Record #:

25817

Author(s):

Derewicz, Mark

Abstract:

Biochemist Jack Griffith and his graduate student Smaranda Wilcox found ancient salt deposits underneath the desert of Roswell, New Mexico. The salt deposits contain the oldest cellulose macromolecules ever found. Griffith suggests that life on other planets would likely be carbon-based.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 24 Issue 3, Spring 2008, p22-25, il, por

Subject(s):

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research