Washington, March 30 : In a new study, dust trapped deep in Antarctic ice sheets is helping scientists unravel details of past climate change.
The study, carried out by the Universities of Edinburgh, Stirling and Lille, has found that the very coldest periods of the last ice age correspond with the dustiest periods in Antarctica's past, thus establishing a link between the two.
Washington, March 30 : A new research has indicated that micro-organisms occurring naturally in coastal mudflats have an essential role to play in cleaning up pollution by breaking down petrochemical residues.
The research, by Dr Efe Aganbi and colleagues from the University of Essex, reveals essential differences in the speed of degradation of the chemicals depending on whether or not oxygen is present.
Hamburg, Germany - The latest thing in scents next year could be the oldest perfume in the world, made especially for an Ancient Egyptian female pharaoh, according to German scientists who are analysing residue found in a 3,400-year-old perfume flacon.
The German researchers at the Bonn University Egyptian Museum say they will use the analysis to recreate the original perfume which was buried in an exquisite alabaster vessel bearing the royal insignia of Hatshepsut, the most powerful woman ever to rule Egypt before the Ptolemies and the Romans conquered it.
Washington, Mar 29 : They say people with opposite traits make for loving couples, but a new study is not obliging with the belief.
The research, published in the journal Evolutionary Psychology, says when it comes to personality, people seek partners with their same qualities — but say they want someone who is different.
To reach the conclusion, researchers quizzed 760 members of an online dating site to answer questionnaires regarding their personality traits, as well as the traits they would want in an ideal long-term partner.
Washington, Mar 29: The space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven have safely returned to Earth. But the one thing pilots can't get out their noses is space's "weird" smell.
"One thing I''ve heard people say before, but it wasn''t so obvious, was the smell right when you open up that hatch," Live Science quoted Discovery pilot Dominic "Tony" Antonelli, as saying after a March 21 spacewalk.
"Space definitely has a smell that''s different than anything else," Antonelli added.
Cape Canaveral, Mar 29 : Space shuttle Discovery and its crew landed at NASA''s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a 13-day journey of more than 5.3 million miles.
The team landed at 3:14 p. m. (EDT) on Saturday.
The STS-119 flight delivered the space station''s fourth and final set of solar array wings, completing the station''s truss, or backbone.
The additional electricity provided by the arrays will fully power science experiments and help support station operations.
Washington, March 30 : In a new study, dust trapped deep in Antarctic ice sheets is helping scientists unravel details of past climate change.
Washington, March 30 : A new research has indicated that micro-organisms occurring naturally in coastal mudflats have an essential role to play in cleaning up pollution by breaking down petrochemical residues.
Hamburg, Germany - The latest thing in scents next year could be the oldest perfume in the world, made especially for an Ancient Egyptian female pharaoh, according to German scientists who are analysing residue found in a 3,400-year-old perfume flacon.
Washington, Mar 29 : They say people with opposite traits make for loving couples, but a new study is not obliging with the belief.
Washington, Mar 29: The space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven have safely returned to Earth. But the one thing pilots can't get out their noses is space's "weird" smell.
Cape Canaveral, Mar 29 : Space shuttle Discovery and its crew landed at NASA''s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a 13-day journey of more than 5.3 million miles.
