2+ hour, 37+ min ago   (257+ words) Analyses of 4-billion-year-old minerals reveal active tectonics and crustal recycling in the Hadean, rewriting the planet's infancy. A comprehensive examination of the oldest minerals on the planet, microscopic grains of zircon more resistant than diamond, has provided the strongest chemical…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (235+ words) The study focuses on the phenomenon of biomineralization, a process by which inorganic substances, such as metals, accumulate and solidify inside the tissues of a living organism. These so-called endophytic microbes may play a role in plant biomineralization processes, explains…...

6+ mon, 5+ day ago   (498+ words) A team of chemists and archaeologists from the University of Oxford solves a decades-old mystery by identifying honey biomarkers in organic residues found in bronze jars excavated from a 6th-century BCE Greek sanctuary. The discovery, published in the Journal of…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (431+ words) Researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) have identified a new state of matter within a material synthesized in their laboratories'an advance that could redefine the boundaries of quantum computing and space exploration, as it could enable the creation…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (676+ words) Until now, astronomers had found simple organic molecules such as methanol in dense regions of gas and dust prior to star formation. The detection of more elaborate compounds in an active protoplanetary disk like that of V883 Orionis indicates that prebiotic…...