How brick-building bacteria react to toxic chemical in Martian soil

Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not make it in the alien lands of Mars. A potential deterrent is perchlorate, a toxic chlorine-containing chemical discovered in Martian soil during various space ...
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Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla’s first research paper explores building ‘Mars bricks’ using bacteria

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, India’s first astronaut to fly to the International Space Station (ISS), has added another ...

Spacesuit to lab coat, Shubhanshu Shukla's Mars experiment takes off

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's new avatar is ready. Apart from being an astronaut and the first Indian to fly to the ...

Shubhanshu Shukla, IISc-IISER team, find how brick-building bacteria react to toxin in Martian soil

Scientists have discovered that perchlorate, a chemical previously thought harmful to Martian life, can actually strengthen ...
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Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla's new research shows how to build houses on Mars

The research, led by scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has been published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One.