How did the first chemical reactions get started at the origin of life and what was their source of energy? Researchers at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) have reconstructed […]
Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics
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Discovery Of A New Kinetic Factor That Governs The Carbon Metabolism Evolution Of Ancient Microbes
Tomonari Sumi, Associate Professor of Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama University, and Koji Harada, Associate Professor of Center for IT-Based Education, Toyohashi University of Technology, have developed a kinetic […]
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GeneLab For High School Students (GL4HS) Program Is Expanding Into U.S. Schools
The GL4HS program is a 4-week intensive summer program hosted by NASA Ames Research Center and funded by NASA’s Space Biology program. 2021 was the 5th year of the popular […]
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Hydrothermal Vents That Favor Protein Synthesis
Scientists supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology Program have presented a new perspective on the biochemistry and ecology of hydrothermal vent ecosystems.
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SLSTP Students Publish Paper Showing Bacteria Exposed to Space Show Lasting Genomic Changes
Samples of Bacillus pumilus SAFR-032, an endospore-forming bacterial strain, were externally mounted on ISS in the EXPOSE facility and with full UV exposure. While nearly all the bacterial spores were […]
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Physicists Discover How Particles Self-assemble
A team of physicists has discovered how DNA molecules self-organize into adhesive patches between particles in response to assembly instructions. Its findings offer a “proof of concept” for an innovative […]
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Njordarchaeota, A New Candidate For A Sister Group To Eukaryotes
The emergence of eukaryotic cells is considered as a critical biological evolutionary event on Earth. The origin of eukaryotes and eukaryosis are frontier issues in both life and Earth sciences. […]
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Organic Molecule Remnants Found In Nuclei Of Ancient Dinosaur Cells
A team of scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and from the Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature (STM) has isolated […]
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Detection of Plant Genes Involved In Radiation Response
Plants will be a major component of advanced life support systems to enable deep space exploration that will take humans to the moon, Mars and beyond. In a newly-published paper, […]
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Spectrum Instrument Captures Images of Fluorescent Proteins Expressed in Biological Cells
Understanding which genes are expressed in biological cells is key to understanding how biological organisms respond and adapt to the stresses of spaceflight. This knowledge will help future space researchers […]