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New Fossil Find In New Mexico Named After Artist Georgia O'Keeffe
February 20, 2006 Two Columbia scientists have discovered the fossil of a toothless crocodile relative that looks like a six-foot-long, two-legged dinosaur, but is actually a distant cousin of today's alligators and ... > full story -
Scientists Discover Skeletons Of The Oldest Tyrannosaur
February 9, 2006 A team of scientists at The George Washington University and the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing have discovered a new genus and species of dinosaur that is the ... > full story -
Neutrons, The Spies Of The Nanoworld
November 24, 2005 A new kind of neutron/X-ray reflectometer called "N-REX +" will be inaugurated by the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research in Stuttgart and the Technical University of Munich on Thursday, ... > full story -
Missing Fossil Link 'Dallasaurus' Found
November 16, 2005 When amateur fossil finder Van Turner discovered a small vertebra at a construction site near Dallas 17 years ago, he knew the creature was unlike anything in the fossil record. Scientists now know ... > full story -
Fossil Find: 'Godzilla' Crocodile Had Head Of A Dinosaur, Fins Like A Fish
November 10, 2005 Researchers have discovered evidence of an ancient sea creature that would have made Tyrannosaurus rex, think twice before stepping into the ocean. At the southern tip of South America, they found ... > full story -
U. Of Colorado Researcher Identifies Tracks Of Swimming Dinosaur In Wyoming
October 18, 2005 The tracks of a previously unknown, two-legged swimming dinosaur have been identified along the shoreline of an ancient inland sea that covered Wyoming 165 million years ago, according to a ... > full story -
Oxygen Increase Caused Mammals To Triumph, Researchers Say
October 3, 2005 The first, high resolution continuous record of oxygen concentration in the earth's atmosphere shows that a sharp rise in oxygen about 50 million years ago gave mammals the evolutionary boost they ... > full story -
Small, Unmanned Aircraft Search For Survivors In Katrina Wreckage
September 15, 2005 Providing the benefits of speed, portability and access, a pair of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) surveyed storm-damaged communities in Miss. as part of the search for trapped survivors of Hurricane ... > full story -
Fuel Cells Might Get Hydrogen From Water, Organic Material
August 31, 2005 A novel technique for producing hydrogen from water and organic material has been found recently at Purdue University, a discovery that could help speed the creation of viable hydrogen storage ... > full story -
Predatory Dinosaurs Had Bird-Like Pulmonary System
July 19, 2005 What could the fierce dinosaur T. rex and a modern songbird such as the sparrow possibly have in common? Their pulmonary systems may have been more similar than scientists previously thought, ... > full story
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