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Jul 2, 2024
Pioneer Plant for Potential Future Mars Settlement
Posted by Laurence Tognetti, Labroots Inc. in categories: food, space
The study notes, “Our study shows that the environmental resilience of S. caninervis is superior to that of some of highly stress-tolerant microorganisms and tardigrades.”
What plants would be most suitable for a future Mars settlement? This is what a recent study published in The Innovation hopes to address as a team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated how the desert moss known as Syntrichia caninervis (S. caninervis) can survive extremely harsh conditions, specifically conditions on the planet Mars. This study holds the potential to help researchers, engineers, and future Mars astronauts better understand the types of plants they can grow, and even eat, while living on the Red Planet.
For the study, the researchers subjected S. caninervis to a series of brutal tests, including severe dryness, freezing temperatures, and large doses of gamma radiation, all of which are the environmental conditions on Mars and far harsher than humans and plants can manage. However, the researchers discovered that S. caninervis was able to recover 98 percent of its water loss within seconds after being severely dried out. The moss also achieved full recovery after being subjected to-80 degrees Celsius-112 degrees Fahrenheit) for 3 to 5 years along with-196 degrees Celsius (−320 degrees Fahrenheit) for 15 to 30 days.
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Jul 2, 2024
External Validation of a Model for Persistent Perfusion Deficit in Patients With Incomplete Reperfusion After ThrombectomyEXTEND-PROCEED
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: biotech/medical
External validation of a model for persistent perfusion deficit in patients with incomplete reperfusion after thrombectomy:
Background and ObjectivesWe recently developed a model (PROCEED) that predicts the occurrence of persistent perfusion deficit (PPD) at 24 hours in patients with incomplete angiographic reperfusion after thrombectomy. This study aims to externally validate…
Jul 2, 2024
Black holes are common. So where are the white holes?
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: cosmology
In General Relativity, white holes are just as mathematically plausible as black holes. Black holes are real; what about white holes?
Jul 2, 2024
Microbial Platforms Have Energy Burdens Revealed by ATP Biosensor
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: bioengineering, energy
Bioengineers demonstrated that an ATP biosensor can be used to reveal microbial energetic dynamics and facilitate bioproduction.
Jul 2, 2024
‘Brain-in-a-jar’ biocomputers can now learn to control robots
Posted by Raphael Ramos in categories: habitats, robotics/AI
Living brain cells wired into organoid-on-a-chip biocomputers can now learn to drive robots, thanks to an open-source intelligent interaction system called MetaBOC. This remarkable project aims to re-home human brain cells in artificial bodies.
Jul 2, 2024
The Milky Way will be visible without a telescope this summer. Here are the key nights to watch for
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
Summer is the best time to see the Milky Way in the Northern Hemisphere without a telescope. The key is to find clear, dark skies on moonless nights.
Jul 2, 2024
SpaceX launching 20 Starlink satellites from Florida early on July 3
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: internet, satellites
Jul 2, 2024
Mission Success: HERA Crew Successfully Completes 45-Day Simulated Journey to Mars
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: habitats, space
Four dedicated explorers—Jason Lee, Stephanie Navarro, Shareef Al Romaithi, and Piyumi Wijesekara—just returned from a 45-day simulated journey to Mars, testing the boundaries of human endurance and teamwork within NASA’s HERA (Human Exploration Research Analog) habitat at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Their groundbreaking work on HERA’s Campaign 7 Mission 2 contributes to NASA’s efforts to study how future astronauts may react to isolation and confinement during deep-space journeys.
Jul 2, 2024
Giant river system that existed 40 million years ago discovered deep below Antarctic ice
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
“There was this gigantic river system”: Researchers find ancient lost world deep beneath Antarctic ice.