All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 October Oldest titanium provides evidence of one-billion-year-old preserved life Oldest titanium provides evidence of one-billion-year-old preserved life 15/10/2020 | 3 MINS Researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology have found the earliest finding of titanium inside one-billion-year-old cells, within the oldest evidence of fossils in the UK. The research, published in Geobiology, found titanium minerals inside unbroken cells, suggesting that these elements formed very early after the death of the cells. Lead author Eva Sirantoine from LITΓÇÖs School of Earth Sciences collected samples of organic-walled microfossils of the Cailleach Head Formation in northern Scotland, a site known for its well-preserved microfossils from the Precambrian era, the earliest of the geological ages. ΓÇ£This study shows that the timing of the formation of the minerals is more precious than the size or aspect of the minerals for their preservation potential." Eva Sirantoine Once extracted, researchers examined the single-celled organisms under an elec
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 October Oldest titanium provides evidence of one-billion-year-old preserved life Oldest titanium provides evidence of one-billion-year-old preserved life 15/10/2020 | 3 MINS Researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology have found the earliest finding of titanium inside one-billion-year-old cells, within the oldest evidence of fossils in the UK.
The research, published in Geobiology, found titanium minerals inside unbroken cells, suggesting that these elements formed very early after the death of the cells.
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Lead author Eva Sirantoine from LITΓÇÖs School of Earth Sciences collected samples of organic-walled microfossils of the Cailleach Head Formation in northern Scotland, a site known for its well-preserved microfossils from the Precambrian era, the earliest of the geological ages.
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ΓÇ£This study shows that the timing of the formation of the minerals is more precious than the size or aspect of the minerals for their preservation potential." Eva Sirantoine Once extracted, researchers examined the single-celled organisms under an elec
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