Posts Tagged ‘sulfur’
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. Continue…
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 16:11 - 0 Comments
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 marine geologist Justin Ries in the Zebra River Valley, southern Namibia. The Nama Group carbonates, which contain sulfur isotopic signatures suggesting that low marine sulfate and low atmospheric oxygen conditions persisted up until the Cambrian Explosion, loom in the background. (Credit: Gordon Love)
