A new genus and species of early-diverging oviraptorosaurian dinosaur has been identified from two specimens found in Inner Mongolia, China. Life reconstruction of Yuanyanglong bainian. Image credit: Sci.News / Ddinodan. “Oviraptorosauria is a group of specialized pennaraptoran theropods known primarily from an abundant Asian and North American Cretaceous fossil record,” said Dr. Xing Xu, a
Administrative innovations in south-west Asia during the 4th millennium BCE, including the cylinder seals that were rolled on the earliest clay tablets, laid the foundations for proto-cuneiform script, one of the first writing systems. Seals were rich in iconography, but little research had focused on the potential influence of specific motifs on the development of
Using genome, transcriptome, and proteome analysis of the newly-discovered species of tardigrade, named Hypsibius henanensis, scientists explored the molecular basis contributing to radiotolerance in these tiny invertebrates. Schematic of mechanisms that confer radiotolerance to Hypsibius henanensis. Image credit: Li et al., doi: 10.1126/science.adl0799. Tardigrades, also known as water bears or moss piglets, are a diverse
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672, which is visible from the southern hemisphere. This Hubble image shows NGC 1672, a barred spiral galaxy some 49 million light-years away in the constellation of Dorado. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the ultraviolet
Named LID-568, this 7.2-million-solar-mass black hole appears to be feeding on matter at a rate 40 times its Eddington limit and is seen as it existed just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. An artist’s impression of the accreting black hole LID-568 in the early Universe. Image credit: NOIRLab / NSF / AURA /
Paleontologists have unearthed and examined a fossilized leg bone of a phorusrhacid bird that lived 12 million years ago in South America. A model of Paraphysornis at the Natural History Museum Vienna. Image credit: Armin Reindl / CC BY-SA 4.0. Terror birds are members of Phorusrhacidae, a family of large, carnivorous, flightless birds within the
Home Subsea Collaboration center opens in Glasgow for Scotland-England subsea green electricity superhighways November 8, 2024, by Nadja Skopljak A new collaboration center that will bring together around 80 green energy workers contributing to the delivery of a series of subsea electricity transmission links between Scotland and England has been officially opened in Glasgow, Scotland.
Hydrogen-powered planes are set to take wing around the world in the future. To make this possible, engineers have to develop the jet engines that will power them. Experiments by researchers at ETH Zurich are now providing the necessary basis for making these engines powerful and durable. Europe is preparing for climate-neutral flight powered by
Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads I Squared will invest over €500 million (US$537.1 million) into SUNfarming’s agriPV pipeline. Image: SUNfarming via Linkedin. Independent power producer (IPP) Cube Green Energy, a subsidiary of US investment manager I Squared Capital, has acquired German agrivoltaics (agriPV) developer SUNfarming. As part of the deal, I Squared will
The identification of a new hominin group called Denisovans was one of the most exciting discoveries in human evolution in the last decade. Unlike Neanderthal remains, the Denisovan fossil record consists of only several skeletal fragments. According to new research, several Denisovan populations, who likely had an extensive geographical range, were adapted to distinct environments
The European Union will continue advancing hydrogen projects, focusing on infrastructure design and supporting production with European equipment, according to Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission. November 8, 2024 Sergio Matalucci The European Union will continue its hydrogen initiatives, collaborating with offtakers to design infrastructure and supporting production using European-made equipment, according