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Tag: sulfuric acid

Venus, from NASA/JPL
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Could cells form in Venus’s clouds?

Posted on October 16, 2025October 9, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

Astrobiologists demonstrated that cell membrane structures can form in high concentrations of sulfuric acid similar to the clouds of Venus.

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    Storms cause acids to enlarge our aquifers

    Posted on February 13, 2025June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

    Researchers found that sulfuric and nitric acids from human activities dissolve more limestone in aquifers than they previously thought,…

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      Strange microbes found living in caves of sulfuric acid

      Posted on May 20, 2020June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

      Researchers studying a sulfuric acid cave in Italy are among the first to describe organisms found living in gypsum, an acidic mineral…

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        Mining with acid-generating bacteria

        Posted on December 18, 2019October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

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

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