biology
Origins of land plants pushed back in time
Posted in Science on 20th Feb, 2018
by Alex Muller
A seminal event in the Earth's history - when plants appeared on land - may have happened 100 million years earlier than previously thought.
Researchers develop a new low cost/low weight method of searching for life on Mars
Posted in Science on 22nd Jan, 2018
by Alex Muller
Researchers have shown for the first time how existing technology could be used to directly detect life on Mars and other planets.
Scientists map mammalian neural microcircuits in precise detail
Posted in Science on 14th Jan, 2018
by Alex Muller
Neuroscientists at the Francis Crick Institute have developed a new technique to map electrical microcircuits in the brain at far more detail than existing techniques.
Genes in Space-3 Successfully Identifies Unknown Microbes in Space
Posted in Science on 31st Dec, 2017
by Alex Muller
To identify microbes aboard the ISS would be revolutionary for the world of microbiology and space exploration.
Living on thin air: microbe mystery solved
Posted in Science on 25th Dec, 2017
by Alex Muller
A discovery that microbes in Antarctica can scavenge gas from the air to stay alive in extreme conditions has implications for the search for life on other planets.