April 2021
Predicting dengue fever outbreaks from space
...system goes some way to reducing the ever-increasing number of dengue outbreaks, it will be a job well done. D-MOSS includes a water availability component. Although surface water availability directly impacts dengue epidemics because it provides the...
March 2017
Growing plastic-producing bacteria in space
... Denmark have taken on this challenge in project CosmoCrops. Inspired by a project in 2015 called SpaceMoss, which genetically engineered moss to survive the harsh temperatures on Mars, the 2016 team decided to work with single celled organisms like...
February 2022
Extremophiles as a blueprint for universal life
... the ‘Tardigrades in space’ (TARDIS) study where 3000 tardigrades – microscopic invertebrates also known as ‘water bears’ or ‘moss piglets’ – were exposed to space for 10 days on the European Space Agency’s Foton-M3 capsule. Remarkably the properties...
