Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not make it in the alien lands of Mars. A potential deterrent is perchlorate, a toxic chlorine-containing chemical discovered in Martian soil during various space ...
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Are astronomers finally closing in on alien engineering?
What would in any other place have passed as a substantial intelligence, a planet that is alive, or a star that is engineered? Radio signals and intentional messages formed the basis of the search of ...
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Shubhanshu Shukla, IISc-IISER team, find how brick-building bacteria react to toxin in Martian soil
A toxic chemical long considered hostile to life on Mars, may not be an obstacle to building on the Red Planet after all. Instead, it could.
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have investigated how bacteria that can mould Martian soil into brick-like structures fare in the presence of perchlorate, a toxic ...
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