January 2023
The effects of spaceflight on the female body
...been studied before. The microflora of this biotope play an important part, not only in creating a barrier to opportunistic microorganisms, but also affects the fertility of women, in particular the success of fertilisation. The main component of the...
May 2017
Growing plants without gravity
...mizuna plants showed a lack of disease-causing microorganisms on mizuna leaves in spaceflight and analysis of ...of the mizuna plant. The average amount of aerophilous microorganisms corresponded to the normal amounts recommended for nutrition with ...
August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
... alters the virulence of some pathogens; consequently, colonists may be susceptible to infection from their own microbiomes, the microorganisms that typically exist within the body. Given the close quarters in which the colonists would have...
28 September 2016
Yorkshire mines to help shed light on life on Mars
...as cyanobacteria to shield itself from ultraviolet radiation. If scytonemin is found on Mars it could be an indication that the microorganism was present at some point in the Red Planet’s history. Peter is investigating the optimal performance of the...
09 December 2019
Metal-loving microbe prefers eating meteorites than earth rocks
...of discovery in Northwest Africa, to see if the microorganism had the same unquenchable appetite. The result, noted ...-fitness seems to be more beneficial for this ancient microorganism than a diet on terrestrial mineral sources," says Milojevic...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... the threat posed to alien environments from Earth-bound contaminants and the threat from extra-terrestrial microorganisms to the Earth, is an area that has been the subject of much discussion. A consensus has emerged via the...
