https://shanakaanslemperera.substack.com/p/the-nitrogen-trap

This is the reason the assholes running #Iran have been getting away with torturing 10s of millions of #women over decades - the rest of the world is too dependent on an open Hormuz for fundamental things such as #fertilizer #nitrogen #sulfur which underpin #agriculture ( #employment for 100s of millions) and #food (for billions). Why the entire #middleeast continues to oppress women!

#war #iran

SULFUR has now sold 300,000 copies on Steam during Early Access. A strong milestone for the indie shooter from Perfect Random. #SULFUR #Steam #EarlyAccess #IndieGames #PCGaming

https://www.fixgamingchannel.com/sulfur-has-now-sold-300000/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

New paper from my second PostDoc is published!

Novak et al.: Sulfur disproportionation occurs globally across anoxic habitats and has multiple mechanisms of independent evolutionary origin https://academic.oup.com/ismej/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ismejo/wrag042/8503335

Some #bacteria are able to gain energy by metabolizing elemental #sulfur alone—no other chemical needed. We investigate which genes may be responsible for this unique #metabolism and speculate about its evolutionary origins.

#Microbes #Evolution #DeepSea