It has long been known that Mars once had oceans due in part to a protective magnetic field similar to Earth’s. However, the magnetic field disappeared, and new research may […]
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Posted inAstrogeology
Where On Earth Is All The Water?
High-temperature and high-pressure experiments involving a diamond anvil and chemicals to simulate the core of the young Earth demonstrate for the first time that hydrogen can bond strongly with iron […]
Posted inMars
Analysis Of Meteorite Reveals Evidence Of Water On Ancient Mars
There’s a long-standing question in planetary science about the origin of water on Earth, Mars and other large bodies such as the moon. One hypothesis says that it came from […]
Posted inExtremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Press Release
Discovery Of Life In Solid Rock Deep Beneath The Sea May Inspire Search For Life On Mars
Newly discovered single-celled creatures living deep beneath the seafloor have given researchers clues about how they might find life on Mars. These bacteria were discovered living in tiny cracks inside […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Press Release
Life Could Be Common – But Not In Our Neighborhood
To help answer one of the great existential questions–how did life begin?–a new study combines biological and cosmological models. Professor Tomonori Totani from the Department of Astronomy looked at how […]
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Press Release
Chemists Map An Artificial Molecular Self-assembly Pathway With Complexities Of Life
Two pathways diverged in a chemical synthesis, and one molecule took them both. Chemists at the University of Tokyo have studied how molecular building blocks can either form a spherical […]
Posted inExtremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Press Release, Radiation, Tardigrades
Tardigrade Radiation Protection Gene Discovered
A new water bear protein can protect the DNA of human cultured cells from otherwise lethal amounts of radiation damage, say a group of Japanese researchers, providing part of the […]