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Published New quantum computing feat is a modern twist on a 150-year-old thought experiment - New Quantum Computing Feat: A Modern Twist on a 150-Year-Old Thought Experiment


New research demonstrates a 20x improvement in resetting a quantum bit to its '0' state, using a mod...
Published Scientists recover an ancient woman's DNA from a 20,000-year-old pendant - Scientists Recover DNA from 20,000-Year-Old Pendant



An international research team has for the first time successfully isolated ancient human DNA from a...
Published 'Giant' predator worms more than half a billion years old discovered in North Greenland



Fossils of a new group of animal predators have been located in the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet fos...
Published New pieces in the puzzle of first life on Earth



Microorganisms were the first forms of life on our planet. The clues are written in 3.5 billion-year ...
Published Fossils reveal dinosaurs of prehistoric Patagonia - Fossils Reveal Dinosaurs of Prehistoric Patagonia



A study is providing a glimpse into dinosaur and bird diversity in Patagonia during the Late Cretace...
Published Oldest known fossilized skin is 21 million years older than previous examples



Researchers have identified a 3D fragment of fossilized skin that is at least 21 million years than ...
Published Scientists unlock secrets of how archaea, the third domain of life, makes energy



An international scientific team has redefined our understanding of archaea, a microbial ancestor to...
Published Local bright spot among melting glaciers: 2000 km of Antarctic ice-covered coastline has been stable for 85 years



A whaler's forgotten aerial photos from 1937 have given researchers the most detailed picture of the...
Published Researchers solve 2,000-year-old mystery of the shipworm



They bedeviled ancient Greek navies, helped shipwreck Christopher Columbus, aided in the sinking of...
Published 'Ugly' fossil places extinct saber-toothed cat on Texas coast



This fossil looks like a lumpy, rounded rock with a couple of exposed teeth that are a little worse...
Published Ancient polar sea reptile fossil is oldest ever found in Southern Hemisphere



An international team of scientists has identified the oldest fossil of a sea-going reptile from the...
Published Last surviving woolly mammoths were inbred but not doomed to extinction



The last population of woolly mammoths was isolated on Wrangel Island off the coast of Siberia 10,00...
Published Half a billion-year-old spiny slug reveals the origins of mollusks



Exceptional fossils with preserved soft parts reveal that the earliest mollusks were flat, armored s...
Published Sixty-million-year-old grape seeds reveal how the death of the dinosaurs may have paved the way for grapes to spread



Scientists discovered the oldest fossil grapes in the Western Hemisphere, which help show how after...
Published Discovering the physics behind 300-year-old firefighting methods



Inspired by a 1725 fire engine that pumped water at larger distances and higher speeds than previous...
Published Whale-like filter-feeding discovered in prehistoric marine reptile



A remarkable new fossil from China reveals for the first time that a group of reptiles were already...
Published Trilobites rise from the ashes to reveal ancient map



Ten newly discovered species of trilobites, hidden for 490 million years in a little-studied part of ...
Published These giant, prehistoric salmon had tusk-like teeth



Oncorhynchus rastrosus, a giant species of salmon that lived in the North American Pacific Northwest...
Published Student discovers 200-million-year-old flying reptile



Gliding winged-reptiles were amongst the ancient crocodile residents of the Mendip Hills in Somerset...
Published Archaeologists discover world's oldest wooden structure



Half a million years ago, earlier than was previously thought possible, humans were building structu ...