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How can deep-sea organisms survive under extreme pressure?
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (180+ words) A research team, led by Professor Gaku Fukuhara of Kyushu University’s Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering (IMCE), investigated this biological phenomenon. They focused on PoXeR, a protein from a deep-sea bacterium. Using a custom-built apparatus, they subjected the protein…...
Taking water samples from a glacial river on Svalbard
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (52+ words) (IMAGE) EurekAlert! Taking water samples from a glacial river on Svalbard Credit must be given to the creator. More on this News Release New study raises concerns about climate feedback loop as melting Arctic glaciers flush ancient methane from rocks…...
Deep biosphere has endured mountain-building and erosion over hundreds of millions of years
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (14+ words) Phys.org...
Finding independently evolved microbial life on Mars would be one of history’s greatest discoveries—but Robin Hanson’s Great Filter argument gives it a darker edge. If simple life arises easily, then whatever keeps the universe silent must lie later on the road from microbes to spacefaring civilisation—and it may still be ahead of us.
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (988+ words) A second origin of life could reshape the Great Filter argument. It would not establish that a catastrophe lies ahead: later evolutionary barriers and limits to our searches remain part of the question. By Life Signs · Edited by Lachlan Brown…...
These microbes in Antarctica don’t live anywhere else
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (534+ words) Notably, these are specific microbes, not all microbes in Antarctica. But it shows that some life in Antarctica can be different from the rest of the world. The researchers published the new peer-reviewed findings in Proceedings of the National Academy…...
Archaea as "flexitarians": ammonia-oxidizing microbes also feed on amino acids
1+ week, 2+ day ago (193+ words) The tiny helpers of marine sponges also use organic amino acids image: Figure 1: The bright yellow elephant ear sponge, called Ianthella basta, can be found across coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific Ocean including the Great Barrier Reef off the coast…...
Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes for quirky science
1+ week, 2+ day ago (198+ words) Ten research teams were honored Thursday at a satirical science awards ceremony that was hosted outside the U.S. for the first time due to travel concerns. Soil Science Prize Winners Pia Viviani (right) and Atlant Bieri (left) are on stage during…...
Bone-crushing dogs reveal new secrets at Ashfall Fossil Beds
2+ week, 2+ day ago (336+ words) “We even find coprolites — fossil poop — that have chips of bone in it,” Matson said. “So, we know those are coming from a dog. But so far, no skeletons of the scavengers, so we don’t know if they survived the…...
Why scientists asked 1,000 people to bury their underwear
2+ week, 2+ day ago (390+ words) More than 1,000 volunteers buried cotton underwear across Switzerland to help scientists measure how active different soils are. The faster the fabric disappeared, the more biological activity was taking place underground. Gardens showed the fastest decomposition, while lawns had the least,…...
First Caribbean-Led Expedition to Explore Trinidad and Tobago???s Deep Sea Unveils Rich Ecosystems
2+ week, 5+ day ago (745+ words) The team discovered 25 cold seep ecosystems, 20 suspected new species, and mapped 13% of the country’s uncharted seafloor. Images and videos available in this gallery. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — Marine scientists from Trinidad and Tobago recently conducted the first locally…...