Mineral–microbe interactions play important roles in environmental change, biogeochemical
cycling of elements and formation of ore deposits. Minerals provide both beneficial (physical …

Since the initial landmark study on the chiral induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect in 1999,
considerable experimental and theoretical efforts have been made to understand the …

Cyanobacteria can form dense and sometimes toxic blooms in freshwater and marine
environments, which threaten ecosystem functioning and degrade water quality for …

A remarkable exploration of the science, history, and politics of the Anthropocene, one of the
most important scientific ideas of our time, from two world-renowned experts Meteorites …

Establishing a unified timescale for the early evolution of Earth and life is challenging and
mired in controversy because of the paucity of fossil evidence, the difficulty of interpreting it …

Microbial cells (ie, bacteria, archaea, microeukaryotes) in oceans secrete a diverse array of
large molecules, collectively called extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) or simply …

Systems incorporating biometric technologies have become ubiquitous in personal,
commercial, and governmental identity management applications. Both cooperative (eg …

The origin of life is still one of humankind's great mysteries. At the transition between
nonliving and living matter, protocells, initially featureless aggregates of abiotic matter, gain …

“Slime” played a brief and spectacular role in the 19th century founded by the theory of
primordial slime by Ernst Haeckel. However, that substance was never found and eventually …

We describe how environmental context can help determine whether oxygen (O2) detected
in extrasolar planetary observations is more likely to have a biological source. Here we …