Academy of Sciences

Guarding the Beacons of Billions of Years

Carving the Cornerstone of Trustworthy Data with Absolute Cleanliness

In the sanctum of geology and archaeology, we handle not just rocks and pottery shards, but the historical codes of Earth's billion-year evolution and the silent testimonies of civilization's rise and fall. U-Pb dating, trace element sourcing... these precise dating and compositional analysis techniques allow us to glimpse into the depths of time. However, at the starting point of this scientific journey for truth lies a hidden risk great enough to overturn all efforts—contamination during sample pre-treatment.