Background The Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) instrument on NASA’s Perseverance rover is a deep ultraviolet Raman and fluorescence instrument used for organic […]
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Raman Spectroscopy As A Tool To Measure Silanol As Evidence Of Water-Rock Interactions For Astrobiological Exploration
Because a range of silica minerals can precipitate from water, the analysis of silica mineral phases is important for astrobiological exploration.
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Using Sand Dunes On Earth To Study Sand Dunes On Mars
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has received a three-year, $2,999,998 million grant from NASA to identify and characterize life and its biosignatures in frozen sand dunes in Alaska, under conditions similar […]
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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.
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Tricorder Tech: Portable Swept-source Raman Spectrometer For Chemical and Biomedical Applications
In 1928, Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman and his colleague K. S. Krishnan discovered that when light interacts with matter, parts of the scattered light undergo changes in energy […]
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Prebiotic Chemistry: New Probe Reveals Water-ice Microstructures
Ice is believed to have played a crucial role in the emergence of life. One reason is that organic molecules can be excluded into the gaps between the crystal lattice […]
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Tricorder Tech: Developing a Microfluidic Device to Perform Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Analysis in Future Astrobiology Missions
The main advantage of Raman spectroscopy over competing analytical instruments used in robotic planetary missions is the capability to identify both organic and inorganic molecules.
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Laser Upgrade For The ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Astrobiology Rover
After some time off the road, vehicles require proper maintenance checks. The ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover is no exception and got an upgrade to one of its electronic boxes in […]
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Tricorder Tech: The NASA Raman Spectroscopic Database: Ramdb version 1.00
The NASA Raman Spectroscopic Database (Ramdb) was developed to provide a publicly accessible, user-friendly database for spectra relevant to the planetary science community.
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Tricorder Tech: The Limits, Capabilities, and Potential for Life Detection with MinION Sequencing in a Paleochannel Mars Analog
No instrument capable of direct life detection has been included on a mission payload to Mars since NASA’s Viking missions in the 1970s. This prevents us from discovering whether life […]