04 May 2020
Exoplanets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres could harbour life
... tests on two single-celled microorganisms, escherichia coli and yeast – chosen because they are the standard model organisms used...whose cells have a nucleus enclosed within membranes, like yeast. Prokaryotes on the other hand, like escherichia coli ...
January 2018
Cosmic cocktails and galactic moonshine
... would go up on India’s Moon lander, we thought we could combine our hobby with the competition by focusing on the viability of yeast in outer space.” In theory, this experiment might not only help to show the possibility of beer production on the...
July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
... Moon, along with fruit fly eggs (Drosophila melanogaster) and some yeast, in an attempt to create a self-sustaining mini biosphere or ecosystem...oxygen for consumption by the fruit flies and the yeast would generate carbon dioxide for intake by the ...
01 April 2020
Biohybrid can turn CO2 into new products for use on Mars or Earth
... could also be used to produce many other organic products by feeding it to genetically engineered organisms, such as bacteria or yeast. These microorganism’s also benefit from being considerably lighter and easier to transport to Mars than the...
11 June 2025
Milestone in space reproduction as IVF prototype successfully tested in orbit
... microfluidic device and life-support systems – survived the stresses of launch and orbital deployment intact. Onboard yeast cultures (in subsequent missions, mouse embryos will be used) survived successfully, validating key life support mechanisms...
16 January 2019
China grows cotton on the Moon
... along with cotton, including, rape, potato and arabidopsis, as well as eggs of the fruit fly and some yeast, to form a simple mini biosphere. Recently received images sent back by the probe showed that a cotton sprout...
