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March 25, 2016

For bacteria, life in space is better than on Earth
Davis, Calif. (UPI) Mar 24, 2016
Scientists are exploring long-term space travel from every conceivable angle. For a team of researchers at the University of California, Davis, the angle is bacteria. Last year, researchers working on Project MECCURI sent 48 strains of bacteria to live on the International Space Station. New analysis suggests the majority of those strains behaved much the same as they do on Earth. But one species, Bacillus safensis, thrived in microgravity. In a new paper on the project's early fi ... read more

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