Earth's earliest life left behind very few chemical traces. Fragile remains, like ancient cells and microbial mats, were buried, squeezed, heated, and broken apart by the planet's shifting crust ...
Scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science used a powerful combination of cutting-edge chemistry and artificial intelligence to peer through the geological fog of time in search of the very ...
New method also detects molecular signs of photosynthesis almost 1 billion years earlier than previously documented; Combining chemistry and AI, pioneering method could revolutionize search for ...