With feathers into the afterlife: New results on the Bad Dürrenberg shaman burial

The approximately 9,000-year-old grave of the shaman from Bad Dürrenberg (Saalekreis district) is one of the most spectacular ...
La Brújula Verde

Feather remains found in the funerary goods of the 9,000-year-old shaman from Bad Dürrenberg, confirming that she wore a headdress made with them

Archaeological science has managed to capture, in microscopic fragments smaller than one millimeter, what time and soil ...
AZOM

Using Microspectrometry to Examine Bird Feather Barbules

An important technique to analyze microscopic samples is UV-visible range microspectroscopy. The technique can analyze samples in the micron range, and as such is perfectly suitable for research on ...
New Atlas

Water-absorbing feathers could inspire better bottles and fog harvesters

The male desert sandgrouse might not be much to look at, but his belly feathers give him the unique ability to absorb and carry water. Researchers have, for the first time, closely examined the ...