Compound in 500-million-year-old fossils sheds new light on Earth's carbon cycle

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells ...
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UT San Antonio-led research team discovers compound in 500-million-year-old fossils, shedding new light on Earth’s carbon cycle

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells and insect exoskeletons, in trilobite fossils more than 500 million years ...
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Ancient Fossil Find Reveals New Carbon Cycle Insights

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells and insect exoskeletons ...
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From molecular interactions to material function: Unraveling water’s effect on chitin nanocrystals

Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, report in the Journal of the American Chemical Society the use of three-dimensional atomic force microscopy (AFM) and ...