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Emerging Trends in Comet Taxonomy. “Emerging trends and a comet taxonomy based on the volatile chemistry measured in thirty comets with high-resolution infrared spectroscopy between 1997 and 2013.” in Icarus

Cycles of Glaciation on Ancient Mars. “Climate Cycling on Early Mars Caused by the Carbonate-Silicate Cycle” in Earth and Planetary Astrophysics.

Methane Muted: How Did Early Earth Stay Warm?. “A proper accounting of biogeochemical cycles in the oceans reveals that methane has a much more powerful foe than oxygen.” in PNAS

Emerging Trends in Comet Taxonomy“Emerging trends and a comet taxonomy based on the volatile chemistry measured in thirty comets with high-resolution infrared spectroscopy between 1997 and 2013.” in Icarus01/03

Cycles of Glaciation on Ancient Mars“Climate Cycling on Early Mars Caused by the Carbonate-Silicate Cycle” in Earth and Planetary Astrophysics.02/03

Methane Muted: How Did Early Earth Stay Warm?“A proper accounting of biogeochemical cycles in the oceans reveals that methane has a much more powerful foe than oxygen.” in PNAS03/03

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January 2021Quantification of endospores in ancient permafrost using time-resolved terbium luminescence

Lalla, S. J., Kaneshige, K. R., Miller, D. R., Mackelprang, R., & Mogul, R. (2021). Quantification of endospores in ancient permafrost using time-resolved terbium luminescence. Analytical Biochemistry, 612, 113957. doi:10.1016/j.ab.2020.113957

Refining the Transit-timing and Photometric Analysis of TRAPPIST-1: Masses, Radii, Densities, Dynamics, and Ephemerides

Agol, E., Dorn, C., Grimm, S. L., Turbet, M., Ducrot, E., Delrez, L., … Grootel, V. V. (2021). Refining the Transit-timing and Photometric Analysis of TRAPPIST-1: Masses, Radii, Densities, Dynamics, and Ephemerides. The Planetary Science Journal, 2(1), 1. doi:10.3847/psj/abd022

Water and Life: The Medium is the Message

Frenkel-Pinter, M., Rajaei, V., Glass, J. B., Hud, N. V., & Williams, L. D. (2021). Water and Life: The Medium is the Message. Journal of Molecular Evolution. doi:10.1007/s00239-020-09978-6

The Role of Glycerol and Its Derivatives in the Biochemistry of Living Organisms, and Their Prebiotic Origin and Significance in the Evolution of Life

Gull, M., & Pasek, M. A. (2021). The Role of Glycerol and Its Derivatives in the Biochemistry of Living Organisms, and Their Prebiotic Origin and Significance in the Evolution of Life. Catalysts, 11(1), 86. doi:10.3390/catal11010086

BEAST begins: Sample characteristics and survey performance of the B-star Exoplanet Abundance Study

Janson, M., Squicciarini, V., Delorme, P., Gratton, R., Bonnefoy, M., Reffert, S., … Al. (2021). BEAST begins: Sample characteristics and survey performance of the B-star Exoplanet Abundance Study. Astronomy & Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039683

Microbe-Mineral Interaction and Novel Proteins for Iron Oxide Mineral Reduction in the Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaeon Pyrodictium delaneyi

Kashyap, S., & Holden, J. F. (2021). Microbe-Mineral Interaction and Novel Proteins for Iron Oxide Mineral Reduction in the Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaeon Pyrodictium delaneyi. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. doi:10.1128/aem.02330-20

Complications in the ALMA Detection of Phosphine at Venus

Akins, A. B., Lincowski, A. P., Meadows, V. S., & Steffes, P. G. (2021). Complications in the ALMA Detection of Phosphine at Venus. The Astrophysical Journal, 907(2), L27. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/abd56a

DIFFERENTIAL WEATHERING OF DIAGENETIC CONCRETIONS AND THE FORMATION OF NEOPROTEROZOIC ANNULATED DISCOIDAL STRUCTURES

Schwid, M. F., Xiao, S., Nolan, M. R., & Zhihui, A. N. (2021). DIFFERENTIAL WEATHERING OF DIAGENETIC CONCRETIONS AND THE FORMATION OF NEOPROTEROZOIC ANNULATED DISCOIDAL STRUCTURES. PALAIOS, 36(1), 15–27. doi:10.2110/palo.2020.018

A very early origin of isotopically distinct nitrogen in inner Solar System protoplanets

Grewal, D. S., Dasgupta, R., & Marty, B. (2021). A very early origin of isotopically distinct nitrogen in inner Solar System protoplanets. Nature Astronomy. doi:10.1038/s41550-020-01283-y

Transition metals enhance prebiotic depsipeptide oligomerization reactions involving histidine

Frenkel-Pinter, M., Sargon, A. B., Glass, J. B., Hud, N. V., & Williams, L. D. (2021). Transition metals enhance prebiotic depsipeptide oligomerization reactions involving histidine. RSC Advances, 11(6), 3534–3538. doi:10.1039/d0ra07965k

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