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Category: Science Highlights

Arsenic-cycling metabolism recorded in hot spring silica deposits

Arsenic-cycling metabolism recorded in hot spring silica deposits

Slagter, Silvina, Kimberly Myers, Diego M. Guido, Bhoopesh Mishra, Thaïs Couasnon, Gernot Arp, Stefan V. Lalonde, and Mark A. Van Zuilen. Communications Earth & Environment (2026).

Mitigating lead bioaccessibility in metal (loid) s contaminated alkaline soils using soil amendments: Evaluating efficacy using in vitro bioaccessibility, sequential extraction, and synchrotron techniques

Mitigating lead bioaccessibility in metal (loid) s contaminated alkaline soils using soil amendments: Evaluating efficacy using in vitro bioaccessibility, sequential extraction, and synchrotron techniques

Wekumbura, Chandima, Ganga M. Hettiarachchi, William Hargrove, Qing Ma, Matthew Newville, Antonio Lanzirotti, and Christina Sobin. Journal of Hazardous Materials 497 (2025): 139742.

Complex redox histories of lunar pyroclastic beads revealed by spatially correlated chromium and Vanadium valences

Complex redox histories of lunar pyroclastic beads revealed by spatially correlated chromium and Vanadium valences

Sutton, S. R., Lanzirotti, A., Newville, M., Dyar, M. D., McCanta, M., & the ANGSA Team (2026). Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 131, e2025JE009416.

Controls on iron‐redox state in martian magmas quantified by Mössbauer spectroscopy, colorimetric wet chemistry, and XANES spectroscopy

Controls on iron‐redox state in martian magmas quantified by Mössbauer spectroscopy, colorimetric wet chemistry, and XANES spectroscopy

Aithala, S. P., R. A. Lange, and M. M. Hirschmann. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 131, no. 3 (2026): e2025JE009148.

Enhanced Manganese Oxidation at the Biofilm–Fluid Interface Drives Pore-Scale Patterns in Mineral Precipitation

Enhanced Manganese Oxidation at the Biofilm–Fluid Interface Drives Pore-Scale Patterns in Mineral Precipitation

Eleanor C. Fadely, Gaitan Gehin, Sharon E. Bone, Samuel M. Webb, Verónica L. Morales, and Jasquelin Peña. Environmental Science & Technology 2026 60 (1), 654-663DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c11326

Geophysical Impacts and Spectroscopic Identification of a Hydrous Iron Sulfate on Icy Worlds

Geophysical Impacts and Spectroscopic Identification of a Hydrous Iron Sulfate on Icy Worlds

Pardo, O. S., Palfey, W. R., Liu, Z., Goddard, W. A., III, Rossman, G. R., & Jackson, J. M. (2026). Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 131, e2025JE009238.

A simple wire-coil resistive heater for high temperature radial x-ray diffraction in a diamond anvil cell

Armstrong, K., Hamilton, S. G., Keane, J., Gombart, J. S., Kunz, M., Tolbert, S. H., and Williams, Q. Review of Scientific Instruments 97 (2026): 013905.

Elasticity of β-Mg2SiO4 containing 1.2 wt% H2O to 10 GPa and 600 K by ultrasonic interferometry with synchrotron X-radiation

Elasticity of β-Mg2SiO4 containing 1.2 wt% H2O to 10 GPa and 600 K by ultrasonic interferometry with synchrotron X-radiation

Noda, M., Gwanmesia, G. D., Whitaker, M. L., Chen, H., Inoue, T., Sakamoto, N., and Yurimoto, H. American Mineralogist 111 (2026): 128137.

Wildfire Produces Transient Minerals: Speciation, Reactivity, and Fate of Iron and Manganese in Surface Soils Post Wildfire

Wildfire Produces Transient Minerals: Speciation, Reactivity, and Fate of Iron and Manganese in Surface Soils Post Wildfire

Kang, K., Whelan, E. M., Bone, S., Rowley, M. C., Marcus, M. A., & Peña, J. (2025). Environmental Science & Technology.

Equilibrium Fe isotope fractionation between olivine, pyroxene, spinel and MORB glass: Implications for mantle partial melting to generate MORBs

Equilibrium Fe isotope fractionation between olivine, pyroxene, spinel and MORB glass: Implications for mantle partial melting to generate MORBs

Nie, Nicole X., Anat Shahar, Peng Ni, Richard W. Carlson, Steven B. Shirey, Corliss K. Sio, Justin Y. Hu et al. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2025).

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