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Director Richard Carlson and Deputy Director Michael Walter join Dr. Graham Pearson to answer a selection of questions about diamonds. Michael Walter: Some are grown in large presses at pressures of ...

The ability to survive extremely dry conditions for long periods is crucial to the life cycles of many species—including plants. Palo Alto, CA— Water is inextricably linked to our understanding of ...

NASA Astrobiologist and author Caleb Scharf explores how humanity’s expanding reach into space marks a pivotal moment in life’s evolution—revealing what it means for a species to step beyond its home ...

Historians have called Robert S. Woodward "the first modern manager of science" and he remains one of the most influential figures in shaping Carnegie Science's early policies. This oil portrait by ...

“Two of the biggest questions that our species has thought about over the years are, ‘Are we alone?’ and ‘How did we get here?’” Andrew Steele on what Martian meteorites can tell us about life on Mars ...

We joined Carnegie plant biologist Devaki Bhaya for a personalized "wander-and-wonder" tour of the trees of Stanford University's campus and what they can teach us about paying attention to our ...

Through school visits, public events, an inflatable planetarium, hands-on demonstrations, and Carnegie Observatories’ annual Open House, Outreach Coordinator Jeff Rich is connecting people—especially ...

Astronomer Nidia Morrell looks back on more than 20 years of observing at the Las Campanas Observatory—an era marked by the transition from manual methods to digital systems—and reflects on the ...

Resources Sequencing Illumina HiSeq 2000 and NextSeq 500 Illumina Adapter Sequences Illumina TruSeq Nano DNA Illumina Nextera XT DNA Illumina TruSeq RNA v2 using Invitrogen SuperScript II RT Illumina ...

Ana Martinez Garcia Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow Lélia Libon Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow ...

The distribution, accumulation and circulation of oxygen and hydrogen in Earth's interior dictate the geochemical evolution of the hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere(1). The oxygen-rich atmosphere ...