Posts Tagged ‘sulfur’
Ore shows signs of microbes in early oceans
MCGILL (CAN) — An analysis of sulfide ore from a Canadian mine suggests microbes were active in ocean water 2.7 billion years ago. Continue…
Monday, December 10, 2012 15:19 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - Feb 7, 2012 16:11 - 0 Comments
Thanks to copper, sulfur’s stink repels us
DUKE (US) — Copper ions may be the cause of our sensitivity to sulfurous odors, like skunks, volcanic gases, and armpits. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 1, 2012 11:53 - 1 Comment
Protein’s arm controls iron-sulfur cluster
RICE (US) —Scientists have learned how a protein that plays a role in diabetes, cancer, and aging uses entwined arm movements to control a potentially toxic payload of iron and sulfur. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 10, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
In African rocks, traces of evolutionary blast
UNC CHAPEL HILL (US)—New research has opened the door on what some consider to be the greatest event in the history of animal life: a massive evolutionary jumpstart during the Cambrian Explosion half a billion years ago. (more…)
