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Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure

2023-09-22 19:39 Half a million years ago, earlier than was previously thought possible, humans were building structures made of wood, according to new research by a team from the University of Liverpool and Aberystwyth University. The research, published in the journal Nature, reports on the excavation of well-preserved wood at the archaeological site of Kalambo Falls, Zambia, dating back at least 476,000 years and predat...

Long-moustached short-moustaches: a transitional form between mosquitoes and flies was found in the Triassic

2023-09-15 11:38 The order Diptera includes, as the name implies, insects with only one pair of wings. The body structure of diptera can be reduced to two main types: mosquitoes with multi-lobed antennae and flies with three-lobed antennae. This difference was noticed a long time ago: diptera were divided into long-whiskered Nematocera and short-whiskered Brachycera in the first half of the XIX century. But as often happens...

3D-Printed ‘Living Material’ Could Clean Up Contaminated Water

2023-09-08 18:58 Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new type of material that could offer a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to clean pollutants from water. Dubbed an “engineered living material,” it is a 3D-printed structure made of a seaweed-based polymer combined with bacteria that have been genetically engineered to produce an enzyme that transforms various organic pollutants in...

UNESCO World Heritage Sites often ‘last line of defence against extinction’

2023-09-01 10:55 Some of the world’s most iconic natural and cultural sites are also a haven for thousands of endangered species, the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Thursday. Although properties protected under the World Heritage Convention make up less than one per cent of the Earth’s surface, they harbour more than 20 per cent of the planet’s biodiversity, new research by UNESCO and...

Международный конкурс научно-исследовательских работ «SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT – 2023», посвященный Всемирному дню науки за мир и развитие (ООН)

2023-08-25 09:58 Уважаемые коллеги! Приглашаем принять участие в Международном конкурсе научно-исследовательских работ «SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT – 2023», посвященном Всемирному дню науки за мир и развитие (ООН), (далее – Конкурс). Организацию и проведение Конкурса осуществляет научно-образовательный центр «Science Idea» (далее – научно-образовательный центр). Конкурс проводится в заочной форме. В Конкурсе могут принять...

Scientists have found the oldest bivalve mollusk of the genus Pinna

2023-08-18 19:51 MSU paleontologists reported the discovery of the oldest bivalve mollusk of the genus Pinna. The find comes from the deposits of the Early Permian reef of Shakhtau on the territory of Bashkiria. Information about the discovery was published in the Paleontological Journal. The Pinnidae Leach family includes some of the largest heteromiare bivalves. The first representatives of this family appeared in the ea...

‘Transforming education’: Ensuring children and societies are learners

2023-08-11 14:50 The UN launched on Friday a policy brief on transforming education, which lays out a set of proposals to create inclusive and truly learning societies, and to understand education as a global public good. The brief recognizes that education faces both a crisis of access as well as a crisis of quality and relevance, Leonardo Garnier, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Transforming Education Sum...

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