Tag: History

Early career researcher Stephanie Döpper awarded funding by Gerda Henkel Foundation to study abandoned mud-brick settlements in OmanCredit: Stephanie Döpper ...

Credit: Fred Beutler, privat. When Bruce Beutler won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2011, he reminisced about his grandmother, ...

Scholars and aficionados can search, download and study 160,000 pages of high-resolution, full-color manuscripts dating to the ninth century, thanks ...

Early DNA lineages from Finland shed light on the diverse origins of the contemporary populationCredit: Stanislav Belskiy A new genetic ...

Credit: The British Museum The Neo-Assyrian Empire, centered in northern Iraq and extending from Iran to Egypt -- the largest ...

Credit: Adapted from ACS Sensors 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b01279 Old books give off a complex mélange of odors, ranging from pleasant ...

Credit: © Michaela Lucci The study, published November 8 in Science, focuses on the ancient DNA of individuals from Rome ...

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2019 -- Halloween season wouldn't be the same without the undead. This ...

A new 3D process which involves old aerial photos and modern-day drone photography has shed light on accelerated ice loss ...

Credit: M.C. Ricker Many of us think about pollen only when allergy season is upon us. However, for soil scientists ...

Research team including Göttingen discover belongings of a warrior on unique Bronze Age battlefield siteCredit: Volker Minkus Recent archaeological investigations ...

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz und Mainz University of Applied Sciences are digitizing 3,500-year old cuneiform textsCredit: photo/©: Dr. Behzad Mofidi-Nasrabadi ...

The Historic Sites initiative recognizes landmarks significant to physics history across the United States.Credit: Adler Planetarium COLLEGE PARK, MD, October ...

100 years of climate change visible in the AlpsCredit: Walter Mittelholzer, ETH-Bibliothek Zürich & Dr Kieran Baxter, University of Dundee ...

Researchers led by the renowned ancient artefacts decoder, Professor Brent Seales, will be using Diamond, the UK's national synchrotron science ...

Credit: Adapted from Inorganic Chemistry 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02007 Enticed by the brilliant green hues of copper acetate and copper resinate, ...

Analysis of 34 ancient plague genomes from the Black Death and succeeding plague epidemics in Europe between the 14th and ...

Or will they 'fight to the bitter end' to defend their respective nation's self-interests?Credit: World Scientific If you have been ...

A 21st century nuisance for parents may have proved deadly to early manCredit: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University BROOKLYN, NY ...

New study of an ape-like pelvis suggests human ancestors might not have been built like modern African apesCredit: Illustration courtesy ...