This means that if life once existed on the Red Planet, we may now have the tool to identify its remains. The center stage of this discovery is a laser-powered mass spectrometer, a spaceflight-ready ...

Researchers have developed a promising technique to identify potential microbial fossils on Mars. Sulfate minerals like gypsum, abundant on the Martian surface, may hold clues to ancient life.

The NIR (Near-infrared) laser spectroscopy laboratory is dedicated to the advancement of photonic and quantum information technology in an interdisciplinary effort. This encompasses the development of ...

A project at China's Zhejiang Normal University (ZJNU) has applied laser spectroscopy to bomb-peak dating, potentially assisting a number of carbon-dating and forensic applications. Bomb-peak dating ...

Planetary scientists in Algeria and Switzerland have developed a scientific instrument that could help hunt for signs of life ...

If Mars ever hosted microorganisms in its bygone oceans, their fossils might still be preserved in minerals—and now, we have ...

Scientists found fossil-like traces in gypsum, suggesting ancient microbial life may have existed on Mars billions of years ...