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Microbial Communities in a Serpentinizing Aquifer Are Assembled through Strong Concurrent Dispersal Limitation and Selection

open access: yesmSystems, 2021
In recent years, our appreciation of the extent of habitable environments in Earth’s subsurface has greatly expanded, as has our understanding of the biodiversity contained within.
Lindsay I. Putman   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Oxidation of Aqueous Sulfide by Chlorate: Implications for Native Sulfur Formation on Mars

open access: yesGeophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 14, 28 July 2026.
Abstract The recent discovery of native sulfur (“sulfur stones” consist of elemental sulfur) by Curiosity rover in the Gale Crater has sparked considerable research interest toward identifying its formation mechanisms that could generate novel insights into Martian sulfur cycling.
J. Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of the Beagle 2 lander on Mars [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2017
The 2003 Beagle 2 Mars lander has been identified in Isidis Planitia at 90.43° E, 11.53° N, close to the predicted target of 90.50° E, 11.53° N. Beagle 2 was an exobiology lander designed to look for isotopic and compositional signs of life on Mars, as ...
J. C. Bridges   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dark Land Surfaces Allow for Refugia That Could Support Photosynthetic Life on the Surface of Snowball Earth

open access: yesJournal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 13, 16 July 2026.
Abstract Photosynthetic eukaryotic algae survived the Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth events, indicating that liquid‐water refugia existed somewhere on the surface. We examine the potential for refugia at the coldest time of a snowball event, before CO2 had risen and with high‐albedo ice on the frozen ocean, before it became darkened by dust deposition ...
Greta E. M. Shum   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A History of the Extraterrestrial Life Debate

open access: yesZygon, 1997
From antiquity to the present, humans have debated whether intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe. This presentation will survey this debate, examining the roles played in it by science, religion, philosophy, and other areas of human learning.
doaj   +2 more sources

Harnessing Generative AI Within Human‐Aligned Constraints: Exploring Control Strategies and Existential Considerations

open access: yesEngineering Reports, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2026.
We propose the Powerful‐but‐Limited Generative AI theorem, demonstrating that embedding human‐inspired constraints, such as fixed utility functions and neuro‐symbolic submission layers, ensures generative AI remains controllable by preventing self‐improvement beyond designer intent.
Saeed Banaeian Far   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Illusion of Structural Order: Evaluating the Suppression of Amorphous Carbon Black Pigment Bands in SSE‐Processed Handheld Raman Spectra

open access: yesJournal of Raman Spectroscopy, Volume 57, Issue 7, Page 1150-1160, July 2026.
The handheld Raman with SSE system efficiently mitigates fluorescence; however, it may also bias the Raman response towards graphitic domains in carbon‐based black pigments, thereby concealing amorphous carbon contributions that are critical for pigment type identification.
Zeynep Alp, Christoph Herm
wiley   +1 more source

Life on Mars? The physiological perspective

open access: yes
Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Ronan M. G. Berg, Damian M. Bailey
wiley   +1 more source

Correlative X‐Ray and Neutron Tomography of Microbial Biosignatures: Perspectives for Mars Sample Return

open access: yesEarth and Space Science, Volume 13, Issue 7, July 2026.
Abstract Mars Sample Return (MSR) is the next major frontier in Mars exploration, through which advanced laboratory instrumentation will be used to study Martian samples and answer key questions surrounding Mars' planetary evolution and astrobiology. Non‐destructive, high‐resolution imaging will be critical for preliminary MSR analyses.
Sylvia Olewinski   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Light Regimes Shape Utilization of Extracellular Organic C and N in a Cyanobacterial Biofilm

open access: yesmBio, 2016
Although it is becoming clear that many microbial primary producers can also play a role as organic consumers, we know very little about the metabolic regulation of photoautotroph organic matter consumption.
Rhona K. Stuart   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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