Australian National University | 2018 Jun 14
Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have contributed to an international study that will potentially help humans to colonise Mars and find life on other planets.
The study on an organism that survives in inhospitable and low-light conditions could dramatically improve our understanding of photosynthesis, the process by which plants and other organisms make and store energy from light and produce oxygen. ...
Cyanobacteria are one of the largest groups of bacteria on Earth, where they have existed for more than 2.5 billion years.
ANU Emeritus Professor Elmars Krausz said low-light adapted cyanobacteria could be used to colonise Mars and other planets, to produce oxygen and create a biosphere. ...
Photochemistry beyond the red limit in chlorophyll f–containing photosystems - Dennis J. Nürnberg et al
- Science 360(6394):1210 (15 Jun 2018) DOI: 10.1126/science.aar8313