Nickel isotope may be microbe biomarker
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 11:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., June 23 (UPI) -- U.S. and British scientists have determined nickel might be a useful isotopic marker to trace the origins of single cell organisms that produce methane.
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