Paleopharmaceuticals from Baltic amber might fight drug-resistant infections Date: April 5, 2021 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: For centuries, people in Baltic nations have used ...

Humans in the Baltic countries have used ancient amber (fossilized tree resin) for medicinal purposes for centuries. Infants there today are given amber necklaces that they chew to relieve ...

Almost 40 million years ago a flower bloomed in a Baltic conifer forest. Dripping tree resin encased the petals and pollen, forever showcasing an ephemeral moment in our planet’s past.

Because Baltic Amber can be many millions of years old, the sheer 'ancient-ness' of it somehow gives it some extra street cred at the corner juice bar, fashionista preschool, or yoga studio.

A piece of Eocene Baltic Amber of about 45 million years age contains a well preserved extinct flat bug, which turned out to be a new species to science. This exciting discovery is one of the many ...

The Baltic amber flower’s identity hadn’t been revised until Dr. Sadowski’s paper in Scientific Reports was published Thursday. Plants in amber are a rarity.

Baltic amber deposits formed in the mid-to-late Eocene epoch (38-33.9 MYA) in Northern Europe. Current consensus on the climate of the area at the time stands that it was warm-temperate.

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2021 -- For centuries, people in Baltic nations have used ancient amber for medicinal purposes. Even today, infants are given amber necklaces that they chew to relieve ...