Chinese archeology's professor Dr. Li Liu from Stanford University collected 5,000 years old vessel from the archaeological site in north-east China. Researchers found evidence of beer from the ancient vessel. Students of "archaeology of food" recreated beers in their lab by analyzing the chemical profile of the beer.
Scientists from the University of California collected radioactive glass from the first nuclear site of New Mexico. Zinc and other volatile materials were found in the trinitite. Lead scientist Dr. Day found similarities between the formation of Moon and Trinitite.
An International research team has found enormous landslide at the great barrier reef. Lead researcher Dr. Robin Beaman found coral fossils from the knolls, that is more than 300,000 years old
Archaeologists uncovered the grave in Heuneburg, Germany. People have known about the Iron Age site for centuries, but researchers only recently uncovered the grave containing the mysterious elite woman.
Human's oldest ancestor found was older than the age of the Jurassic period. Scientists from China, Germany and United Kingdom found 540 million years old fossil that was used to be the ancestor of modern vertebrates, including humans.
Dr. Andres Lozano from the University of Toronto found a technique to treat Alzheimer's Disease. This technique is known as Deep Brain Stimulation(DBS) which asproved helpful to treat Parkinson's diesease.
New crab species, discovered in 1998, was recently given the scientific name, Harryplax Severus. Named after the one who discovered it, Harry Conley, and from two of the main characters of 'Harry Potter', namely Harry Potter and Severus Snape.
With decreasing costs of using drones and robots, plant biologists are now using these mechanical and electronic tools to study more and improve yields of plants.