A grape variety still used in wine production in France today can be traced back 900 years to just one ancestral plant, scientists have discovered.
The Justinianic Plague began in 541 in the Eastern Roman Empire, ruled at the time by the Emperor Justinian I, and recurrent outbreaks ravaged Europe and the Mediterranean basin for approximately 200 years
The discovery of Alcmonavis poeschli has implications for the debate over whether active flapping birds arose from gliding birds
A new study suggests that 6000-years-ago people across Europe shared a cultural tradition of using freshwater mussel shells to craft ornaments
The OCR4all tool ensures converting historical printings into computer-readable texts. It is very reliable, user-friendly, and open source. It was developed by scientists at the University of Würzburg
The University and State Library of Bonn (ULB) is celebrating the return of more than 600 volumes that had disappeared during the immediate post-war period
A newly identified species of 150 million-year-old marine crocodile has given insights into how a group of ancient animals evolved
The origin of Crocus sativus (saffron) has long been the subject of speculation and research, as this knowledge would enable to introduce genetic diversity
