The inside of a living cell is crowded with large, complex molecules. New research on how these molecules could spontaneously organize themselves could further our understanding of how cells manage […]
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Posted inArctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
Oxygen Oasis in Antarctic Lake Reflects Earth in the Distant Past
At the bottom of a frigid Antarctic lake, a thin layer of green slime is generating a little oasis of oxygen, a team including UC Davis researchers has found. It’s […]
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Study Casts Doubt on Mammoth-killing Impact Event
Rock soil droplets formed by heating most likely came from Stone Age house fires and not from a disastrous cosmic impact 12,900 years ago, according to new research from the […]
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Press Release
Making Oxygen Before Life
About one-fifth of the Earth’s atmosphere is oxygen, pumped out by green plants as a result of photosynthesis and used by most living things on the planet to keep our […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Life In An Antarctic Lake
UC Davis geologists have been using laser scanning and underwater video to capture images of life in an ice-covered Antarctic lake.