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Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Gravitational Biology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Microgravity, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Space Life Science, Tricorders & Sensors
ELVIS: Pioneering Imaging System to Enhance Space Biology and Life Detection
Onboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Extant Life Volumetric Imaging System, dubbed ELVIS, is not about resurrecting rock-n-roll legends but pioneering scientific discovery. Using innovative holographic technology to deliver […]
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Press Release, Sample Return, Tricorders & Sensors, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Tricorder Tech: Biosignature Detection: DNA Floating In The Air Tracks Life Forms
Editor’s note: with recent speculation about the potential habitability of the clouds of Venus and the long-hypothesized notion of airborne life forms on Saturn and Jupiter these studies from Earth […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Status Report
Applications of Microbial Bioplastic Polyhydroxyalkanoates as Biosignatures for Astrobiological Detection
Determining a reliable method to detect life on another planet is an essential first step in the pursuit of discovering extraterrestrial life.
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mars, Microbiology & Virology, Press Release, Sample Return, Tricorders & Sensors
Application Of Chemotactic Behavior For Life Detection
One excellent biosignature for the present detection of microbial life on Earth is motility, leading to its growing interest within the astrobiological community as an observable attribute that, if detected […]
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Space Life Science, Tricorders & Sensors
A Multiple Biomolecules-based Rapid Life Detection Protocol Embedded In A Rover Scientific Subsystem For Soil Sample Analysis
The study of whether life exists, is extinct, or not depends on various sophisticated experimental studies, as many different signatures of life can be used. The experimental procedures that can […]
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Cryobiology, Enceladus, Europa, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Origin & Evolution of Life, Status Report
Distinguishing Potential Organic Biosignatures on Ocean Worlds from Abiotic Geochemical Products using Thermodynamic Calculations
The search for life in our solar system often involves efforts to detect organic molecules, which have been found on many extraterrestrial bodies, including planets, moons, meteorites, comets, and asteroids. […]
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Nomenclature, Systematics, Natural History, Status Report, Tricorders & Sensors
Life Detection Knowledge Base (LDKB)
Life Detection Knowledge Base (LDKB) is an online, community owned resource to provide knowledge and support discourse about the detection of signs of life.
Posted inAstropharmacy / Biotechnology, Commercial & Private Sector, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Status Report, Tricorders & Sensors
NASA Spinoff: Astrobiology-Funded Research Enables Better Disease Detection
At first glance, the search for life beyond Earth might not seem related to human illness. But to biochemist Steven Benner, the connection is clear.
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Enceladus, Europa, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Status Report
Life Detection On Icy Moons Using Flow Cytometry And Exogenous Fluorescent Stains
Flow cytometry is a potential technology for in situ life detection on icy moons (such as Enceladus and Europa) and on the polar ice caps of Mars.