Sentences with phrase «sulfur microstructures»

However, according to new findings published in the journal Nature Communications, carbon - sulfur microstructures that would be recognized today by some experts as biomaterials are capable of self - assembling under certain conditions, even without direct biological activity.

The carbon - sulfur microstructures created in the new study, however, may solve one of the key challenges by encasing the sulfur in conductive carbon, potentially creating more electrically efficient Li - S batteries.

But while carbon - sulfur microstructures could confound efforts to identify ancient life, they may provide a roadmap to an entirely different innovation: Next - generation lithium - sulfur (Li - S) batteries.

Not exact matches

Dated to 3.43 billion years ago in sandstone from the Strelley Pool Formation in Western Australia, the microstructures were found with micrometer - sized pyrite crystals (fool's gold, an iron - sulfur mineral), as would be expected as the metabolic by - products of sulfur - based life that employ «sulphate - reduction and sulphur - disproportionation pathways.»