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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A team of researchers is claiming gypsum rocks found at Cuatro Ciénegas in Mexico are similar to those NASA's Curiosity rover is sitting at on Mars. The team analyzed the bacterial communities that have survived after fire and water forged the rocks millions of years ago. "Cuatro Ciénegas is extraordinarily similar to Mars. As well as the Gale crater where Curiosity is currently located on its exploration of the red planet, this...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 7, 2008) - Santa Fe Metals Corporation (TSX VENTURE:SFM) (the "Company") has received a favourable NI 43-101 compliant Technical Report on its Cuatro Cienegas Project located in the State of Coahuila, Mexico. The full report is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and will be made available on the Company's web site at www.santafemetals.com. The report was independently authored by Michael G. Bersch Ph.D., Licensed Professional Geologist, a...

Intriguing find reveals more mysteries from Mexico's Cuatro CienegasBiologists examining ecosystems similar to those that existed on Earth more than 3 billion years ago have made a surprising discovery: Viruses that infect bacteria are sometimes parochial and unrelated to their counterparts in other regions of the globe.The finding, published online this week by the journal Nature, is surprising because bacteria are ubiquitous on Earth. They've been found from the upper reaches of the...