Only a Few Grams of This Element Exist—and Scientists Have Used It to Break the Rules of the Periodic Table
More than 75 years after its initial discovery, scientists have created an organometallic molecule containing the ...
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‘Dietary fingerprints’ show our early ancestors dined mostly on plant-based foods
For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains. This carnivorous origin story has become so entrenched that few questioned it: our ...
Chinese scientists create nuclear battery that could last for a century
Battery based on carbon is designed to last 50 years and could be used to power pacemakers, spacecraft and devices in extreme ...
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Here’s how Misha, much-loved Hogle Zoo elephant, is still teaching
Misha was euthanized in 2008 due to declining health. At that time, and with an eye toward advancing isotope research, University of Utah distinguished professor Thure Cerling asked if his team could ...
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Elephant Tooth Enamel Reveals Wildlife Migration Paths
Teeth recovered from a beloved zoo elephant that died in 2008 are helping University of Utah geologists develop a method for tracking the movements of ...
A Radioactive Molecule That Shouldn’t Exist – But Scientists Made It Happen
A breakthrough in heavy-element chemistry shatters long-held assumptions about transuranium elements. Researchers have ...
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Misha lived in zoos, but the elephant’s tooth enamel helps reconstruct wildlife migrations
Misha lived her whole life in zoos, but this elephant’s teeth are now helping scientists reconstruct wildlife migrations.
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US’ new radioactive molecule discovery challenges periodic table post uranium
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have synthesized ...
Misha the elephant lived in zoos, but her tooth enamel helps reconstruct wildlife migrations
Teeth recovered from a beloved zoo elephant that died in 2008 are helping University of Utah geologists develop a method for ...
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Scientists Uncover Heavy-Metal Molecule Berkelocene
Key TakeawaysScientists have discovered "berkelocene," the first organometallic molecule to be characterized containing the ...
When did the ancestors of humans first start eating meat? Tooth fossils could provide some clues
What we do know is that by the time our genus, Homo, emerged over two million years ago, hominins were regularly eating meat.