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Flash Physics: Salty life on Mars, predicting molecular properties and a new head for NASA science

28 Sep 2016 Hamish Johnston

Flash Physics is our daily pick of the latest need-to-know developments from the global physics community selected by Physics World‘s team of editors and reporters

Photograph of Peter Edwards and colleagues using a Raman spectrometer in Boulby mine
Salty shapes: Peter Edwards and colleagues use a Raman spectrometer in Boulby mine. (Courtesy: Charles Cockell)
Salt mine could help shed light on Martian life In a bid to determine if there is – or has ever be

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