Frozen in time, ancient microbes or their remains could be found in Martian ice deposits during future missions to the red planet. By recreating Mars-like conditions in the lab, a team of researchers ...

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Scientists study whether Aspergillus calidoustus could survive Mars-like conditions, raising new concerns about microbes in space and planetary protection.

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is headed to a peculiar region that, from an orbiter's perspective, looks like a spiderweb spanning miles. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona The Mini ...

A field known as synthetic biology has become one of the most highly anticipated in science. Its outputs range from golden rice, which is genetically engineered to provide vitamin A, to advances ...

In a way, it all started with a road trip about a decade ago. "My father, he had the car so I had to borrow the car from him," says Youcef Sellam, who was interning at the University of Modena e ...