Research Using NanoTerasu Public Beamline Featured on NHK NEWS
A research achievement using one of NanoTerasu’s public beamlines was featured on NHK NEWS on the morning of June 19.
The study was conducted by Associate Professor Yohei Suzuki and his research team at the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Science. They analyzed a sample of peridotite collected from approximately 1,200 meters underground—deep enough to minimize the possibility of microbial intrusion from the surface. Using NanoTerasu’s Soft X-ray Nano-Absorption Spectroscopy Beamline, one of its three public beamlines, the team detected elemental signals characteristic of living microorganisms.
This finding suggests the possibility that microorganisms obtained from 2-billion-year-old rock formations may have survived by “breathing” iron oxide.
“Microorganisms from 2-Billion-Year-Old Rock May Have Used Iron Oxide for Respiration – University of Tokyo and Others”
Link to article (in Japanese)
