All zircon articles

Research

Zircon study prompts redox state rethink surrounding hydrothermal pools thought to harbour life’s first molecules

2023-02-13T09:57:00Z

Research combining experiments with modelling suggests hydrothermal fluid was 30% as saline as sea water today and more oxidised than the surrounding mantle

Podcast

Zircon

2019-07-12T09:00:00Z

The versatile gemstones that give scientists insights into the chemistry of the early Earth, introduced by Brian Clegg

Research

Ancient graphite may push start of life back by 300 million years

2015-10-20T00:00:00Z

Discovery of biologically forged carbon could rewrite textbooks on the earliest organisms

Podcast

Zirconium

2008-04-02T00:00:00Z

It holds the key to nuclear energy, and it's got a gem-like name