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Robotic arm probes chemistry of 3-D objects by mass spectrometry
25 March 2014, 8:44 pm

A new robotic system could soon let scientists better simulate and analyze the chemical reactions of early Earth on the surface of real rocks to further test the theory that catalytic minerals on a meteorite's surface could have jump-started life's first chemical reactions.

Source: Artificial Intelligence News -- ScienceDaily