These giant freshwater crabs could be your new Roman Empire. In 2005, archaeologists studying the Forum of Trajan, a historic Roman ruin site, discovered an ancient species of crab, Potamon fluvial. The only freshwater crab species native to Italy. Researchers suspect that the crab has been in the region since ancient times, long before people … Read more
Kyrenia ship hull during excavations. Kyrenia ship hull on the seabed off the coast of Northern Cyprus during underwater excavations in the late 1960s. Credit: Image provided to authors by the Kyrenia Ship Excavation team for use with this article, CC-BY 4.0 Cornell researchers have refined the estimated sinking period of the Kyrenia shipwreck to … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! A quarry illustrating bands of layered limestone from the ancient seabed in what is now Mercato San Severino in Italy. Credit: F. Tissot × close to A quarry illustrating bands of layered limestone from the ancient seabed in what is … Read more
A quarry illustrating bands of layered limestone from the ancient seabed in what is now Mercato San Severino in Italy. Credit: F. Tissot About 183 million years ago, volcanic activity in modern South Africa unleashed an estimated 20,500 gigatons of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the ocean-atmosphere system over a period of 300 to 500 thousand … Read more
New research at Arizona State University examines the evolution and function of the TRPM8 protein, with the goal of developing non-addictive painkillers that avoid side effects of temperature regulation, potentially revolutionizing the treatment of chronic pain. The detection of menthol predates the sensation of cold, suggesting separate activation mechanisms that can be distinguished. This differentiation … Read more
Researchers identified a prehistoric marine reptile found in 1935 as a thalattosaur and not a choristodere, using CT scans and a new specimen. Reconstruction of Pachystrofeus rhaeticuspictured next to a hybodont shark feeding on a Birgeria fish. Credit: James Ormiston Scientists have reclassified a prehistoric marine reptile discovered in 1935 as one of the last … Read more
By Will Dunham (Reuters) – More than 250 million years ago, Scotland was not shrouded in mist and rain, as is often the case today, but rather a desert covered in sand dunes. One of the inhabitants of this challenging landscape was a stocky, vaguely pig-like forerunner named Gordonia, with a pug face and two … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! MPC1 is expressed in the human hair follicle and MPC inhibition blocks cell cycle progression and disrupts the expression of hair follicle signaling pathway genes. A) MPC1 and PDK immunoreactivity in human hair follicles. CTS connective tissue sheath. DP – … Read more
Scientists have discovered a 246-million-year-old fossil of a marine reptile, the oldest of its kind found in the Southern Hemisphere, shedding new light on the early evolution of marine mammals. The largest mass extinction in the fossil record – known as ‘The Great Dying’ – occurred around 252 million years ago, wiping out around 95% … Read more
Scientists have discovered a 246-million-year-old fossil of a marine reptile, the oldest of its kind found in the Southern Hemisphere, shedding new light on the early evolution of marine mammals. The largest mass extinction in the fossil record – known as ‘The Great Dying’ – occurred around 252 million years ago, wiping out around 95% … Read more