Deep ocean basalts record 3.5-billion-year history of oceanic and atmospheric oxygen levels

The discovery of boron on Mars gives scientists more clues about whether life could have ever existed on the planet

Researchers believe that by analyzing the fossils using the GC-MS method, it will be easier to find archaea in sedimentary rocks

The next generation desolvating nebulizer system for inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).

Findings published in the journal Science

The research team took a close look at a 2012-2013 drought and flood cycle that affected much of the Midwestern U.S., leading to a nitrogen spike in surface water

Floodwaters return to the Colorado River but can release greenhouse gases

Researchers' results show that between 95 and 98 per cent of the injected CO₂ was mineralized over a period of less than two years

Concentrations are highest in coal from the Appalachian Mountains

Some of the iron-metabolizing bacteria appear quite early on the tree of life, making the studies relevant to discovering the origins of life