In Raman excitation mapping, Raman spectra are collected at many wavelengths, but this is typically a slow process. Here, a rapid mapping technique obtains 2D Raman excitation maps of chirality ...

Despite their dominance, the fossil record has long been puzzlingly sparse when it comes to evidence of their ancient ancestors. This absence is particularly striking given molecular studies, which ...

A "groundbreaking" fossil has been discovered in part of south Devon, council bosses say. Torbay Council said the fossils of trees, known as lycopsids and believed to be about 377 million years ...

NEW YORK, Dec 26 (Reuters) - New York state will fine fossil fuel companies a total of $75 billion over the next 25 years to pay for damage caused to the climate under a bill Governor Kathy Hochul ...

China claims to have achieved a ‘world record’ in shipbuilding by developing a massive cargo ship similar to its Fujian aircraft carrier. Named Fan Zhou 8, the cargo ship has an unprecedented ...

An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently existing or extinct species, scientists revealed in a study last month.

An international research team has made a notable discovery of fossil embryos belonging to ... all three-dimensionally phosphatized. Micro-CT analysis indicated that the embryos were internally ...

But a new fossil discovery in another part of the world seemingly flips that notion on its head. The research, study co-author David Begun said, "suggest[s] that hominins not only evolved in ...

A plant that lived 47 million years ago in what is now Utah is like nothing that lives on planet Earth today. The discovery of new fossils reveals that a species first found in 1969 is not a member of ...

Initially, researchers speculated it might be part of the ginseng family. However, new discoveries have turned this assumption on its head. Recent fossil specimens reveal that this ancient plant is ...

Scientists have just carried out an extensive study on two mysterious plant fossils discovered in Utah – but it’s left them with more questions than answers. Only two known specimens of Othniophyton ...

Following a countdown from a bevy of schoolchildren at the front of the crowd, curtains were drawn to reveal Apex, one of the most complete and largest Stegosaurus fossils yet discovered.