28 September 2016
Yorkshire mines to help shed light on life on Mars
..., Raman spectroscopy has been used to detect a pigment known as scytonemin, which is produced by a microorganism known as cyanobacteria to shield itself from ultraviolet radiation. If scytonemin is found on Mars it could be an indication that the...
March 2017
Growing plastic-producing bacteria in space
... (top left) after exposure to Martian stimulated UV; Cyano plate during the exposure to UV (right) and the microscopy of Cyanobacteria demonstrating the altered morphology due to the exposure (bottom left). By combining the different areas of natural...
October 2017
Colouring our view of the oceans
... occur annually in the Baltic Sea. The blooms typically last from June to September and are caused by cyanobacteria, a common phytoplankton type that produces blue-green scum in large concentrations. Food chains Sentinel-3A now provides...
July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
... event. Algae is an overarching term for a wide range of groups ranging from plant-like green algae, over cyanobacteria and diatoms to euglenoids. Because these groups are not just adaptations of each other but have their...
