Earth's bacteria are evolving to survive in space. Several strains sourced from the International Space Station (ISS) differed from the same strains on Earth, having qualities specifically adapted ...

Once the space-traveling tubes were returned from the ISS to Earth, Zea and colleagues examined the differences in gene expression between the extraterrestrial-experimental and control samples. The ...

Pieter Dorrestein, researcher at the University of California, states that the lack of microbes and molecules prevents the ...

When you’re living in a remote, isolated environment, things like bacteria and viruses can wreak havoc in a very short period of time. The International Space Station definitely qualifies as ...

The collective motion of bacteria—from stable swirling patterns to chaotic turbulent flows—has intrigued scientists for ...

explains why bacteria can survive in uninhabitable places such as under the permafrost, in the depths of the ocean or in outer space. This ability to sporulate, known as sporulation, also enables ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Now, Warnecke and colleagues are challenging the idea that these space-saving proteins are not commonplace in bacteria. In a preprint uploaded to ...

By collecting samples after climbing a high peak and firing rockets with special traps into the upper atmosphere, scientists ...