Automated Exploration of Prebiotic Chemical Reaction Space: Progress and Perspectives
Life, 2021 Prebiotic chemistry often involves the study of complex systems of chemical reactions that form large networks with a large number of diverse species.
Siddhant Sharma +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Environmental Stability and Its Importance for the Emergence of Darwinian Evolution
Life, 2023 The emergence of Darwinian evolution represents a central point in the history of life as we know it. However, it is generally assumed that the environments in which life appeared were hydrothermal environments, with highly variable conditions in terms ...
Khushi R. Daga +4 more
doaj +1 more source
The Effects of Iron on In Silico Simulated Abiotic Reaction Networks
Molecules, 2022 Iron is one of the most abundant elements in the Universe and Earth’s surfaces, and undergoes a redox change of approximately 0.77 mV in changing between its +2 and +3 states.
Sahil Rajiv Shahi, H. James Cleaves
doaj +1 more source
Applying Novel Techniques from Physical and Biological Sciences to Life Detection
Space: Science & Technology, 2023 One of the primary goals of the space exploration community is to unambiguously detect past or present life outside of Earth. As such, a number of so-called life detection technologies, instruments, and approaches have been applied as part of past ...
Tony Z. Jia +13 more
doaj +1 more source
A global network model of abiotic phosphorus cycling on Earth through time
Scientific Reports, 2022 Phosphorus (P) is a crucial structural component of living systems and central to modern bioenergetics. P cycles through terrestrial geochemical reservoirs via complex physical and chemical processes.
Marcos Jusino-Maldonado +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Respiratory system symptoms in marble quarry and marble factory workers
Medicine Science, 2022 In this study, respiratory system symptoms developed in workers working in 35 marble factories, 20 marble quarries in Afyonkarahisar İscehisar region were examined and compared.
Suphi Aydin, Ahmet Dumanli
doaj +1 more source
Marble as votive offering? Social agency in the post‑Classical Levant [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2023 This paper combines archaeology and written sources to examine the ways in which marble was used in the churches of the southern Levant in Late Antiquity.
Basema Hamarneh
doaj +1 more source
Physical and Mechanical Characterization of Artificial Stone with Marble Calcite Waste and Epoxy Resin [PDF]
Materials Research, 2017 The incorporation of calcite marble waste in epoxy resin for the production of artificial stone can represent a technical-economical method and environmentally viable, reducing the amount of discarded residue in the environment, and adding economic value
Fernanda Souza Silva +2 more
doaj +2 more sources
A study of mineral compositions and micro-structure characteristics for the Jinping marble
Shuiwen dizhi gongcheng dizhi, 2022 To study the evolution law of internal pore structure of Jinping marble under loading, the mineral composition and uniaxial compression test were first conducted.
Chenchen FENG +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Stone-Made Architectural Décor Details from the Golden Horde Town of Azak
Археология евразийских степей, 2022 This work introduces a collection of stone-made architectural details and decorations found in the course of archaeological research of the Golden Horde town of Azak. When analyzing the architectural decorations, the main attention was paid to the search
Minaev Alexander P.
doaj +1 more source