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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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September 2021Astrobiology, the United Nations, and Geopolitics

Linda, B. (2021). Astrobiology, the United Nations, and Geopolitics. Astrobiology, None, 255–269. doi:10.1002/9781119711186.ch12

Nutrient Supply to Planetary Biospheres from Anoxic Weathering of Mafic Oceanic Crust

Syverson, D. D., Reinhard, C. T., Isson, T. T., Holstege, C. H., Katchinoff, J. A. R., Tutolo, B. M., … Planavsky, N. J. (2021). Nutrient Supply to Planetary Biospheres from Anoxic Weathering of Mafic Oceanic Crust. Geophysical Research Letters. doi:10.1029/2021gl094442

Common feedstocks of late accretion for the terrestrial planets

Zhu, M-H., Morbidelli, A., Neumann, W., Yin, Q-Z., Day, J. M. D., Rubie, D. C., … Wünnemann, K. (2021). Common feedstocks of late accretion for the terrestrial planets. Nature Astronomy. doi:10.1038/s41550-021-01475-0

Thallium behavior during high-pressure metamorphism in the Western Alps, Europe

Rader, S. T., Gaschnig, R. M., Newby, S. M., Bebout, G. E., Mirakian, M. J., & Owens, J. D. (2021). Thallium behavior during high-pressure metamorphism in the Western Alps, Europe. Chemical Geology, 579, 120349. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120349

UMaMI: A New Frontiers-style Mission Concept to Explore the Uranian System

Leonard, E. J., et al. (2021). MaMI: A New Frontiers-style Mission Concept to Explore the Uranian System. The Planetary Science Journal, 2, 174. doi: 10.3847/PSJ/ac0e3b

Directed evolution of rRNA improves translation kinetics and recombinant protein yield

Liu, F., Bratulić, S., Costello, A., Miettinen, T. P., Badran, A. H. (2021). Directed evolution of rRNA improves translation kinetics and recombinant protein yield. Nature Communications, 12, 5638. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25852-5

Hydrothermal Experiments with Protonated Benzylamines Provide Predictions of Temperature-Dependent Deamination Rates for Geochemical Modeling

Robinson, K. J., et al. (2021) Hydrothermal Experiments with Protonated Benzylamines Provide Predictions of Temperature-Dependent Deamination Rates for Geochemical Modeling, ACS Earth Space Chemistry, 5, 8. doi: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00104

One-billion-year-old epibionts highlight symbiotic ecological interactions in early eukaryote evolution

Tang, Q., Pang, K., Li, G., Chen, L., Yuan, X., & Xiao, S. (2021). One-billion-year-old epibionts highlight symbiotic ecological interactions in early eukaryote evolution. Gondwana Research, 97, 22–33. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2021.05.008

August 2021Separations of Carbohydrates with Noncovalent Shift Reagents by Frequency-Modulated Ion Mobility-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry

McKenna, K. R., Clowers, B. H., Krishnamurthy, R., Liotta, C. L., & Fernández, F. M. (2021). Separations of Carbohydrates with Noncovalent Shift Reagents by Frequency-Modulated Ion Mobility-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. doi:10.1021/jasms.1c00184

Potential role for microbial ureolysis in the rapid formation of carbonate tufa mounds

Medina Ferrer, F., Rosen, M. R., Feyhl‐Buska, J., Russell, V. V., Sønderholm, F., Loyd, S., … Corsetti, F. A. (2021). Potential role for microbial ureolysis in the rapid formation of carbonate tufa mounds. Geobiology. doi:10.1111/gbi.12467

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