Hailstones causes billions in damage in the U.S. alone, but meteorologists know little about how they form. A study using isotope analysis successfully recreated the “history” of 27 hailstones as they ...
Sealed Apollo 17 samples analyzed with new techniques reveal that the Moon’s interior contains sulfur isotopes unlike those ...
About 4. 6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity.
Isotope analysis, and in particular compound‐specific stable isotope analysis (CSIA), has emerged as an indispensable tool in the investigation of environmental biodegradation. By measuring the subtle ...
New research shows Venice’s bronze Lion of St Mark was cast in Tang-era China, revealing a Silk Road link behind the city’s sacred symbol.
Demand for the ornaments, jewelry, and other luxury items carved from the ivory in elephant tusks has led poachers to decimate elephant populations. An international ban exists on the ivory trade, and ...
Evidence of large "meat feasts" in the British Iron Age: millions of bones reveal social and livestock networks from 2,800 ...
For the next five years, the University of Wyoming’s Stable Isotope Facility (SIF) will be the go-to laboratory to analyze National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) soil samples from across the ...
Teeth reveal the story of how humans in the Neolithic villages of Syria lived, worked, and raised families thousands of years ...
Archaeologists have learned about the lives of the world’s earliest farmers, how they traveled, and socialized in Neolithic ...