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Evaluating Serpentinization as a Source of Phosphite to Microbial Communities in Hydrothermal Vents

Previous studies have documented the presence of phosphite, a reduced and highly soluble form of phosphorus, in serpentinites, which has led to the hypothesis that serpentinizing hydrothermal vents could have […]

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Nanostructures In The Deep Ocean Floor Hint At Life’s Origin

Researchers led by Ryuhei Nakamura at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan and The Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) of Tokyo Institute of Technology have discovered inorganic […]

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