#Microplastic pollution harms lobster larvae, study finds

“#Microplastic pollution harms lobster larvae, study finds” Accumulated microplastic fibers are visible under this larval lobster’s carapace. New research shows that microplastic fiber pollution impacts larval lobsters at each stage of their development. Credit: Madelyn Woods Microplastic fiber pollution in the ocean impacts larval lobsters at each stage of their development, according to new research….

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#New evidence helps form digital reconstruction of most important medieval shrine

“#New evidence helps form digital reconstruction of most important medieval shrine” A CGI reconstruction of Thomas Beckets shrine. Credit: John Jenkins The shrine of Saint Thomas Becket, the most important pilgrimage destination in medieval England—visited for hundreds of years by pilgrims seeking miraculous healing—has been digitally reconstructed for the public, according to how experts believe…

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#Running in Tarahumara culture

“#Running in Tarahumara culture” Image showing Rarámuri runners. Credit: Lieberman, Daniel E. “Running in Tarahumara (Rarámuri) Culture,” just published in Current Anthropology (v61, no. 3 (June 2020): 356-379) studies the Tarahumara Native Americans of northern Mexico. For over a century, the Tarahumara have been famous for their long distance running traditions and abilities, with many…

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#Fossil of giant 70m year-old fish found in Argentina

“#Fossil of giant 70m year-old fish found in Argentina” A giant 70 million year old fossil of a fish that lived amongst dinosaurs has been discovered in Argentine Patagonia, a team of researchers said on Monday. Argentine paleontologists “found the remains of a predator fish that was more than six meters long,” the researchers said…

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#Global success for Canadian companies depends on prior R&D investment, receptiveness to new learning

“#Global success for Canadian companies depends on prior R&D investment, receptiveness to new learning” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Canadian companies that go international are known to be more productive and successful than those that don’t. New research has quantified the reasons why. It shows that about 80 percent of global companies’ productivity is due to…

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#Research team proposes technology for producing superplastic wire

“#Research team proposes technology for producing superplastic wire” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Currently, low-alloy aluminum is widely used in electrical engineering and machine building. At the same time, it should be noted that modern electrical engineering places very high and in some cases mutually exclusive requirements to aluminum alloys. For example, conductive aluminum alloys must…

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