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Fossilized dinosaur eggshells may preserve amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, for millions of years

As a scientist, laboratory work can sometimes become monotonous. However, in 2017, while I was doing my doctorate. When I was a paleobiology student at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom, I heard a joyful exclamation from across the room. Kirsty Penkman, head of the North East Amino Acid Racemization laboratory at the… Read More »