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Deep-ocean floor produces its own ‘dark oxygen’

New study finds metallic minerals act as geobatteries to split water

An international team of researchers, including a Northwestern University chemist, has discovered that metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor produce oxygen — 13,000 feet below the surface.

The surprising …



A 3D reconstruction of select neurons within a small region of the human cortex.

Brain’s structure hangs in ‘a delicate balance’

New finding appears to be universal across insects, mammals and humans

When a magnet is heated up, it reaches a critical point where it loses magnetization. Called “criticality,” this point of high complexity is reached when a physical object is …