Medicine & TechnologyScientists uncovered the origin story of common ancestors of living apes by finding a 13-million-year-old primate skull from the west of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Scientists named this specimen as “Alesi”, it has a tiny nose and mouth related to its head size.
Fossil of two mammal species unearthed from Beijing, China that was suggested as the oldest winged mammals. Lead researcher Dr. Zhe-Xi Luo found out that those specimens were from Jurassic period and gymnosperm plants were their main diet.
NASA’s Curiosity was found silica enriched rock samples in the Lighter-toned bedrock called Halos. As per study this silica actually migrated from an old sedimentary rock from the ancient Martian lake.
Photoredox catalysts are used for synthesizing the novel organic compound which has the different application in pharmaceutical sector etc. However, a research team claimed that quantum dot could be a better replacement for existing photoredox catalyst.
Methanol, a key building block for the complex organic compounds that comprise life, has been detected for the first time in the protoplanetary disk of a young, distant star.