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Three large ERC projects are holding their annual meeting

Posted on September 27, 2019September 27, 2019 by Project Prometheus

Three large 5-year ERC projects: ERC Traces, ERC Earthbloom, and ERC Prometheus are holding their annual meeting in Brest, France. All three projects look at silicification and silica macro/micro-structures in one way or another, These annual workshops are extremely useful to discuss our science openly. We share technologies, methodologies, and results in an attempt to trigger further collaboration. This year Mark Van Zuilen from the CNRS / Institut de Physique de Globe de Paris, Stefan…

2019 is the International Year of the Periodic Table

Posted on September 26, 2019October 23, 2019 by Project Prometheus

2019, 150 years since the Russian chemist Dmitry Mendeleev became famous for discovering the pattern behind what we now know as the periodic table of elements, has been declared #IYPT2019, the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements. For this reason, Descubre, the Andalusian Foundation for the Dissemination of Innovation and Knowledge, asked us to reveal our favorite element. Juan Manuel García-Ruiz, Principal Investigator of PROMETHEUS, reveals his own from the Laboratory of…

The new episode of our webcomic is online!

Posted on September 24, 2019October 23, 2019 by Project Prometheus

The 8th episode of our webcomic SOMETHING IN THE WATER is online. Till Lukat’s comic is based on PROMETHEUS. Access the full episode here!

Prometheus thanks the European Research Council staff

Posted on September 20, 2019October 23, 2019 by Project Prometheus

Many thanks to the
European Research Council administration and management staff. You were always there for us! This video is but a token of our heartfelt appreciation. ¡Gracias!

Do you know the difference between diamonds and coal?

Posted on September 13, 2019October 23, 2019 by Alfonso Garcia Caballero

In this TEDx talk you’ll learn about crystallography’s importance in science and in our daily lives and the difference between diamonds and coal

Read the PROMETHEUS webcomic: “Something in the water”

Posted on September 9, 2019October 23, 2019 by Alfonso Garcia Caballero

Don’t miss Till Lukat’s “Something in the water”, the webcomic based on our own PROMETHEUS project is already on its 7th chapter. Join “Prof. De Arce” and his team on their crystallographic and biomorph seeking adventures on: bit.ly/SomthngWatr “Something in the water”, el webcomic de Till Lukat basado en nuestro proyecto PROMETHEUS ya va por su séptimo capítulo. Únete al “Prof. De Arce” y su equipo en sus aventuras cristalográficas en busca de biomorfos: bit.ly/SomthngWatr

Mineral self-organization of primitive earth

Posted on September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 by Alfonso Garcia Caballero

It is almost impossible to find a place on the Earth’s surface where chemistry has not been influenced by biology. But there was a time when the planet was barren and the phenomena of mineral formation were different from today… Juan Manuel García Ruiz tells us about the mineral self-organization of the primitive earth.

Temperature can control the growth of biomorphs

Posted on December 9, 2018September 5, 2019 by Alfonso Garcia Caballero

Biomorphs are silica and carbonate materials capable of assembling themselves to create symmetries, forms and structures similar to those of living organisms. The results of this CSIC study have been published in the journal ‘Nature Communications’. Calcium carbonate is the mineral most used by living organisms to build complex structures with excellent mechanical properties that they use as exoskeletons. To make them, they only need calcium from sea or river water, carbon dioxide from the…

Prometheus on the TV Programme “ConCiencia”

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Alfonso Garcia Caballero

The project Prometheus has been featured in the tv programme ConCiencia. It can be viewed from minute 1:15 to minute 11:25 on the following link.

Silica Metal Oxide Vesicles Catalyze Comprehensive Prebiotic Chemistry

Posted on August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 by Alfonso Garcia Caballero

Mattia Bizzarri, B.; Botta, L.; Perez-Valverde, M. I.; Saladino, R.; Di Mauro, E.; Garcia-Ruiz, J. M., Silica Metal Oxide Vesicles Catalyze Comprehensive Prebiotic Chemistry. Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 2018, 24 (32), 8126-8132. Download paper. It has recently been demonstrated that mineral self‐assembled structures catalyzing prebiotic chemical reactions may form in natural waters derived from serpentinization, a geological process widespread in the early stages of Earth‐like planets. We have synthesized self‐assembled membranes by mixing…

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Nanoscale Anatomy of Iron-Silica Self-Organized Membranes: Implications for Prebiotic Chemistry

Prebiotic Organic Chemistry of Formamide and the Origin of Life in Planetary Conditions: What We Know and What Is the Future

An Alternative Approach for Assessing Biogenicity