Tardigrades are microscopic invertebrates measuring between 0.2 mm and 1.1 mm in length. They are close relatives of arthropods (spiders, insects, crustaceans), and can live in wide variety of environments. […]
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Magnesium Silicate Chimneys at the Strytan Hydrothermal Field, Iceland, as Analogues for Prebiotic Chemistry at Alkaline Submarine Hydrothermal Vents on the Early Earth
The Strytan Hydrothermal Field (SHF) in basaltic terrain in Iceland is one of the extant alkaline submarine hydrothermal vent systems favoured as analogues for where life on Earth may have […]
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Nanosized Blocks Spontaneously Assemble In Water To Create Tiny Floating Checkerboards
Researchers have engineered nanosized cubes that spontaneously form a two-dimensional checkerboard pattern when dropped on the surface of water. The work, published in Nature Communications, presents a simple approach to […]