[Kyushu University] Life in the deep sea is under immense pressure—literally. Such extreme conditions can disrupt the delicate structures of proteins essential to life. Yet somehow, the proteins in deep-sea […]
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Ice World Microbiology: Cryorhodopsins
Imagine the magnificent glaciers of Greenland, the eternal snow of the Tibetan high mountains, and the permanently ice-cold groundwater in Finland. As cold and beautiful these are, for the structural […]
Posted inOrigin & Evolution of Life, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
How Whale Shark Rhodopsin Evolved For Low Light Environments
Editor’s note: how might life on worlds circling dim M-class dwarfs evolve their visual systems? How Sharks did it on Earth offers some possible insight.