Collection of a sea pig crawling across the nodule-covered seafloor in the Clarion–Clipperton Zone. Photo: ROV Isis/SMARTEX There is a high demand globally of critical metals, and many countries want

Expected mass of Proxima c as a function of its orbital radius derived from the PMa analysis. The solid blue line shows the mass estimate obtained in this work from

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(a) Definition of the torsional angles 𝜃 = C1-C2-C3-C4 and 𝜙 = C2-C3-C4=O used to explore the conformational space of 4-oxobutanenitrile. (b) Relaxed 2D potential energy surface (PES) computed at