Advanced material technologies for space and terrestrial medicine

CYX Chua, M Jimenez, M Mozneb, G Traverso… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The medical risks of spaceflight are amplified as humans venture into longer-duration and
greater-distance deep space voyages. During space missions, astronauts face the extremes …

This is the Age of Microbial Technology: Crucial roles of learned societies and academies

K Timmis, JE Hallsworth - Microbial Biotechnology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial technologies constitute a huge and unique potential for confronting major
humanitarian and biosphere challenges, especially in the realms of sustainability and …

[HTML][HTML] Spaceflight Induces Strength Decline in Caenorhabditis elegans

P Soni, H Edwards, T Anupom, M Rahman… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Understanding and countering the well-established negative health
consequences of spaceflight remains a primary challenge preventing safe deep space …

Bioprospective decolourization of reactive azo dyes at pilot scale by a developed bacterial consortium using the RSM and CCD model

R Palanivelan, S Ramya, S Aradhana… - Biomass Conversion …, 2024 - Springer
Textile industry effluent creates a negative impact to plants, animals and environment. The
utilization of reactive azo dyes plays a colossal role in creating hazard to environment and …

[HTML][HTML] Domains of life sciences in spacefaring: what, where, and how to get involved

AJ Berliner, S Zezulka, GA Hutchinson, S Bertoldo… - npj …, 2024 - nature.com
The integration of biology and spacefaring has led to the development of three interrelated
fields: Astrobiology, Bioastronautics, and Space Bioprocess Engineering. Astrobiology is …

[HTML][HTML] Intercropping on Mars: A promising system to optimise fresh food production in future martian colonies

R Gonçalves, GWW Wamelink, P van der Putten… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Future colonists on Mars will need to produce fresh food locally to acquire key nutrients lost
in food dehydration, the primary technique for sending food to space. In this study we aimed …

Effects of simulated microgravity on current generation of electrochemically active bacteria: Insights from case-control study using random positioning machine

Y Yi, Z Zhao, B Cao, X Yi, Z Mao, F Zha, Z Zhang… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
Electrochemically active bacteria (EAB) exhibit promising prospects for space exploration
and life support systems. However, the effects of the space environment on EAB are unclear …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of the space environment on microbial growth and behavior

C Urbaniak, D Tesei, R Van Houdt - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Microorganisms play an important role in life and can adapt to and survive in harsh and
changing environments. Their ability to thrive in hostile conditions is reflected not only by …

Domains of life sciences in spacefaring: what, where, and how to get involved.

S Zezulka, G Hutchinson, S Bertoldo, C Cockell… - npj …, 2024 - escholarship.org
The integration of biology and spacefaring has led to the development of three interrelated
fields: Astrobiology, Bioastronautics, and Space Bioprocess Engineering. Astrobiology is …

Extremophiles in Space Exploration

J Kaur, J Kaur, A Nigam - Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2024 - Springer
In the era of deep space exploration, extremophile research represents a key area of
research wrt space survival. This review thus delves into the intriguing realm of 'Space and …