Modern Readers Originally Posted: May 9, 2016 Don’t let those sharp teeth fool you, because this ancient hammerhead reptile had no appetite for meat. The hammerhead’s most distinctive feature was its two menacing rows of teeth, with one group resembling needles and another group resembling chisels. That would normally hint that it was a carnivore, and […]
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SMU Research Originally Posted: January 8, 2016 It was a good year for faculty and student research efforts. Here is a small sampling of public and published acknowledgements during 2015: Research makes the cover of Biochemistry Drugs important in the battle against cancer were tested in a virtual lab by SMU biology professors to see […]
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SMU books fulfill your holiday gift giving list
Books published in 2015 by the SMU community, including faculty, staff, alumni, libraries and museum, can complete your holiday gift list. Need to satisfy a history buff? This list has it covered in genres from art to film to science to the Southwest. Find selections for readers of poetry, as well as personal, political and […]
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EurekaAlert! Originally Posted: December 8, 2015 New species marks only the third toothed pterosaur identified from North America’s Cretaceous — each one discovered in North Texas A new species of toothy pterosaur is a native of Texas whose closest relative is from England. The new 94-million-year-old species, named Cimoliopterus dunni, is strikingly similar to England’s […]
The SMU Geothermal Lab is hosting our 8th international energy conference and workshop, Power Plays: Geothermal Energy in Oil and Gas Fields, April 25-26, 2016 on the SMU Campus in Dallas, Texas. We are looking for speakers and poster presentations. Abstracts are due by Friday February 5, 2016. Submit your abstract by email to geothermal@smu.edu. […]
Smithsonian Magazine Originally Posted: April 16, 2015 Take a Deep Dive Into The Reasons Land Animals Moved to the Seas Synthesizing decades of discoveries, scientists have revealed links between changing environments and animal movements The movement of animals from the land into the sea has happened several times over the last 250 million years, and […]
Laboratory Equipment Originally Posted: March 17, 2015 Uplift associated with the Great Rift Valley of East Africa and the environmental changes it produced have puzzled scientists for decades because the timing and starting elevation have been poorly constrained. Now paleontologists have tapped a fossil from the most precisely dated beaked whale in the world – […]
UPI A fossil lost for nearly 40 years is offering clues as to when and how ancient climate change in Africa spurred human evolution. By Brooks Hays CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 17 (UPI) — Prehistorians believe the transition from dense, elevated forest to flat, open grasslands in East Africa spurred humans’ ancestors to first abandon all […]