The bulk of the time was spent combining fossil information about diatoms with the newly sequenced transcriptomes (the genes expressed by an organism) from 181 different diatoms to reconstruct the ...

The bulk of the time was spent combining fossil information about diatoms with the newly sequenced transcriptomes (the genes expressed by an organism) from 181 different diatoms to reconstruct the ...

Article citations More>> Wickramasinghe, N.C., Wallis, J., Wallis, D.H. and Samaranayake, A. (2013) Fossil Diatoms in a New Carbonaceous Meteorite. Journal of Cosmology, 21, 1-14. has been cited by ...

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Pool-grade diatomaceous earth, for instance, has been heat-treated and can be harmful to lungs and skin, cautions Frazer, and isn’t pest control friendly. Protect your skin.

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The fossils are around 73 million years old, showing that birds were nesting in the Arctic at least 30 million years earlier than scientists thought. This discovery changes what we know about how ...

Diatomaceous earth is a natural pesticide composed of fossilized marine organisms. Although it does not work instantly, it can be used to kill bed bugs.

Fossils in the Boquillas Formation at Big Bend National Park in Texas reveal new clues about the Cretaceous.