunhuang murals 27 Aug 2013 | 09:09 pm
As a key stopover on the ancient Silk Road, the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes in Northwest China’s Gansu Province have major historical significance. Now, a new technique has been adopted to preserve the an...
Roman-era amphitheatre unearthed in ancient Issos 27 Aug 2013 | 09:04 pm
The ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheatre have been found during excavations in the ancient city of Issos in southern Turkey, the Cihan news agency reported on Friday. Excavations carried out by a t...
More dinosaur fossils found in NE Wyoming mass grave 27 Aug 2013 | 08:52 pm
Somewhere south of Newcastle, amid the wide-open prairie and rolling hills, rests a mass grave. A femur here. A tooth there. A tip of a tail barely poking through the ground somewhere else. The excav...
Prehistoric giant fish could grow more than 16 metres long 27 Aug 2013 | 08:38 pm
The skeletal remains of the biggest fish ever to have swum the seas have revealed just how massive the prehistoric creature could grow. Artistic representation of Leedsichthys [Credit: copyright: Bob...
Insight into marine life's ability to adapt to climate change 27 Aug 2013 | 08:32 pm
A study into marine life around an underwater volcanic vent in the Mediterranean, might hold the key to understanding how some species will be able to survive in increasingly acidic sea water should a...
Carbon-sequestering ocean plants may cope with climate changes over the long run 27 Aug 2013 | 08:29 pm
A year-long experiment on tiny ocean organisms called coccolithophores suggests that the single-celled algae may still be able to grow their calcified shells even as oceans grow warmer and more acidic...
Taiwan seizes 2,500 rare turtles bound for China 27 Aug 2013 | 08:24 pm
Taiwan coastguards seized more than 2,500 protected turtles bound for dinner plates in China, officials said Sunday, calling it the biggest smuggling case of its kind they had ever seen. Rare turtles...
Physicist disentangles 'Schrodinger's cat' debate 27 Aug 2013 | 08:23 pm
University of Arkansas physicist Art Hobson has offered a solution, within the framework of standard quantum physics, to the long-running debate about the nature of quantum measurement. Cat in a box ...
