Landscape dynamics and Bannockburn 1314: scientific answers to historical problems
Researchers at the Universities of Stirling and Aberdeen and the SUERC Radiocarbon Laboratory have been awarded a £118,000 grant by the Leverhulme Trust on: Landscape dynamics and Bannockburn 1314: scientific answers to historical problems.
(Re)dating Danebury hillfort and later prehistoric settlements in the environs: a Bayesian approach
Researchers at the Universities of Leicester and Oxford and the SUERC Radiocarbon Laboratory have been awarded a £243,000 grant by the Leverhulme Trust on: (Re)dating Danebury hillfort and later prehistoric settlements in the environs: a Bayesian approach
SUERC student makes a Big Bang in London
SUERC student Joan Miller has just returned from presenting at the Big Bang Fair in London, taking part in the largest STEM celebration for young people in the UK.
SUERC Scientists help in the identification of the remains of Richard III
Radiocarbon and AMS laboratories help establish age of skeletal remains.
Date of dinosaur extinction fixed more accurately than ever before
The demise of the dinosaurs is the world’s ultimate whodunit. Was it a comet or asteroid impact? Volcanic eruptions? Climate change?
SUERC Researchers Probe Martian Meteorite
A team of SUERC researchers led by Dr Fin Stuart are to analyse a 0.2g fragment of the Tissint Meteorite named after the area of Morocco where it fell last year.
SUERC Scientist sheds new light on size and frequency of Yellowstone super-eruptions
A volcanic super-eruption in America’s Yellowstone National Park two million years ago was actually two smaller eruptions 6,000 years apart, new research has revealed.
'Heavy Metal, Sex and Granites' - critical role of granite in evolution of life on Earth revealed
It’s one of the world’s toughest forms of rock. Now scientists have discovered that granite played an important role in events which eventually led to human life on Earth.
How Fast Can Glaciers Respond to Climate Change?
Scientists report that prehistoric ice sheets reacted rapidly to a brief cold snap, providing a rare glimpse of glaciers' response to past climate change
SUERC helps sharpen focus on radiocarbon dating
Scientists have used sediment from the bottom of a Japanese lake to calibrate more effectively the tools used to determine the age of ancient materials.