Carnegie Institution News

Scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science have found long chain molecules of carbon and hydrogen - the building blocks of life - on Mars, and have determined them to be of Martian origin, although not originating from biological processes.A A team at the Institution, lead by Andrew Steele, examined samples from 11 Martian meteorites, ... (more)

WASHINGTON, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA-funded research on Mars meteorites that landed on Earth shows strong evidence that very large molecules containing carbon, which is a key ingredient for the building blocks of life, can originate on the Red Planet.

In yet another victory for workers and job creators, a federal district court has struck down the National Labor Relations Board's ambush election rule.

Larry Nittler, a staff scientist in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, has been named deputy principal investigator of the MESSENGER mission.

The Carnegie Desert Laboratory, created at the request of and funded by the Carnegie Institution at Washington , is an integral part of the landscape at Tumamoc Hill in Tucson.

Richard A. Meserve, president of the Carnegie Institution for Science and former head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will lead Harvard's Board of Overseers-Harvard's second highest governing body-for the 2013 academic year, the University announced Monday.