A £1m project is investigating a Roman burial ritual in Yorkshire which created casts of the dead. The University of York's ...

If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have ...

Researchers have developed a promising technique to identify potential microbial fossils on Mars. Sulfate minerals like gypsum, abundant on the Martian surface, may hold clues to ancient life.

Mineral scaling, a significant issue in membrane desalination, reduces water recovery rates and diminishes system performance ...

Scientists may have uncovered a promising new method to detect ancient life on Mars. A recent study suggests that microbial ...

"Yeah, let's go together," his dad said. The father-son duo were headed north to a gypsum quarry near the Mediterranean coast ...

A new £1 million project will investigate the mysterious Roman burial practice of pouring liquid gypsum over the clothed ...

With 22 major minerals and 36 minor ones, Rajasthan is the country's only producer of lead, zinc, wollastonite, selenite, ...

The filaments were embedded in gypsum and surrounded by dolomite, clay minerals, and pyrite. The presence of dolomite, clay minerals, and pyrite signals the presence of organic life. Prokaryotes ...

Planetary scientists in Algeria and Switzerland have developed a scientific instrument that could help hunt for signs of life ...

The Kebbi State Government has announced the discovery of five additional solid mineral deposits, raising the total number of ...