January 2018
Shielding the human genome
... of antibiotics (Penicillium is a cousin) and characteristics seen in other members of the group, some of which are agents of diseases in plants and humans. Equipped with an analysis of ADBM’s genome, it became clear to the team that the species had...
May 2018
Delivering farming solutions with satellite-powered data analytics
Agriculture remains one of the most challenging sectors in which to stimulate growth and prosperity in the developing world. Satellite data has been used to monitor the agricultural sector for the last three decades but its scope within the research...
August 2018
Monitoring marine litter by satellite
... to spectro-radiometric techniques is the fact that, in time, plastic ML at sea accumulates bio-fouling (a layer of microorganisms, plants, algae, animals) on the surface, which could mask the material underneath, preventing detection of the ML item...
October 2018
Developing wearable technologies for space and Earth
... local communications context. Devices designed to work and communicate on-board the ISS cannot communicate in a hospital or industrial plant setting without having the communications components redesigned. EVA (spacewalk) gloves are one of the most...
January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
.... Viewing our planet over the southern hemisphere during the swing-by, these filters picked out the plant life of New Zealand and Africa and distinguished between snow and cloud cover over the South...
February 2019
Simulating lunar and martian regolith in the laboratory
... for long-term manned missions. For instance, some of the ESA simulants have been used for plant growth experiments, radiation shielding tests and 3D printing capabilities. A building block weighing 1.5 tonnes has already been...
