More information: Jade J. Basinski et al, Quantitative Benchmarking of Catalytic Parameters for Enzyme-Mimetic Ribonucleotide Dephosphorylation by Iron Oxide Minerals, Environmental Science ...

Anything else would have to come from their new environment. Iron oxide minerals are found in rocks around the globe. Some are magnetic, and some of them rust—especially when exposed to water ...

Numerous iron-containing minerals exist on Earth (Table 1 & Figure 2). These minerals are classified as Fe(III)-oxides (e.g., hematite), Fe(III)-oxyhydroxides and -hydroxides (e.g., goethite), Fe ...

Scientists at the University of Oregon are working on a greener way to make iron metal—a big step toward cleaning up the steel industry, which is one of the largest sources of carbon pollution ...