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Maya Adept at 'Building Green'
Posted on May 15, 2010 at 08:27:47 am
A flyover of Belize's thick jungles has revolutionized archaeology worldwide and vividly illustrated the complex urban centers developed by one of the most-studied ancient civilizations -- the Maya

Easter Island Discovery Sends Archaeologists Back to Drawing Board
Posted on May 14, 2010 at 03:53:04 pm
Archaeologists have disproved the fifty-year-old theory underpinning our understanding of how the famous stone statues were moved around Easter Island

Robin Hood's Prison Uncovered
Posted on May 14, 2010 at 08:28:24 am
The very latest laser technology combined with old fashioned pedal power is being used to provide a unique insight into the layout of Nottingham's sandstone caves

Jurassic Fast Food Was a Key to Giant Dinosaurs
Posted on May 11, 2010 at 06:54:04 pm
Why were the sauropod dinosaurs able to get so much larger than today's terrestrial animals? A research group led by the University of Bonn seems to have solved this puzzle

Herschel Finds a Hole in Space
Posted on May 11, 2010 at 06:50:00 pm
The European Space Agency's Herschel infrared space telescope has made an unexpected discovery: a hole in space. The hole has provided astronomers with a surprising glimpse into the end of the star-forming process

New Details on Deep Earth
Posted on May 11, 2010 at 10:09:42 am
Scientists have used quantum mechanics to reveal that the most common mineral on Earth is relatively uncommon deep within the planet

Biologists Link Gut Microbial Equilibrium to Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Posted on May 10, 2010 at 07:35:30 am
We are not alone -- even in our own bodies. The human gut is home to 100 trillion bacteria, which, for millions of years, have co-evolved along with our digestive and immune systems

Artificial Pancreas Successfully Controls Blood Sugar
Posted on May 10, 2010 at 07:30:56 am
An artificial pancreas system that closely mimics the body's blood sugar control mechanism was able to maintain near-normal glucose levels without causing hypoglycemia in a small group of patients

Seeing Into the Heart of Planetary Systems
Posted on May 09, 2010 at 08:16:33 pm
Using four of the world's largest telescopes, scientists have obtained the most detailed information yet from the regions around two young stars tens of light years away

Lensless Imaging of Whole Biological Cells
Posted on May 08, 2010 at 03:54:39 pm
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has used x-ray diffraction microscopy to make images of whole yeast cells, achieving the highest resolution -- 11 to 13 nanometers (billionths of a meter) -- ever obtaine


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