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NASA links nanobacteria to kidney stones and other diseases

...ntial for future exploratory space missions to the moon and Mars, longer missions, and exposure to the elements of outer space, health is a major concern for astronauts. To further comprehend the implications of NB, trials were conducted at NASA to examine NB, in a bioreactor chamber which simulates cond...

Discovering an ecosystem beneath a collapsed Antarctic ice shelf

...pothesized ocean beneath the surface on the Jovian moon Europa. ...

Ships bring alien jellyfish invaders to our shores

...orld are being threatened by exotic species of the moon jellyfish being dispersed by international shippin...rsity of California, Davis, have revealed that the moon jellyfish could not have migrated naturally, according to a report in today's Proceedings of the Nat...

Beach pollution is worst during new and full moon

...oehm. "The general public can use the phase of the moon and the tide stage to assess the relative risk of illness," she says. "It is riskier to swim during spring-ebb tides [receding tide] compared to all other tidal conditions." Beach managers can now use tides as they currently use rainfall to assess w...

Scientist-astronaut sends T-cells into space

... in microgravity was first noted during the Apollo moon mission series in the 1960s and 1970s, when 15 out of 29 Apollo astronauts developed infections during their missions or soon after landing. Subsequent experiments aboard Skylab and several space shuttle missions, including Fulford's, confirmed that ...

Microscopic passengers to hitch ride on space shuttle

...n future exploration missions planned to go to the moon and Mars. "Spaceflight holds tremendous potential for the development of novel therapeutics, vaccines and diagnostics to treat, prevent and control infectious diseases," said Cheryl A. Nickerson, Ph.D., the experiment's principal investigator and a...

Arctic expedition will investigate alien-like glacier

...ions believed to exist on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Ice-covered Europa is considered one of the best candidates for finding evidence of life on other planets within our solar system. Sending a probe to the planet is high on NASA's list of possible projects. Graduate student Damhnait Gleeson fr...

Mars mission Risk 29: Scientists research ways to reduce radiation-induced brain damage

...stronaut Neil Armstrong took his first step on the moon in 1969. But flying to Mars, even without humans aboard, is a monumentally risky engineering feat. Since 1998, the United States has completed seven Mars missions. Four failed when the Mars landers were lost on arrival. As part of a new push to put...

Otherworldly bacteria discovered two miles down

...surface of other worlds, such as Mars or Jupiter's moon Europa. "These bacteria are truly unique, in the purest sense of the word," said lead author Li-Hung Lin, now at National Taiwan University, who performed many of the analyses as a doctoral student at Princeton and as a postdoctoral researcher at ...

Researcher to study astronaut bone loss for space biology agency

...ity of humans to conduct prolonged missions to the moon and Mars will require that the structural integrity of the skeleton be maintained." Astronauts who spend weeks or months in the weightless environment of space –?a state called skeletal unloading –?lose bone because, in the absence of gravity, the...

Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles

...icularly the Huygens probe that landed on Saturn's moon Titan (3aPAb1). John Zarnecki of The Open University ( j.c.zarnecki@open.ac.uk ) will explain how the Huygens probe deployed a simple sonar system and speed-of-sound sensor to constrain the methane content on the planet and provide information on ...

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