Seminal recent studies that have shed new light on the remarkable properties of clay
interactions suggest unexplored opportunities for biomaterial design and regenerative …

The review discusses origin, state and function of extracellular DNA in soils and sediments.
Extracellular DNA can be released from prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and can be …

This book is about the most complete work on the subject of clay minerals thus far
conceived. Its scope is one of basics to general principles to use in real geologic situations …

Cells in tissues or biofilms communicate with one another through chemical and mechanical
signals to coordinate collective behaviors. Non-living cell mimics provide simplified models …

The maturation of nanotechnology has revealed it to be a unique and distinct discipline
rather than a specialization within a larger field. Its textbook cannot afford to be a chemistry …

The understanding of adsorption of proteins and nucleic acids on clay minerals and their
interactions is important in biological applications for soil ecosystem, the earth's biochemical …

Our environment is essential for not only the quality, but also the persistence of life on Earth.
Three of the most pressing environmental issues facing modern society are climate change …

Life is made of the intimate interaction of metabolism and genetics, both built around the
chemistry of the most common elements of the Universe (hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and …

While grounded in the hard sciences of physics, chemistry, geology, and astronomy, as well
as well-accepted principles in the life sciences, astrobiology remains the most speculative of …

Spores of Bacillus subtilis were exposed to space in theBIOPAN facility of the European
Space Agency onboard of the Russian Earth-orbiting FOTON satellite. The spores were …