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Lipid Biomarkers In Microbialites From A Maar Lake: An Astrobiological Study Of Biomarker Preservation under Mars Analog Conditions

by Keith Cowing

Lipids constitute resistant biomarkers that have been proposed as pacemakers in the search for possible microbial life-forms in Mars’ past.

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Neutron Scanning Of Coral Fossils Reveals Earth’s Hidden Climate History

by Keith Cowing

A University of Sydney student has developed a completely new way to peer inside coral fossils to recover lost records of past climate change.

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Microbial Diversity Of Coastal Microbial Mats Formations In Karstic Habitats From The Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

by Keith Cowing

In this study, we report for the first time an exploration of the physicochemical characteristics and the prokaryotic diversity of three different types of microbial mats from karstic habitats located […]

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