The very first cells obtained their energy from geochemical reactions. LMU researchers have now managed to recreate this ancient metabolic process in their laboratory. Most likely, the earliest ...

Scientists found iron-fueled microbial life thriving deep beneath the Red Sea at Hatiba Mons, revealing a vast, metal-driven vent ecosystem.

Research on Atm1 protein’s role in iron-sulfur cluster transport across membranes could improve our understanding of mitochondrial conditions. A ubiquitous protein family found in almost all ...

Crushed by the weight of the thousands of kilometers of liquid iron and sulfur, superheated metal and minerals and cool crustal rock above, the Earth’s core is under immense pressure. Heated from ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A delicate balance of electrons flowing through the photosynthetic machinery is essential to a plant’s ability to turn sunlight into energy and its survival. Understanding the ...

Researchers have discovered that disruptions in the construction of iron-sulfur clusters can lead to the buildup of fat droplets in certain cells. Many important proteins in the human body need ...

Sulphur and iron compounds have now been found in shipwrecks both in the Baltic and off the west coast of Sweden. A few years ago scientists reported large quantities of sulphur and iron compounds in ...

THE lecturer commenced by stating the origin of the sulphurous impurity in coal gas to be the iron pyrites which is contained in coal, and that in the manufacture of gas, when the coal is strongly ...