"Charged metallic lumps found to produce oxygen in total darkness in process akin to how plants use photosynthesis".
"In the total darkness of the depths of the Pacific Ocean, scientists have discovered oxygen being produced not by living organisms but by strange potato-shaped metallic lumps that give off almost as much electricity as AA batteries.
The surprise finding has many potential implications and could even require rethinking how life first began on Earth, the researchers behind a study said on Monday.
It had been thought that only living things such as plants and algae were capable of producing oxygen via photosynthesis – which requires sunlight."
Agence France-Presse had the story July 22, 2024.
Source: AFP, 07/24/2024
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