Shark teeth from museum jaws can now reveal what sharks ate decades ago. New research shows preservation chemicals don’t ...

Imagine never charging your phone again or having a pacemaker that lasts a lifetime. Scientists are developing tiny nuclear ...

In general, the lighter isotope of an element tends to be more abundant in nature – for example, 98.9% of the Earth’s carbon is 12 C, with 13 C making up the remaining 1.1%. Generally, stable isotope ...

Researchers have found an environmentally safer way to extract the lithium 6 needed to create fuel for nuclear fusion ...

Research led by Jilin University, China, is providing bioarchaeological evidence on a mass grave at the Bayanbulag site in ...

Lithium-6 is a crucial material for nuclear fusion reactors, but isolating it is challenging – now researchers have found a ...

An international study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres has provided new insights into global ...

Not knowing exactly when regular meat consumption became part of our ancestors’ diets is a gap in our understanding of human ...

One of us (Dr Lüdecke) began working with fossilised tooth enamel during her PhD. The focus was on measuring stable carbon isotopes in the enamel as a way to uncover the plant-based part of an extant ...

A new method of tracking the dietary habits and contaminant exposure of animals in Arctic marine ecosystems is providing critical insights as climate ...