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Sharp shift in diet at onset of Neolithic

Article Abstract:

The stable carbon isotopes present in bone are estimated to investigate the dietary habits of Britons over the Neolithic and Mesolithic period. Results suggested that there was a rapid and complete change from a marine-to a terrestrial-based dietary shift among coastal and inland dwellers in Britain at the onset of the Neolithic period.

Bones, Carbon isotopes, Britons, Britons (Ancient people)

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Bacterial photosynthesis genes in a virus

Article Abstract:

The authors analyze cyanobacteria which contributes to photosynthetic production of oxygen in the oceans but susceptible to virus infection. The authors have demonstrated that bacteriophage S-PM2, a genomic sequence of one of such virus, encodes proteins which are important for the photosynthetic reaction centers.

Analysis, Physiological aspects, Genetic aspects, Cyanobacteria, Viruses, Gene expression, Bacteriology, Photosynthesis

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Where all the lithium wentx

Article Abstract:

Astronomers are trying to track down all the lithium predicted by standard cosmological models. Evidence is provided for complex internal hydrodermic processes that reduce the stars' lithium abundance that explains the cosmological lithium discrepancy.

Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum), Industrial inorganic chemicals, not elsewhere classified, Lithium, Environmental aspects, Lithium (Metal), Cosmochemistry, Atmospheric composition

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