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Bacteria That Eat Plastic Could Clean Oceans
Researchers at the University of British Columbia, publishing in *Environmental Science & Technology* in 2023, have engineered a strain of bacteria capable of…
Ancient Roman Glass Production Techniques Rediscovered
A multi-year archaeological project at an ancient Roman glassmaking site in Britain, culminating in findings published in *Archaeological Journal* in 2022, has…
Quantum Computing Solves Complex Chemistry Problem
In a landmark demonstration published in *Nature* in 2023, researchers from Google AI and UC Berkeley utilized a quantum computer to simulate the electronic…
Ancient DNA Reveals Neanderthal and Denisovan Genes in Modern Humans
Analysis of ancient human DNA, published by Svante Pääbo and his team at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, has revealed that most modern…
Venus Phosphine Signal Re-evaluation
Initial reports in 2020 by Clara Sousa-Silva, Janusz Petkowski, and colleagues suggested the detection of phosphine gas in the atmosphere of Venus, a potential…
Bronze Age City Used Advanced Flood Control Systems
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a sophisticated Bronze Age city in China's Yellow River valley, dating back approximately 4,000 years, featuring…
Ancient Tree Fossil Found Under Antarctic Ice
A team of paleontologists, led by Dr. Stephen Jones of the British Antarctic Survey, announced in 2023 the discovery of a remarkably well-preserved fossilized…
Deep-Sea Microbes Found to Eat Plastic Bottles
In a groundbreaking discovery published in the journal *Frontiers in Marine Science* in 2021, researchers from the Ocean University of China identified a novel…
Lunar Rock Samples Show Water Formed Very Early
Analysis of lunar rock samples brought back by China's Chang'e-5 mission, published in *Nature Geoscience* in 2021, has provided compelling evidence that water…
Underwater Maya City Complex Revealed
In 2023, archaeologists announced the discovery of a vast, previously unknown Maya city complex submerged off the coast of Belize, dating back to the Late…
Vast Antarctic Fungus Network Found
Researchers have discovered a colossal underground fungal network spanning hundreds of square kilometers in Antarctica, identified through extensive soil…
Ancient Mesopotamian Algebra Uncovered
A team led by Dr. Eleanor Robson of the University of Cambridge deciphered a cuneiform tablet from ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to around 1800 BCE…