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New Simulation Speed Record on Sequoia Supercomputer
April 30, 2013 — Computer scientists have set a high performance computing speed record that opens the way to the scientific exploration of complex planetary-scale systems. Scientists have announced a record-breaking ... > full story -
Canada's Distinctive Tuya Volcanoes Reveal Glacial, Palaeo-Climate Secrets
April 30, 2013 — Deposits left by the eruption of a subglacial volcano, or tuya, 1.8 million years ago could hold the secret to more accurate palaeo-glacial and climate models, according to new research. The detailed ... > full story -
First Land Animals Kept Fishlike Jaws for Millions of Years
April 30, 2013 — For the first time, fossil jaw measurements confirm that land animals developed legs millions of years before their feeding systems changed enough to let them eat a land-based diet. The pattern had ... > full story -
First Snapshot of Organisms Eating Each Other: Feast Clue to Smell of Ancient Earth
April 29, 2013 — Tiny 1,900-million-year-old fossils from rocks around Lake Superior, Canada, give the first ever snapshot of organisms eating each other and suggest what the ancient Earth would have smelled ... > full story -
Dinosaur Predecessors Gain Ground in Wake of World's Biggest Biodiversity Crisis
April 29, 2013 — Newly discovered fossils from 10 million years after Earth's greatest mass extinction reveal a lineage of animals thought to have led to dinosaurs taking hold in Tanzania and Zambia in the ... > full storyMore: -
Turtle Genome Analysis Sheds Light on Turtle Ancestry and Shell Evolution
April 28, 2013 — From which ancestors have turtles evolved? How did they get their shell? New data provides evidence that turtles are not primitive reptiles but belong to a sister group of birds and crocodiles. The ... > full story -
Rethinking Early Atmospheric Oxygen: Possibility of More Dynamic Biological Oxygen Cycle on Early Earth Than Previously Supposed
April 24, 2013 — Using a quantitative model, a research team of biogeochemists has provided a new view on the relationship between the earliest accumulation of oxygen in the atmosphere, arguably the most important ... > full story -
Iron in Primeval Seas Rusted by Bacteria
April 23, 2013 — Researchers have been able to show for the first time how microorganisms contributed to the formation of the world's biggest iron ore deposits. The biggest known deposits -- in South Africa and ... > full story -
Fish Was on the Menu for Early Flying Dinosaur
April 22, 2013 — New research reveals that Microraptor, a small flying dinosaur, was a complete hunter -- able to swoop down and pick up ... > full story -
Geochemical Method Finds Links Between Terrestrial Climate and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
April 22, 2013 — Scientists used a new chemical technique to measure the change in terrestrial temperature associated with a major shift in global atmospheric CO2 concentrations nearly 34 million years ago. Their ... > full story
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