Evidence of ancient life has been found in a ruby for the first time, a new study claims. Researchers in Canada say they've discovered carbon residue that was once ancient life, encased in a 2.5 ...
Lifeforms have been around on Earth for a very long time. In a new discovery that reminds us of just how long, a team of scientists from the University of Waterloo in Canada says it’s found evidence ...
Traces of ancient life were locked inside a 2.5 billion-year-old ruby from Greenland, according to a new study. The planet's oldest rubies, sparkling red gemstones made up of a transparent red mineral ...
"It's the first time we've seen evidence of ancient life in ruby-bearing rocks," says the lead researcher. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When ...
Geologist Chris Yakymchuk and his team were attempting to learn more about the mineral corundum, which is the crystalline form of aluminum oxide, by examining rubies located in one of the world's ...
How old is life on Earth? Scientists say over 2.5 billion years old, thanks to a ruby. A group of scientists studying the geology of rubies in Greenland, a country known to hold the oldest deposits of ...
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FL--(Marketwired - January 20, 2016) - Hashrocket, the Jacksonville Beach-based technology company that hosts the annual Ancient City Ruby tech conference in St. Augustine, is ...
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