Three long-chain alkanes detected by Nasa’s Curiosity rover could be chemical biosignatures that point to a history of past ...

For more than a decade, a robotic explorer has been traveling across Mars, quietly collecting clues about a time when the Red ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has unearthed the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars—possible fragments of fatty ...

‘There is evidence that liquid water existed in Gale Crater for millions of years and probably much longer, which means there ...

The longest organic molecules identified to date on Mars have recently been detected. These long carbon chains, containing up to 12 consecutive carbon atoms, could exhibit features similar to the ...

NASA’s Curiosity Martian rover finds organic-like, long-chain alkanes preserved in the planet’s mudstone Twelve years after ...

XRD results indicate that the primary mineral components include clay, quartz, feldspar, calcite, and dolomite, with trace amounts of gypsum, halite, and pyrite. Clay content varies from 3.45% to 74.7 ...

This study examined the influence of kaolin clay as drilling cuttings on barite-weighted oil-based drilling fluid (OBDF). Different quantities of kaolin clay (0, 5, 10, and 15 wt %) were intentionally ...

Researchers have discovered a trove of ancient clay puppets at an archaeological site in El Salvador. The five carved figurines are about 2,400 years old, and they may help shed new light on an ...