A new 160-million-year-old arboreal pterosaur species, dubbed Monkeydactyl , has the oldest true opposed thumb - a novel structure previously not known in pterosaurs.
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Spectacular fossil plants preserved within a volcanic ash fall in China have shed light on an evolutionary race 300 million years ago, which was eventually won by the seed-bearing plants that dominate so much of the Earth today.
New research into fossils found at the Pompeii of prehistoric plants , in Wuda, Inner Mongolia, reveals that the plants, called Noeggerathiales, were highly-evolved members of the lineage from which came seed plants.
Noeggerathiales were important peat-forming plants that lived around 325 to 251 million years ago. Understanding their relationships to other plant groups has been limited by poorly preserved examples until now.
The fossils found in China have allowed experts to work out that Noeggerathiales are more closely related to seed plants than to other fern groups.
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Smartphones could be used to scan people s eyes for early-warning signs of glaucoma - helping to prevent severe ocular diseases and blindness, a new study reveals.
Some of the most common eye-related diseases are avoidable and display strong risk factors before onset, but it is much harder to pinpoint a group of people at risk from glaucoma.
Glaucoma is associated with elevated levels of intraocular pressure (IOP) and an accurate, non-invasive way of monitoring an individual s IOP over an extended period would help to significantly increase their chances of maintaining their vision.
Soundwaves used as a mobile measurement method would detect increasing values of IOP, prompting early diagnosis and treatment.
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International travellers are particularly vulnerable to virulent strains of drug-resistant bacteria - often picking up several different types during a trip through spending time in the company of other tourists, a new study reveals.
The global spread of intestinal multidrug resistant gram-negative (MDR-GN) bacteria poses a serious threat to human health worldwide, with MDR clones of E.coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae threatening more antibiotic resistant infections around the world.
Researchers monitored a group of European travellers visiting Lao People s Democratic Republic for three weeks - analysing daily returns of information and stool samples to build a comprehensive picture of the tourists gut health.
The airline expands its connectivity from Barcelona-El Prat airport with four new routes.
Vueling launches a special promotion (available between February 18 and 20) for all these new routes, starting at € 19.99 / one-way, in Basic rate
Barcelona, February 18 2021 - Vueling, an airline part of IAG (International Arlines Group), reinforces its commitment to the Nordic market and thus ensures connectivity with a region of great interest to the tourism sector. The airline today announced that it will operate four new routes from Barcelona - El Prat to Gothenburg (Sweden), Billund (Denmark) and Bergen and Stavanger (Norway).
Connections from Barcelona to Gothenburg (Sweden) will be available from June 11, with the two weekly frequencies, every Friday and Sunday. On June 18, the route to Billund (Denmark) will be launched, with two weekly flights, every Monday and Friday. Bergen and Stavanger (Norway) will be connected to Barcelona from June 19 and 20, respectively, with one weekly f