ESA’s Expose facility was retrieved today from outside the International Space Station by cosmonauts Yuri Malenchenko and Sergei Volkov, who were completing a spacewalk to place new experiments on the […]
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Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
Evolution of the Ribosome: Looking Back 3.8 billion Years
NASA-funded researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are tapping information found in the cells of all life on Earth, and using it to trace life’s evolution. They have learned […]
Posted inExtremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Press Release, Tardigrades
A Huge Chunk of a Tardigrade's Genome Comes From Foreign DNA
Tardigrades, nearly microscopic animals that can survive the harshest of environments, including outer space, hold the record for the animal that has the most foreign DNA Researchers from the University […]
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Press Release
Oldest Known Redox Gradient Discovered
By analyzing iron isotopes against the uranium content in the jasper rock from the ancient ocean of the Barberton Greenstone Belt in South Africa, scientists have found a defined vertical […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Press Release
Tree of Life for 2.3 Million Species Released
A first draft of the “tree of life” for the roughly 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes — from platypuses to puffballs — has been released. […]
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Microscopic Evidence of Bacteria at the Lower Size Limit of Life
Scientists have captured the first detailed microscopy images of ultra-small bacteria that are believed to be about as small as life can get. The research was led by scientists from […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Press Release
The Astrobiological Periodic Table
The Astrobiological Periodic Table has been developed by astrobiologist Charles Cockell. This is the preliminary first version. A second, more advanced version is in development. Larger version.
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Bleach a Possible Key to Life on Earth
Hydrogen peroxide — commonly used as hair bleach — may have provided the energy source for the development of life on Earth, two applied mathematicians have found. The heat from […]
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Missing Link in the Evolution of Complex Cells Discovered
Together with colleagues from Uppsala University in Sweden and the University of Vienna in Austria, Steffen Leth Jrgensen from the Centre for Geobiology at the University of Bergen (UiB) has […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics
Life on Other Planets: Alternative Chemistries of Life
Ideas about directing evolution of life forms on Earth and finding life on other planets are rapidly morphing from science-fiction fantasy into mainstream science, says David Lynn, a chemist at […]