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Category: Chemistry

Could “Fools’ Gold” have helped build the first proteins? Scientists measured the forces that allow iron pyrite to help amino acids bind to each other at the bottom of the ocean -- to understand how life may have formed a long time ago.

September 21, 2020 by Marcos Jusino-Maldonado Read More

Can cigarette butts on the beach influence the local environment? A study of burned and unburned cigarettes found that water chemistry and microbes living in Mediterranean beach sediments changed after 4 days of exposure to a cigarette filter.

May 22, 2020 by Mary Sabuda Read More

Which came first, the cysteine or the egg? The amino acid cysteine was thought to be needed to manufacture itself, leading scientists to wonder where the first cysteine molecule came from.

February 13, 2020 by Justin Dingman Read More

Bacteria from the Black Sea Have an Unusual Diet A new species of bacterium was discovered that lives off manganese and sulfur instead of oxygen or carbon dioxide

January 9, 2020 by Alex Duff Read More

Contaminants in groundwater can take over 20 years to break down But scientists have a method for removing the contaminants more quickly, using a underground barrier.

January 8, 2020 by Kristen Amodeo Read More

A special kind of bacteria lets cement fix itself Mineral-forming bacteria that grow best in fast-flowing liquid may be the glue that researchers need to close cracks in underground cement.

December 25, 2019 by Samantha Peterson Read More

Mining with acid-generating bacteria Sulfuric acid production by sulfur-oxidizing bacteria may be a solution to a long standing mining problem.

December 18, 2019 by Mackenzie Best Read More

Parkinson’s Disease and Antioxidant Treatment A recent study highlights a promising potential therapy for the neurodegenerative disease

October 23, 2019 by Nathan Gock Read More

Can Fish Help Us Understand Why We Age? Fish that age rapidly and fish that live extremely long lives are different in terms of the compounds present in their blood.

October 16, 2019 by Erica Curles Read More

Oxygen, nitrogen, and what happens when biology gets involved How the Great Oxidation Event and photosynthesis created the nitrogen cycle we know today

October 10, 2019 by Sciworthy Staff Read More

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