Figs, or anjeer, can have various health benefits. Here is how they can benefit long-term health and reduce certain risks for ...

THE usefulness of most forms of phosphorescent paint is limited by the rapid decay in luminosity when exposed in the dark. A new preparation with an appreciably longer useful luminous glow has ...

After testing some of the first gladiator remains found, forensics anthropologist Fabian Kanz discovers that some bones contained unusually high levels of strontium. Gladiators may have been consuming ...

During a town hall hosted by TV personality Phil McGraw, known as Dr. Phil, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that one of the Defense Department’s research and ...

Scientists have created a groundbreaking map of strontium isotopes found across sub-Saharan Africa—which could help descendants of enslaved people reconstruct their family histories. Strontium is an ...

A little-known element is shedding light on the transatlantic slave trade. Researchers have assembled a map of strontium, a naturally occurring element, across sub-Saharan Africa. These data can be ...

UC Santa Cruz Anthropology Professor Vicky Oelze prepares samples for a strontium isotope analysis. Postdoctoral fellow Xueye Wang and UCSC graduate and undergraduate students processed hundreds of ...

A team of researchers has mapped predicted bioavailable strontium isotope ratios across all of Sub-Saharan Africa. Archaeologists, conservation scientists, and forensics experts will now be able to ...